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What's an Avalanche Like?
March 6, 2006 at 8:44 AM |
by johnrambow
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Speaking of mountains, check out this unsigned first-person account of surviving an avalanche in the French Alps:
I had heard many times that the best way to survive an avalanche was to "swim" to stay on top of the snow. What I now know is that this is an automatic survival instinct. I swam for my life.
Mountain guidebooks also say that pissing yourself helps your chances of survival since it helps rescue dogs to find your location. That is an automatic reaction, too.
Related Stories:
· `OK, so this is it. I'm dying' [London Times]
· Henry's Avalanche Talk [Official Site]
· Avalanche.org [Official Site]
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