Video: Helmet Cam Avalanche Survival
By Adam Soldinger • Jan 22nd, 2009 • Category: The Wire, VideoGranted, this video works as one hell of an advertisement for Black Diamond’s Avalung system but it’s real and it’s pretty damn scary, especially with all the in-bounds avalanches we had in the states around Christmas and New Years. In the video from last April, skier Chris Cardello is skiing a line in Haines, AK for a Rage Films feature when an avalanche breaks all around him. Luckily, he managed to get the avalung back into his mouth after the fall had ripped it out and after 5 full minutes of being completely buried he was rescued. He did suffer a ruptured achilles tendon but managed to escape with his life…a fair trade in my estimate.
Here’s also a recent interview with another avalanche survivor who can thank the Avalung, this time in Italy…
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