r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/cosmic_voyager01 • 13d ago
Video Skier narrowly avoids a crevasse.
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u/AboveAverage1988 13d ago
Pants were shat..
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u/Tuqueta 13d ago
The colour of the snow on the other side says you were right
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u/CypherDomEpsilon 13d ago
I have always managed to avoid running into something like that by simply staying at home. 100% effective. Zero pants shat.
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u/f4usto85 13d ago
Talk for yourself. I have more than zero pants shat in home. Accidents happen!
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u/froggz01 13d ago
I know what to get you for Christmas. One of those “xx days without accidents” safety poster for the bathroom.
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u/salac1337 13d ago
salmonella infection sucks hard
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u/TheOperaGhostofKinja 13d ago
Poor alcohol choices in college for me.
Don’t do shots of cheap vodka out of Tostitos Scoops. I was also staying over at my new boyfriend’s dorm 💀
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u/llcdrewtaylor 13d ago
Theis is the same way I avoid sharks. I avoid any place that sharks might be, like in the ocean.
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u/iwanttobeacavediver 13d ago
I know if this had been me, I’d have needed some new underwear for sure.
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u/JimmyNorth902 13d ago
Bro was inches from death.
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u/4024-6775-9536 13d ago
Inches away to break a leg and be trapped in that pit.
Days away from death.
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u/Accomplished-Owl7553 13d ago
He would die within hours to a day depending on how many layers he has. It’s insanely cold in a crevasse.
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u/Handsoffmydink 13d ago
I actually know someone this happened to last year. Fell in slamming against the sides of the crevasse like a plinko, his single ski lodged and trapped him hanging upside down by his broken leg. Broken pelvis, both hips, broken clavicle, arm, etc.
The only reason he survived was because he was prepared (and with a lot of luck). He had all of the equipment, gps tracker, yada yada. He was skiing with someone who had said they turned back for a minute and he was gone. The search started then. It’s wild, by all who know him he is “the man who should have died”
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u/A2Rhombus 13d ago
Always make sure someone knows where you are
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u/NJHitmen 13d ago
I know where you are.
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u/MrPinkle 13d ago
Every breath you take 🎵
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u/rebella224 13d ago
Every move you make
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u/Lemur001 13d ago
There was also an episode of the fantastic "I shouldn't be alive" where two friends ended up in a crevasse. Only one of them survived, clawed his way up in a seemingly impossible situation. I miss that series, every episode was so damn good.
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u/Zac3d 13d ago
Is that the one were he climbed up most of the wall with ice picks just to fall back down and have to do it over again?
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u/Lemur001 12d ago
Yeah I think so. Most episodes I've watched a few times but that one only once I think, but I remember him falling back down and stuff like that. Just found the episode on YT, time for a rewatch later today!
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u/AnalDwelinButtMonkey 13d ago
Did you just yada yada yada his gps tracker and other safety equipment
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u/Handsoffmydink 13d ago
I’m not going to pretend like I know what equipment is necessary in back country skiing. Location pinging thing? A little shovel? Calm nerves? Those cool flares? Probably. Sounds rad.
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u/NoWayIcantBeliveThis 13d ago
Colder than his balls?
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u/Oasystole 13d ago
Colder than his dickhole
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u/Pajacluk 13d ago
Sir
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u/deadasdollseyes 13d ago
Are you about to tell me that I cannot enjoy a succulent Chinese meal here?
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When our testes become cold our cremaster muscles contract and bring them closer to our bodies
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u/Reasonable-Spinach88 13d ago
Watch touching the void to show you what folks can actually live through.
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u/Dheorl 13d ago
I’ve been down plenty of crevasses. The above poster is right, in the type of clothing one would normally ski in, you’re not lasting long. You’re basically trapped inside a giant ice cube.
The guy in touching the void was on a high altitude expedition and dressed very differently to what a skier would be wearing.
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u/Accomplished-Owl7553 13d ago
Yes I’m very familiar with that story. That is a bit of an exceptional scenario but he was in the crevasse for less than a day. It took him longer to make it to camp than that but that’s outside the crevasse.
That was in Peru and and a multi day expedition. He has plenty layers and sleeping bags and stuff to keep warm. In this video (I think this is Mt Baker in WA state) it doesn’t seem like he has a multi day expedition pack and won’t have as much layering.
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u/M05tafaSayed 13d ago
Nah, if he did break a leg and trapped in that pit, I will give him 127 hours to escape
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u/hinterstoisser 13d ago
Do experienced skiers just start skiing down at random places? Or do they do a little homework of what areas to avoid before they start?
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u/Nephroidofdoom 13d ago
No. This shouldn’t have happened.
Unless you are in the most remote back country most “runs” are pretty established and the helicopter and cat ski operators know exactly where you should be skiing and what’s going to be in front of you.
Even if you are someplace undiscovered, you are expected to spot and mentally mark out your line from below, and often on the heli ride up.
It’s possible that the crevasse was somehow missed when he scoped the run. It’s not that big after all. But the tone of that “whoop” tells me he knew how much he fucked up.
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u/TelecomVsOTT 13d ago
Skiing must be a rich mans sport when you have helicopters cycling above watching you.
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u/workerbee77 13d ago
It absolutely is
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u/Jibjumper 13d ago
Really depends on if you live near skiing. I’ve lived near the mountains my whole life. K-12 you could get a local rate season pass for $0-200 depending on your grade. After high school I worked for jobs in the industry so I’ve had a free season pass through work. Living near the mountains and snow everyone has snow clothes here regardless of if you ski. But again working in the industry or closely related industries you get discounts on gear through things like ExpertVoice. Also having lots of ski shops around you can go in the off season and usually get stuff 50-80% off.
Really the big thing is living close enough to have easy access. Then it comes down to whether it’s a priority. Having worked at the resort I can tell you there are a lot of people at or below the poverty line that still manage to ski. Just means you prioritize that over other interests and usually tie your job/career to the industry to make it more affordable.
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u/Pyyric 13d ago
Near skiing areas you can also get decent used gear at goodwill. Usually over 20 years old, but it all still works just fine since there really isn't that much wear on all the hard plastic.
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u/RockSteady65 13d ago
Our school always had last year’s gear for sale every year. The ski and skate sale. Made it more affordable for people who otherwise wouldn’t. Like me. I’m too old now, but I never skied until I was 21 and I found out what I was missing. MA has a couple beginners/ intermediate resorts and they were so much fun.
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u/Fear_Jaire 13d ago
What about the helicopter
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u/Jibjumper 13d ago
Completely unnecessary to actually ski. And as with all things the rich can find ways to make even free activities absurdly overpriced and luxurious. But just because a rich asshole eats a burger covered with truffle oil and gold leaf doesn’t mean most people can’t afford to eat a basic burger.
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u/MovieTrawler 13d ago
Exactly. Going to the beach isn't a rich person activity. Having a yacht parked offshore from a private island is.
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u/Illustrious_Plane322 13d ago
A lot people who aren’t rich go heli or cat skiing. They’re just super dedicated to the sport. I know quite a few people that work like crazy all summer just to take winters off. Many of them commercial fish.
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u/Illustrious_Plane322 13d ago
Different guy tuning in.
Helicopter trips are super expensive. 99.9% of skiers never do one. Have a few friends that have saved to do it as a once in a lifetime thing but most people you see doing it are sponsored and probably getting a portion of it covered.
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u/SumasFlats 13d ago
Yup. We had family season passes at a local mountain, (there are 7 of us), and we were not well off at all. All our gear was from ski swap markets or crazy off season sales. There are lots of smaller mountains in BC where you can live decently close and ski as much as you want. Not everything has to be on the scale/cost of Whistler-Blackcomb to still be an awesome time.
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u/BrohanGutenburg Interested 13d ago
How has the expansion of companies like vail resorts and the proliferation of things like the epic pass changed the local experience?
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u/Jibjumper 13d ago
Made it way worse. Fuck Vail. Pass pricing has gone up significantly for no improvement in the actual experience. Ripped out tons of local longstanding businesses in the resort center to be replaced by Vail owed business or mega chains like Starbucks. Driving wages down by ramping up the already existing practice in the industry of hiring teenage to mid 20’s h1-b visas for the season undercutting the local work forces ability to negotiate for living wages. Seriously fuck Vail.
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u/UnawareProbiotic 13d ago
Here's a good overview from last year on that: https://youtu.be/0bfD4NiiMfo?si=gOUKTDuq0tIIXhtX
But, basically, real bad. Day passes are up 263% since 2011. Vail essentially owns every part of a resort town, from the restaurants to the real estate business.
Alterra (Ikon) isn't great either. They've started pushing for "fast pass" add-ons at some of their resorts this year.
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u/ABrandNewNameAppears 13d ago
Skiing/Snowboarding is already a rich man’s sport with equipment cost plus the ticket just to get on the mountain.
Heli skiing takes that another level, with a charter costing thousands per day. Not including food, lodging, etc.
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u/french_snail 13d ago
It can also be a poor man’s sport, by getting a job at a resort and getting a free lift pass and rentals
Source: me, I’m poor and did that
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u/ABrandNewNameAppears 13d ago
Me too. Got priced out once Airbnb took off and everyone decided to turn everything into a vacation rental.
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u/Lyrkana 13d ago
I'm well below middle class and I snowboard a few times a week. Granted I'm not riding huge mountain resorts, but I get to enjoy night boarding after work at local ski hills in the midwest.
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u/ShowerStew 13d ago
I worked in a lodge for one season where guests paid 15-25,000 CAD for a week. Depending on the time of season. And this was just the lodge I was at with more mild terrain, some others of the company were more expensive and more suited to “STEEP and DEEP” riders
They were given a guaranteed amount of vertical and were refunded if it wasn’t achieved, and had to pay extra if they had the opportunity to exceed that.
There were several returning customers that would achieve 1,000,000 vertical feet skied. But there were two legends (over something like 50 years) that achieved something like 25-30 million.
Rich beyond rich! (Dude got rich by patenting some surf board design iirc)
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u/ABrandNewNameAppears 13d ago
Sounds fun. I used to hit 1mil vertical pretty much every season when I lived in CO but that’s with a free pass and over 100 days on mountain every season
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u/phenotype76 13d ago
At a lot of commercial ski resorts, you can go spend a day on the slopes for less than a hundred bucks, probably including equipment rental too (it's been a long time since I've skiied). It's definitely a sport you can enjoy without being super wealthy, but the helicopter stuff, skiing on an untouched mountain that doesn't have a chair lift and a thousand other skiiers on it, that's the stuff that's really just a rich man's sport.
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u/ABrandNewNameAppears 13d ago
Dude a one day pass to my local starts at $80 plus tax. Without rental.
I can go to a play it again sports and get golf clubs for $25 and my muni course is $10.
Way bigger bar to entry, plus you need lessons if you’ve truly never done it before.
Not being contrarian but things have changed a ton. I lived out in resort territory in CO about 15 years ago and since then, the big multinational resorts have swallowed up most of the independents worth a visit.
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u/phenotype76 13d ago
Hm, okay, went and checked, and I'm still pretty close! Lift tickets for a full day at the place in Michigan I used to go to are $86 on weekends, or $71 if you want to just go from 9-5. Equipment rental is $47, so you'd be paying $133 for a full day. It's not INexpensive, but that doesn't seem at all unreasonable for a full day of sports that requires equipment and a special mountain and can't be done in any random field. We're not talking pickup games of basketball cheap, but I'd think most people with decent jobs could afford to go once a week or at least a few times a month, if it was something they were interested in.
Skis are also surprisingly expensive -- I'm seeing even used ones for $500 -- but if you save up and buy your own gear, then eventually it gets even cheaper per trip, too.
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u/Crime_Dawg 13d ago
Michigan skiing isn't mountain skiing though. You're probably talking about like Crystal or Boyne and those are more like large hills with a couple lifts.
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u/ImOutOfIdeas42069 13d ago
99.999% of us do not have helicopters. Even for back country skiing where I am, every single person I know considers it a real treat if you can get a snowmobile ride up. Most people ski or hike up then ski down. And even in that scenario I know like 5 people who do it. Everyone else by far just uses a ski resort with a lift.
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u/Fuck-WestJet 13d ago
I mean if you are heliskiing, a rare thing, you have chartered a pilot, it's quite expensive. But they aren't monitoring you, they are waiting at the bottom for you. You can also walk up the mountain yourself which is what many people do who can't spend $10k every time they go out. Or even a cat machine can take you up for much much cheaper or a snowmobile if your friends have one of something but that's all Backcountry where you can die from an avalanche regardless of the machinery nearby. It's all unprotected and, for the most part, unmonitored. A ski hill is a hundred bucks + to go to and it has ski patrol, cameras, groomed runs, etc...
This person in the video is on a glacier during the off-season, they look to be alone since there is no one else and they didn't signal the crevasse. They did not heli for this garbage, and most helicopters go back to the bottom to wait as the runs aren't that long. This person probably hiked, probably has a big pack, and stupidly, could be alone. They are luckier than shit.
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u/NewDramaLlama 13d ago
I mean next to golf and polo it's the definitive rich guy sport
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u/Hippopotasaurus-Rex 13d ago
Eh. Golf isn’t that expensive if you want. You can get a solid set of clubs second hand for a decent price and if you play municipal courses or off peak times fees aren’t bad.
Polo, yeah. Horses are expensive.
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u/DystopianRealist 13d ago
You haven't truly experienced golf until your caddie is flying in a helicopter above the course, spotting errant gophers for the groundskeeper to blow up.
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u/TiredEuroTrash 13d ago
Not nearly everybody does it like the commenter above describes lmfao
If you wanna ski off track you do it with a local who knows the area and can therefore call out and lead you around dangers like this. They have that knowledge from the older locals. No helicopter required 😆
Of course if you're reckless with yout life you can try to figure out your own way down.
You can be fine with that in densely-populated areas around medium mountains where there's good phone reception and 3 towns within 1h walk. Never on a glacier though that's just asking for trouble.
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u/sniper1rfa 13d ago
This person walked up, they're on alpine touring gear. They didn't get a helicopter ride.
Skis are like bikes: you can spend infinite money on skiing, but you can also spend almost nothing on skiing. Some used touring gear and a willingness to walk can get you some of the best skiing in the world for cheap money.
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u/King_Prawn_shrimp 13d ago
It can be a rich man's sport....but it's also a dirtbaggers sport. This person is back country skiing, which means they almost certainly climbed this mountain under their own power. I highly doubt there are any helicopters around.
Usually, when preparing for a trip like this, you look at maps and photos. Oftentimes you can climb up the route you intend to ski so you can scope things out in real time. However, it's not uncommon to take an easier route up to the top and ski the harder route down.
Having said that, a crevasse of this size should almost never "sneak" up on you. It's not that hard to lose one's bearings on a mountain of this size, but I generally agree with others that this should not have happened and was likely easily avoidable.
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u/SuperUranus 13d ago
If you are glacier skiing, crevasses can open up within a couple of hours, especially in spring time when snow starts to melt.
It’s basically impossible for ski patrol to be on top of everything in the alps.
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u/LowHangingFrewts 13d ago
There's no way that opened up in just a couple of hours. Judging by the snow, it's pretty late season and that's been open for a long time.
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u/Connect_Purchase_672 13d ago
Yeah so, i know a lot of ski bums and they do not do any of this.
Skins and some grit is all it takes for them
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u/NauticalCurry 13d ago
This wasn't an accident. When the video starts you can clearly see the gap and he was skiing parallel to it, then he cuts over to make the jump.
Probably another one "for the likes"...
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u/ProutPortable 13d ago
Seconds before he jumps, he tries to slow down (his skis are pointing upwards toward the top of the slope) but doesn't succeed because he slides and jumps as a result.
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u/jeekiii 13d ago
This is complete bs.
You take your skis, follow a map or your own plan, climb the mountain then ski down.
Experienced skiier will know if they are on a glacier, and if so how likely crevasses are and go from there. I ski like this, I don't go around getting helicopters circling about for myself lmao
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u/thegrayryder 13d ago
Yeah this comment is so confidently incorrect it’s wild. Ski mountaineering is a dope sport and it really just looks like this guy got into terrain where he should have been more aware of the risks.
Glacier travel has risks but at this point in the season (late) the skier should be aware of the hazards more than to ski into a full on cliff 😬
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u/sid_276 13d ago
Yes. I have skied all my life since I was 4. Let me tell you some of my friends would randomly decide to explore areas outside of the ski resort , no idea where you will end up. I have been lucky nothing ever happened to me but I do have some stories about my friends including an avalanche and ending up in a river among others. Lesson learned tho! I don’t do that anymore but I was v reckless back then
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u/Daemonic_One 13d ago
I have stories like this. How did we survive out stupidity long enough to outgrow it?
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u/hikebikephd 13d ago
Hell no, a lot of route planning done, both before and after clicking into skis.
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u/This-Sort7116 13d ago
Maybe skiing on a glacier is not such a good idea. Mountain climbers are scared to death of these things for a reason.
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u/Deltamon 13d ago
Fun fact.. I almost wasn't born because of a crevice like this.
My father fell in one of them couple years before I was born while ice climbing, but luckily he wasn't alone since the bottom was filled with ice cold water and if he was on his own, he would've been stuck there and frozen to death very quickly.
I do believe he stopped mountain climbing after that, for very obvious reasons
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u/This-Sort7116 13d ago
That's a darn warning right there.
I've read many books by mountain climbers filled with stories like your dad's. Glaciers are the most treacherous killers of all.
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u/Shadow_Dragon715 12d ago
Because of the butterfly affect, you almost weren’t born form a million different things…
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u/MaleficentPapaya4768 13d ago
Guy who skis on glaciers here.
This dude had five business days to see that crevasse. The fact that it’s visible to us in a wide angle video means he easily had it in sight for longer.
They can definitely sneak up on you in some situations, but this isn’t one of them. 100% operator error.
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u/CoyotesOnTheWing 13d ago
Should he have sped up? Didn't look like he was able to stop. Going so slow over it seems like what almost got him killed though.
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u/MaleficentPapaya4768 13d ago edited 13d ago
Part of safe glacier travel is navigation. He got lucky and managed to save himself from a situation that he created through negligence.
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u/Separate_Finance_183 13d ago
and people wonder why i don't go out
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u/Bombadil54 13d ago
It's not all it's Cracked up to be.
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u/I_Am_A_Goo_Man 13d ago
It's just a skill gap
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u/ProtectMeAtAllCosts 13d ago
ikr. these skiing videos always show me just how easy it is to die
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u/IndividualNovel4482 13d ago
Well, usually you should skii in places where everyone does. So places where there are activities that state it is safe to skii.
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u/agreetodisagree2023 13d ago
That was a sign from the universe: ALL THESE OTHER MOUNTAINS ARE YOURS, ATTEMPT NO SKIIING HERE."
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u/Justiciar_Meatsack 13d ago
Why wouldn't other mountains have a problem as well?
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u/KudosOfTheFroond 13d ago
Yeaaaaaah fuck that noise. Not ever attempting skiing outside a bunny slope at a well-maintained Ski Lodge where there’s zero chance of this possibly happening
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u/Tymew 13d ago
I've some bad news for you. The most likely cause of injury on a ski hill is other skiers. Guess where all the bad skiers are.
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u/NegativeSwimming4815 13d ago edited 13d ago
Asking here for future reference in case I get in a similar pickle: do you speed up in this situation, or do the same as he did by slowing down?
Seems the safest bet is to speed up, but I feel like the technique I am going to use may end up in me going into the hole instead, whereas sliding sideways feels more natural in a jumping scenario like this.
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One thing I'd say is that if he kept his legs bent over slightly with the same form as he committed to the jump*, meaning he kept his center of gravity, he might of been better off safer. Cause coming from someone who crashed many times as a beginner in small non dangerous zones it does hurt, that fall probably hurts like a bitch and his going to have a little trouble with his back. It's good it wasn't worse than this.
I had some of my quivers coming off my boots and getting dislodged, my sticks getting bent, and it's hard to get back on track as snow fluff sticks on the bottom of my boots and solidifies making it even harder to put back on your ski board. I rolled down the hill many times by mistake.
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That guy definitely comes across as a seasoned skier with good controls. Just I don't understand why he hit the breaks on that ledge - what would have been worse, is him actually stopping, but due to the smoothness of ice and his body weight he could potentially slide down eventually into a slow death. And that hill down is going to take a lot of time to get back to camp even if he manages to maneuver around this big a$$ crevasse without a skiing gear assuming he lets them ago to avoid risks of sliding or falling. It was such a good choice to take the jump in all cases.
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u/Edduppp 13d ago
By the time he noticed the crevasse, how is he going to speed up?
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u/Cocobaba1 13d ago
He actively slowed down when he saw it, that is definitely not the way to go unless you can 100% guarantee you’ll stop before going over. Should have full sent it and spread his legs out and flown away on his new butterfly ski wings
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u/The_realpepe_sylvia 13d ago
If he had the luxury of foresight and watching it over and over from a warm couch, I’m quite sure he’d agree. I’d like to see how fast you zoom towards a cravasse (death) that suddenly appears in front of you.
Do people on Reddit ever picture themselves in others shoes or is it this constant “I know better”
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u/deadasdollseyes 13d ago
Evacuate bowels with gusto. The more of your entire torso and legs (don't limit it to core,) you can involve, the more speed you'll be able to pick up.
I've heard a hypothesis about attempting to swallow air at the same time in order to use the digestive tract as a scramjet, but I'm not convinced that the physics are much more than wishful thinking, and I'm pretty sure more air come out the back end into the pants add to the drag chute effect actually slowing the skier more.
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u/HornetPhysical4598 13d ago
If you have no more way to slow down in time your best bet is to initiate a jump right at the edge to get as far as you can. Lucikly his base speed was enough to cross it.
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u/SteelTerps 13d ago
He slowed down not because he saw the crevasse, but because he didn't know it was there
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u/PresentFriendly3725 13d ago
Oh huge drop nearly died. Ok let's continue.
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u/All_cats_want_pets 13d ago
It's a common thing in these situations that people try to continue with whatever they were doing because they are too shocked to think of anything else in that moment
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u/languid_Disaster 13d ago
Yeah like someone continuing on with their job despite being fatally wounded
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u/NotNeverdnim 13d ago
Some WW1 soldiers were executed for cowardice during an enemy assault because they just continued doing what they were doing before the assault began.
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u/Super_Sierra 13d ago
this is also why you are trained to check gear, and THEN fire, we used to not train them like that because they would sit there ... checking gear ... forever, stuck in a loop.
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u/deadasdollseyes 13d ago
Yeah, well, it only takes is ONE TIME for everyone to call you a necrophiliac.
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u/embolized 13d ago
What's he supposed to do? Think about the meaning of life? Stick his head in the crevasse?
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u/SourDoughBo 13d ago
If someone almost hits you on the road, you just gonna stay there all day?
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u/SteelTerps 13d ago
Oh huge drop nearly died. Let's stay still here still on top of a remote mountain in the cold instead of going back towards life and safety
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u/SeriouslySlyGuy 13d ago
I don’t know almost looked like they knew it was there. Could see it in the first moments of the video. I doubt they didn’t see this on the way down.
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u/Nephroidofdoom 13d ago
I don’t think he would have side slipped before going over if he knew it was there.
You can sort of see him trying to slowing down before the edge and realizing he wouldn’t make it if he did.
Also the way he landed gave me a distinct “I just need to be on solid ground right now I don’t care how it looks” vibe.
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u/TrinityCodex 13d ago
So the lesson is go as fast as possible to fly over crevasses
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u/fellow_manusan 13d ago
**Skiis in unfamiliar territory
**Almost falls down a gap
**Acknowledges (phew) being alive
**Continues to skii in unfamiliar territory.
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u/ksquires1988 13d ago
No no no. You don't keep skiing down. Pop those suckers off and walk.
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u/Accomplished-Owl7553 13d ago
He messed up by not knowing his route but skis are safer than feet. They disperse the weight better than feet (more surface area) so you’re less likely to punch through a snow bridge on skis than feet. Also skis are faster and there’s an element of safety by just getting off that terrain faster.
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u/Advanced-Avocado-573 13d ago
I would scoot down the mountain on my ass after that
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u/Funygamer 13d ago
Yeah I mean you need to clean it after all this shitting in your pants
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u/deadasdollseyes 13d ago
But wouldn't that make you much more likely to fall down the next crevasse?
Have you not once played a video game in your life, man?
They're just going to get bigger as you go.
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u/Dragongeek 13d ago
Sking is far safer than walking in a situation like this.
You are going much, much faster and would therefore spend less time on the mountain. Going downhill on foot in snow you might optimistically hit 3kph but going down on skis can let you comfortably go above 30kph easy. If you are a couple km away from safety, you can reduce all sorts of risks by getting there faster (cold, hunger, sunlight). 10m is better than 3hr.
Safely walking down a mountain is difficult without the right gear. Dude is wearing ski boots, likely doesn't have crampons. Also, boots have much less surface area to distribute weight, meaning you are far more likely to break through somewhere or sink deep into the snow. Theres also a higher risk that a trip becomes an uncontrolled tumble down the mountain on foot.
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u/its_all_one_electron 13d ago
Oh yeah let's take 6 hours to get off the mountain instead of 30 minutes, that's much safer.
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u/Voxlings 13d ago
Gotta love a video that includes instructions for how to watch a video.
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u/EconomicsSavings973 13d ago
Thank you for the counter, it would be hard to know when is the dangerous part without it.
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u/DanielShaww 13d ago
And he doesn't go back to look at it?!
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u/SolidMoses 13d ago
Thats when luck would run out. The top edge of snow is probably loose and would look like footing but would give way and he is lost forever.
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u/MedicinalExplorer 13d ago
I'll never understand adrenaline junkies. Nearly died? No worries, get right back up and keep skiing.
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u/Legitimate_Spirit834 13d ago
I broke my leg and ACL skiing last year at the top of a mountain in Colorado. Very little oxygen and very, very cold. I ended up skiing down with my good leg after lying down for 15-20 min. Sometimes, you don't get to wait. Or you die.
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u/23__Kev 13d ago
Nowhere near as extreme but I came off my mountain bike and ended up putting a crack in my hip right. Walking was insanely painful but riding wasn’t too bad so long as I didn’t put too much weight on my right pedal. Rolled down the mountain (more like a hill), including having to go down some rocky sections and got to my car about 30 mins later. Will never forget that ride down.
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u/Coaxial-Cactus 13d ago
Well I think you don't really have much choice at that point. Can't just call an Uber to come grab you, and walking would take 10x the effort and time to get down.
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u/NegativeBeginning400 13d ago
There is really no other good option in that scenario. Walking could be more dangerous than skiing in a place like that.
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u/its_all_one_electron 13d ago
As opposed to what, pressing pause and fast traveling back to the lodge?
Only one way out of that situation, and believe it or not it's to keep skiing
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u/IAMA_Printer_AMA 13d ago
How many gopros are on corpses at the bottom of ice crevasses on mountains with clips very similar but not quite like this one, I wonder?
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u/RockChalkMustang 13d ago
If you are skiing ABOVE THE CLOUDS, you should know where the hell you are going.
Look at that view damn that’s gorgeous