Avalanches 101

Learn the warning signs of an avalanche before it's triggered. See All National Geographic Videos http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/?source=4001

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[Sn0wSh1t]

I think they are talking about nature not about the rescue gears in avalanches :) if you want to learn something you should watch rescue programs not programs about natures :)

[PlayT0E]

Mother Nature flexes her power ...

[December1617]

I AM DONT WANT TO GET INTO AN AVALANCHE

[rafaelsalinas58]

This video went viral on Manila



[youtizzle100]

some hippie shit

[twodot11]

@BethesdaSkater you can try :)

[imsoren12321]

avalaches is awsome, beauty and dangerus

i know it sounds stupid and sry for my bad english

[BethesdaSkater]

i know that im probably wrong, but cant you ski to the right or left of the avalanche to escape it?

[paldesic2009]

i know that avalanches are extremely dangerous, but i just have to say that they look fucking awesome.

[darkprincess997]

woah these people must have a first hand experience on triggering an avalanche!

i mean- this vid talks about rescue blah blah but it actually doesn't TELL u HOW 2 do it so wats the point?

[bmackall]

Actually, most people die not from suffocation but from aspyxiation from rebreathing their own carbon dioxide. You need to scrape out an air pocket in the 5 seconds before the ice settles to both give yourself more oxygen and prevent an ice mask from forming.

Rescue is not the important thing. If you're buried your chances are slim, period. The only thing that is important is knowing how, when, and where to ski BC terrain so that your chances of triggering an avy are as close to 0 as possible.