This is the footage of me getting buried in an avalanche in Verbier, Switzerland on the 28th of february in 2011. My friends spotted and excavated me within five minutes even though I was buried at a depth of between 1.5-2 metres. Luckily I was wearing the right equipment and managed to create an air pocket in front of my mouth by holding my hands in front of my face when the avalanche stopped moving. And YES, we have proper shovels, the guy digging with a ski is just a random guy who happened to ski past after I got buried.
Uploaded this for everyone to watch and learn. Stay safe friends!
If you want to know more, you can watch this programme: http://fullepisode.info/when-vacations-attack-season-2-episode-5-episode-5/
IMPORTANT: If you want to show this footage, or know more about the accident, contact me at kristoffer.carlsson@hotmail.com
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Thank goodness they survived
Next time think
Damn he was so Fucking calm and I would feel like I was in a psycho asylum
Omg de är ju svenska ahhahahah
Never ride on unmarked ski slopes you don’t see a trail don’t go on it
Holy crap I couldn’t breathe watching this
how can u die of being buried in an avalanche though?
I just kept repeating "what a stupid idiot." Sorry. That's what it seems like to me.
5 minutes at 2 metres is very impressive.
Amazing this only has 1 mil hits…this should be in every safety skiing video
@Kristoffer Carlsson, I'm glad you are alive and you shared the video with us. We all can learn a lot of this video.
I instantly recognized the mistake you did even before seeing that there will be avalanche following up a few seconds afterward, just by carefully following avalanche courses and books, where they talk about skiing on a wind pilled up snow on the leeward side and crossing the deposited snow just like you did. That's is my point taken.
My question: I ski with airbag as well. I didn't no notice you had airbag nor avalung. Now that you survived one avalanche, do you think it's worth investing in airbag and/or avalung?
If yes. What airbag type: Traditional CO2 canister airbag that stays all the time inflated of air, or the new jetforce tech that deflates after 3 minutes with the idea of creating an extra air pocket.
I welcome everyone to reply their thoughts as well
now you get a lesson dickhead
Me being in an avalanche like . AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Sad and scary to watch
INSPIRATIONAL STORY!
YOU GO DUDE!
YOU ROCK!
DON'T STOP!
Why didn’t u try and dig yourself out?
I heard that you should quickly make a small hole on the snow on top of your face, (or just shake/wiggle around like it's the end of the world) and take a deep breath to make airspace. As I said it should be done quickly or else the snow will settle like cement and be more like ice than snow.
Also be sure to rause your hands for people to see.
Another way is to swim to stay as shallow as possible.
Consider yourself very lucky. Beacuse if avalanche would trigger later everything would fall on your head and you would be deeper and maybe unconscius so you would not be able to fight a snow. i didnt have that luck and lost my brother, despite i dug him out after 15 minutes (was around 2,5m deep) + CPR and immidiate medical attention with choppers was not enough.
We knew the slope, we skiied there for many times before. But you never know. We made even few riddes before the accident. We had all the safety gear but if you dont have luck nothing helps you. It is a risky sport but love and thrill is bigger.
when ever you ski offroad you need to be prepared for disaster. It is important to practice with beacon, this is what saves your life. And ofcourse a sacrefing friend who will fight the effect of shock after the slide and redirect adrenaline in digging and calling the help. Be very careful and dont learn on your own mistakes.
Good luck to all fellow free-riders out there, from experienced skiier who lost his brother in snow.
This gave me anxiety
1:20 Phew! That was close. I'm glad that is over!
Maybe don't ride on all the fresh powder, that's What causes it! Once a little sets off it all falls
I felt like I was suffocating just watching this.
This is why i dont go outside
Holy anxiety
Think of how many don't get rescued a slow death, no chance of getting out, I'd never go skiing, fuck that
i wasn not disappointed.
Did it stop you from skiing?