How to survive avalanche.WMV

Paolo and Jeremy go for Pisgah Butress on Scafell, we planned to video this brilliant climb, but as things unfolded, we ended up deciding that the avalanche risk and general conditions were unacceptable, so we descend, find an alternative and end up getting wiped out by a hidden slab avalanche released by a solo climber above us, OUCH! Jeremy avoided the avalance but Paolo took it for the team :-( Looking back at the footage, it's amazing that despite deciding to avoid avalanche risk and being on Scafell, still etc etc.......It's like being crushed in a tumbling wave before being launched like a canon ball off the steep base of the crag and flying like a DODO (Large Flightless Extinct Bird).

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