So a hiker, following his "buddy's" post holing a new boot pack (on top of a cornice) up the the ridge ended up breaking a cornice off and going for a ride, getting partially buried.
They send out ski patrol to seach for bodies (none found) and shut down all gates from hiking.The "buddy"after learning that his friend went for a ride, left his partner and kept on hiking and continued on his tour. The victim talking to ski patrol said he had a "buddy" whom was unaccounted for. So this is what happened. Full search. (dogs, choppers, probe line)
http://www.avalanche.org/~uac/photos/Images08-09/4-5-09,Millicent%20Cornice%20Incident,Craig%20Gordon.web/
Although this "Buddy" was not his patner's hero, he is mine. This "buddy" truly lives by the code "no friends on a powder day"! Way to go, "buddy"!
3 comments:
jerk costed me a day of super fun ridge hiking. brig employee described is my buddy billie who had invited me on that ridge hike that morning.
What an ass.
I like how they note that they were "experienced". What assholes.
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