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Dave Bristle
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Djibouti
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Initially Posted - 02/08/2003 : 18:53:10

We sail vicariously with you southern sailers, and we ski vicariously (bad knee) with our daughter, a professional ski patroller in Steamboat Springs, CO. However, yesterday we got a call informing us that Liz had been buried in an avalance at Solitude in Utah, was dug out unconscious in about 6 minutes, helicoptered to the hospital. She was released last night with nothing more than a headache and some other sore areas, she's absolutely fine. (She made the SLC news programs last night--media helicopters were one the scene immediately.)

WHEW!! <img src=icon_smile_shock.gif border=0 align=middle> <img src=icon_smile_shock.gif border=0 align=middle>

Dave Bristle - 1985 C-25 #5032 SR-FK-Dinette-Honda "Passage" in SW CT

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Ben - FL
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Response Posted - 02/08/2003 : 20:20:03

Wow Dave, That's amazing! I'm so glad your family is OK. So often we loose a loved one unexpectedly. One of our best friends lost their grandson (8) because he went to sleep with a piece of candy in his mouth and it made the evening news. Very strange the way God decides who stays and who goes. I know I should have been gone a long time ago.<img src=icon_smile_evil.gif border=0 align=middle>

Safe voyages,
Ben, FL s/v Chick-a-pea C250wk
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Response Posted - 02/09/2003 : 13:16:35

Dave,

I'm glad your daughter was fine. Thank God.

Albert Iturrey
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Ray Seitz
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Response Posted - 02/09/2003 : 13:23:18

Glad everything turned out OK Dave. Having just had a terrible year with deaths in our family, I am really happy your daughter will have an exciting story to tell your grandkids. Is it just me or have there been a lot of avalance's this winter?

Ray Seitz C 250WB #628 Sea Major

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Arlyn Stewart
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Response Posted - 02/09/2003 : 15:58:18

Yes Dave.... Whew!!

Arlyn C-250 W/B #224
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Response Posted - 02/09/2003 : 16:20:27

Glad to hear all turned out well. Solitude Ski Resort is just a short 20 min. drive up the canyon from my home. I ski there frequently with my own daughter. You just never know. Was she skiing backcountry runs, or within the boundries of the resort? Do you know? Backcountry skiing is very popular in that entire area, but not without additional risks. We've actually had a very dry and warm winter, but we did get our first major snowstorm just one week ago and undoubtedly, some instability still exists in the snowpack. Again, I'm happy to hear that this story had a happy ending.

Tom Coleman
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 02/09/2003 : 17:31:11

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Was she skiing backcountry runs, or within the boundries of the resort?
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Hi Tom...

She was skiing "out of bounds" with three other ski patrollers, one from Solitude. They came to a particular chute that appeared somewhat risky, so they took it one at a time (for just the reason that followed). The Solitude guy went first, Liz went second, and the slope let go with her, taking her over a small cliff and burying her at the bottom. The Solitude patroller went straight to where he saw her land, the others came down, found her with probes, and dug her out within 5-6 minutes (their estimate). The medivac chopper was on scene almost at the same moment she was pulled out. (Radios are as important on a mountain as on an ocean.) We don't know how deep she was, but they found one ski sticking up after digging for a bit. It was very fortunate that (1) they went down separately, and (2) everyone knew exactly what to do. Otherwise, I'd be in Utah today on a very sad mission.

I've been told being caught in an avalanche is like being weightless in white plasma, and the being buried by one is like being in hardened concrete--you can't move a finger or even take a breath. When Liz feels more like talking about it, we'll see how she describes it. Watch a clock for six minutes and try to imagine it...

Thanks, everyone...

Dave Bristle - 1985 C-25 #5032 SR-FK-Dinette-Honda "Passage" in SW CT

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Response Posted - 02/10/2003 : 12:44:32

glad everything turned out OK Dave!

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tinob
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Response Posted - 02/10/2003 : 14:27:23

Lordy Dave...sure glad that she is O.K.
Val on the hard DAGNABIT

Val Bisagni

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Todd Frye
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Response Posted - 02/10/2003 : 14:52:45

Dave,
Glad to hear a close call came out well. Our son spent 14 months at Primary Childrens Hospital in SLC, so we know the hospital complex up there pretty well. If I can help from this end, just give a shout. Todd Frye

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dgabel
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Response Posted - 02/10/2003 : 17:46:22

What else can you say, Dave? Thank God that everything is OK.

Dave Gabel
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 02/10/2003 : 21:40:47

Thanks a ton, Todd... But she's back in Steamboat Springs with a few aches and pains, but happy to be alive and healthy, and something of a celebrity on the patrol.

A brief news item is at http://kutv.com/topstories/local_story_038142401.html

Dave Bristle - 1985 C-25 #5032 SR-FK-Dinette-Honda "Passage" in SW CT

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John Mason
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Response Posted - 02/11/2003 : 17:39:45

I'm sure glad that story had a happy ending! Good time to count our blessings and enjoy every moment, each day.

John Mason - Ali Paroosa
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Response Posted - 02/12/2003 : 06:48:30

DAve, when i foirst started reading your post my heart leaped into my throat. What a shock. But, I, like everyone else, am pleased for you that Liz is fine. It sounds like she was with the right people to help in such an emergency!

Blessings to y'awl.

Don Peet
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The Great Sacandaga Lake, NY

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