A snowboarder, who was literally buried upside down in a hole on Mount Baker, in the United States, was rescued by another skier who passed by the place and realized what had happened.
The incident happened at the beginning of the month, but only now the video showing the rescue has been published on social media, calling on other practitioners to be aware of similar emergencies.
Francis Zuber eventually saved the life of snowboarder Ian Steger, who was buried by snow in a tree pit, a place under the trees where there are holes and the snow is not compacted.
“As we entered the tree zone, the passages were so narrow that we all took our own paths. The one I chose by chance was the one with the large tree pit, a hole that I ended up falling into,” complained Steger, who did not succeed he managed to respond over the radio to his friends’ pleas: “I would die in an area where I have walked hundreds of times.”
A warning on the Association of Ski Areas (NSAA) website indicates that in this type of accident, the skier falls into an area of deep snow, is immobilized, and could die of suffocation. Always practice skiing with a partner at a distance where visual contact is possible.
Source: DN
