Avalanche Burial with Black Diamond AvaLung
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Uploaded by BlackDiamondVideo on Jan 16, 2009
On a heli-ski trip out of Haines, AK in April 2008, experienced backcountry skier Chris Cardello was prepared and knew the risks. He was also wearing a helmet cam. This footage is an intense first person perspective on being caught in an avalanche, riding it to burial, breathing through a Black Diamond AvaLung and being rescued by trained professionals. Be safe out there!
The Black Diamond AvaLung allows you to breathe fresh air directly from the snowpack, buying you precious time during a rescue. Rebreathing exhaled air when youre buried causes suffocation because the air becomes oversaturated with carbon dioxide and depleted of oxygen. The AvaLung diverts the exhausted air away from your fresh-air intake zone, considerably extending the time your partners have to conduct a successful recovery.
Learn more at BlackDiamondEquipment.com/avalung.
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do they make an AVA-LAV, a device that will clean out your pants after you shit in them????
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Here's the original (unedited video) along with story in case anyone is still looking for this vimeo(dot)com/6581009
4 months ago 3
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@hilato "Skier films avalanche burying him"
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@TheDeranged123 "Skier films avalanche burying him"
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If he hadn't tried to stop above the break and instead straight-lined it over the avalanche would he have been able to avoid getting buried?
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Anyone have a link to the original video?
Also that's gotta be the longest 5 minutes imaginable.
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@TruckeeLivin where is the real video here.
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@skanky87 just use scba mask w/ tank ful of compressed o2, you'll last much longer & will take up less space
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@gunnermac70 agreed agreed agreed
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This video has been edited down from what really happened. He actually never got the avi lung fully in his mouth and if they would actually show the conclusion you would see that they have to help clear his air way. Shameless video that doesn't tell the entire story.
TruckeeLivin 2 years ago 31
ACTUALLY, if you watch the whole video closely, you'll see that the asterisk is used to cite the study that shows the avalung extends breathing time while buried.
DogOnFilms 3 years ago 7