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With all the space in the world, it would be a big effort. In a tree well, most likely I cannot.Ask yourself, "Can you remove your bindings while hanging upside down from your skis, without letting the skis out of your grip?"
Ask yourself, "Can you remove your bindings while hanging upside down from your skis, without letting the skis out of your grip?"
I was getting an anxiety attack watching how long it took them to get a shovel out of the backpack, put it together and start digging. There was so much going wrong in that rescue, I am just glad he got out ok. Practice, Practice, Practice.I have probably posted this before - a backcountry training mission turns into an unplanned tree well rescue. Terrifying. I can't imagine if there wasn't an entire team, and a trainer heading it up -
nightmare way to dieAsk yourself, "Can you remove your bindings while hanging upside down from your skis, without letting the skis out of your grip?"