On Avalanche accidents in BC
The survivability for avalanche accidents is low in BC.
Tag: safety
How to Kill Yourself Snowshoeing
A review of snowshoe accidents in BC reveals that snowshoers are more likely to die in a slip and fall than in an avalanche.
On Getting Lost (Part 2): Corner and Edge Cases
Corner and edge cases for how people get lost, based on personal experience.
On getting lost
The couple left their house to walk the dog in the late afternoon, a little later than they had intended. It was winter, and the day had got away from them, but the dog needed a walk. They began on …
Death in the Backcountry
Continued from Part 1 So I’ve been trained to dangle under a helicopter, and it’s fun. However, like a lot of things in SAR, it’s all fun until it’s for real. And this brings me to the second surprise I …
To the readers of ClubTread
I don’t usually weigh in on things, but I will on this one. The task of SAR is to differentiate from the Rest of the World (ROW) and the Search Area. We know we cannot search the ROW, so we …
Death on Snowmobile: part 3 what worked
Every skier loves to slag a sledder. Forums all over the internets are alive with skiers talking about the Boulder Mountain Avalanche and how it wouldn’t happen to skiers, that the sledders are isolated from the sounds of the snow …
Death on snowmobile: part 2
I’d like to talk about one or two things I’ve noticed that can help shed light on why 200 people would go out into such obviously dangerous conditions, and expose themselves to what would seem to be obvious risk. These …
Death on snowmobile
Today over 200 people were on scene at an “unorganized event” known as the “Big Iron Shootout” near Revelstoke, there was an avalanche and several people were killed, many were injured and there are possibly some missing. In the past …
Death by Snowshoe
I’m working on an article on the mechanisms by which snowshoers near Vancouver tend to get in trouble (injury and death). The summary is this: snowshoers tend to have slip-and-fall injuries on hard snow during periods of sunny weather either …