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Avalanche won't slow sledders down
Topic Started: Mar 16 2010, 10:36 AM (42 Views)
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Avalanche won't slow sledders down

By Tamsyn Burgmann, THE CANADIAN PRESS

March 16, 2010

REVELSTOKE, B.C. - It was nothing short of a miracle that dozens of snowmobilers escaped what could have been a cold mass grave when they were knocked flat by a tumbling torrent of snow in southwestern B.C.

Yet the aftermath of twisted machinery, broken bones, stitches and two dead doesn't mean "sled-heads" are rethinking jamming the pedal to the metal when the next powder snowfall arrives.

"Somebody gets stabbed by a bull in a bull ring bullfighting, I mean, is somebody going to go 'Oh my goodness, bullfighting should end? No. That's what happens - you're taking the chance," said Darren Dove, 28, of Biggar, Sask., on Monday, after a weekend out riding the backcountry on Boulder Mountain, near the site of the slide.

"You're climbing up a mountain on a snowmobile that has 40 feet of snow on it, you've got to know avalanches can happen. I mean, if you don't want to put yourself into that situation, don't do the sport, plain and simple."

Chasing the thrill that comes with tearing up a wild hill with all the horsepower a sled can offer has plenty of risks and many enthusiasts say it is a personal choice to accept.

"I'm not going to quit riding because of it, or slow down," said Greg Mundt, 34, who saw the massive white cloud plummet down the bowl on Saturday from afar.

An avalanche warning had been in effect for the area when three daredevil sledders apparently began competing to see who could race highest up the mountain. The game, called high-marking, was part of an unsanctioned event called the Big Iron Shoot-Out.

Suddenly, the snow was knocked loose, gathering speed into a huge slide that barrelled onto the 200-strong crowd watching below.

Alberta men Kurtis Reynolds and Shay Snortland, both 33 years old, were killed.
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There is nothing we can do about stupidity, but do the tax payers have to foot the bill when things go wrong?
Any search and rescue costs plus medical costs should have to be borne by the so called victims.
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BC is looking into pressing charges. But, there is no law against being stupid.

The truth is, some of these guy's will actually go into areas that have high warnings about avalance areas and do ''high marking,'' to them it adds to the thrill and excitement. You can actually renovate a snow mobile to perform better in these type of conditions, and the nitwits waste no time doing it.

BC averages about 7 or 8 of these idiots a year killing themselves, I wish they would use a gun instead of a snow mobile, it would be cheaper for us tax payers.
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