unLost thread - Quandary Avalanche

frank · Joined: 06 Dec 2004 Posts: 917 Location: München

Mapadu,
One question for you, I don't quite understand the quote below. Could you possibly expand on it? Who is Euphora? No, but seriously, you saw the snow curling below you? How did this happen? Where you then in the middle, and you saw the mass you wer on sliding up above the "stable" snowpack below?

mapadu · Joined: 06 Dec 2004 Posts: 314

Frank, yes, you answered the question you asked.

If you look closely at a couple of those pictures you can see an area in the middle of the debris that hardly broke up at all. Look closer and there's a turning ski track on it. That piece of slab slid quite a bit without breaking up as I was tucking well above the spot that turn currently lies.

Teletrooper · Joined: 10 Dec 2004 Posts: 74 Location: Cornfield, Indiana

No words. Just support and understanding.
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funhog · Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 8:15 pm Post subject:

GOOD ON YOU MAPADU!!!

I think the 25 deg 28 deg mistake is easy to make...reading the devices ain't so easy plus I wonder about measurement error in device. I brought this up during the Durand thread and somebody rained on my parade...
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Summit · Joined: 07 Dec 2004 Posts: 152 Location: 9,300ft ASL

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Gary Brill · Joined: 07 Dec 2004 Posts: 1717

Absolutely a terrific story, Mapadu. You had me shaking in my boots....er make that slippers....for Winter.

B · Joined: 22 Dec 2005 Posts: 2176 Location: P-town, CA

TeleKay · Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 4:34 pm Post subject:

Thanks for a sharing your experience, Mapadu, and for telling such a moving story eloquently. Thanks for the bump, B.
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Kimo · Joined: 06 Dec 2004 Posts: 175

What a story. Ditto on the bump, thanks.

SteveH · Joined: 25 May 2006 Posts: 790 Location: Boulder, Colorado

robrox · Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 3:27 pm Post subject:

Thanks, 2x, to mapadu for posting in the first place and to B for the bump.

Stuff to think on....
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MattB · Joined: 22 Mar 2005 Posts: 4849 Location: G-Spot, Colorado

Good writing of a gripping story. I didn't see this the first time. Thanks.
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Mtngrrrl · Joined: 28 Feb 2007 Posts: 1281 Location: Colorado

Wow. You had me shaking. I'm so glad that this turned out well for both of you, and that you've shared it with us. I also missed it the first time.

risk.reduction · Joined: 22 Apr 2008 Posts: 3017 Location: Wasilla, Alaska

So, you ski alone much anymore in avalanche terrain?
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