About Over four years ago, I read “Touching the Void” and I was always intrigued by situation hikers find themselves in and the incredible things they do to stay alive.
This blog is about learning from other people’s mistakes, so you don’t make the same ones.
“Better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the grey twilight that knows not victory nor defeat”
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Who: A 36-year-old man and a 13-year-old boy
Where: Northeast Czech Republic
Their mistake: One ignored warnings. The other just seemed like bad luck.
What happened: In two separate incidents, two people were killed in avalanches. In the first incident, a 36-year-old backcountry skier died in Northeast Czech Republic. Authorities said the man ignored avalanche advisories and skied [...]
Who: A man in his 30s
Where: Mount Mackie, British Columbia, Canada
His mistake: It’s unknown
What happened: A man and three of his friends – all in their 30s – snowmobiled into the B.C. backcountry for some skiing. During one of their ski descents, one of the skiers triggered an avalanche. Three of the men were able [...]
Who: An adult male and a teen male
Where: Out of bounds at Revelstoke Mountain Resort, British Columbia, Canada
Their mistake: They bit off more than they can chew
What happened: Three skiers decided to tackle some backcountry terrain. During their descent, they came across a steep, icy chute that they didn’t feel comfortable with. They took off [...]
Who: A husband and wife, both 44 years old
Where: Powder Mountain, Utah
Their mistake: They wanted to get one more run in and got caught in fog
What happened: A husband and wife wanted to get one more lap in at Powder Mountain in Utah. Their plan was to follow the same line as the previous run. [...]
Who: A 41-year-old male
Where: Bansko, a ski resort in Bulgaria
His mistake: He hucked a cornice
What happened: A man was skiing at one of the most popular resorts in Bulgaria when he decided to hit a cornice. The skier suffered injuries and minutes after ski patrol arrived, he died. It is unclear how hard he hit [...]
Who: 42-year-old Todd Bell
Where: Hell’s Canyon, Snowbasin, Utah
His mistake: He got separated from his partner
What happened: A man and a friend planned to snowboard in No Name Canyon, an inbounds area of Snowbasin. During the run, his friend dropped in, but one of the snowboarders ended up dropping into Hell’s Canyon nearby, an out of [...]
Who: 50-year-old MaryScott King of Huntington Beach
Where: Mineral Creek Basin, Telluride, Colorado
Her mistake: Just a bad freak accident
What happened: A woman went heli-skiing with Carlo Nafarrete, her soon-to-be fiancé. Nafarrete planned to pop the question in the coming days. Unfortunately, during the trip, the woman was skiing in a remote area of Mineral Creek basin [...]
Who: A 20-year-old Austrian snowboarder
Where: Obertauern, Austria
His mistake: Being stupid
What happened: While snowboarding with some friends who were heading down the mountain, the young snowboarder lost his snowboard and climbed down alone to retrieve it.
When he never showed up an hour later his friends called the police. A group of 12 volunteers from the [...]
Who: A 54-year-old man from Coquitlam, British Columbia
Where: Mt. Baker, Washington
His mistake: Looks like he took a bad line
What happened: A husband and wife planned on enjoying a nice day in the snow on Mt. Baker in Washington. The woman was snowshoeing while the man went skiing. They ascended up a route toward Artist Point [...]
Who: A teenage skier
Where: Bartlett Peak, Copper Mountain, Colorado
His mistake: Not sure if he checked snow stability, but who knows what happened
What happened: A teen skier planned on carving turns near Copper Mountain on the northeast side of Bartlett Peak. The teen went and did about five or six turns before a large 500-foot avalanche [...]
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