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Mammoth Deaths

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appel_strudel
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I heard that 4 people died in 5 days in the mammoth park or some ridiculous thing like that. Does anybody kno if there is truth to that?
Feb 26 2006 12:20AM
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johanblaze
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i think it was actually 5 people. this was a few eeks ago.
Feb 26 2006 1:13AM
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720skiguy
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holy shit what the hell were they doing?
Feb 26 2006 1:15AM
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johanblaze
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i'm not positive on all of them. one was a ski patroller who was caught in an avy like 60 miles away, another was a kid that overshot a jump in the park, and.. i'm not positive. your best bet would be to search for it online.
Feb 26 2006 1:27AM
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mammothpunks
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only one was in the park
others were heart attacks and shit
and the patroller caught in the ave up in bridgeport
Feb 26 2006 2:02AM
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EClay46
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it was actually 7 in 7 days, my uncle was one of them, he skiid into a rockface on a white out
Feb 26 2006 2:36AM
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Ice-Is-Scary
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I used to work at a resort for a few winters, you wouldn't believe how often people die, half the time it's really stupid shit. Some guy had a heart attack and fell off the life, another guy was chewing bubblegum, crashed and choked on it and died he was like 22. Most people hit trees n stuff though.
Feb 26 2006 3:42AM
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Download-My-Apps
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sorry to hear about that
Feb 26 2006 4:07AM
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ColoradoFlats
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My condolences...
Feb 26 2006 7:32AM
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dom_uk
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my condolances, i no its no concelation but if you gonna go out, you might aswell on skis
Feb 26 2006 2:49PM
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tahoeskier170
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no it waf 3 on the wknd one a few days later while in intensive care from crashing that wknd. i was up there and watched one guy go. ski patroll was given him cpr and i looked over rite as the ski partoll stood up and just shook his head. one guy overshot and broke his neck. one guy skied off a cliff. one ran into a tree (he was the one who died in icu) and some other guy in the park. i was so freaked out about having to race on two of those days.
Feb 26 2006 2:54PM
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manuel87
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ive never heard of so much deaths in europe ..
Feb 26 2006 2:57PM
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tahoeskier170
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sry the 4th one i wrote down the guy had a heart attack. my bad
Feb 26 2006 2:58PM
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trixsterphil
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im in mammoth and im not sure if its true but durin the holidays we get a lot of accidents but believe me wen i say its nothin like doin a season in europe. in my season in france, 55 ppl died in a resort in 6 months. Uttery ridiculous, but the terrain is not bombed to the extent of mammoth's and the terrain is VAST. the mountain is much bigger over there but ppl sue the crap out of ppl over here, that doesnt happen in europe. Obviously your takin risks bein on a mountain and skiin it, live with it, its your choice. Why sue the hell out of someone for it. Its nature and your chosin to meddle with it!
Feb 26 2006 3:37PM
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mammothpunks
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check this LA times article if you want more information

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-mammoth6feb06,0,3192859.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Feb 26 2006 3:44PM
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D_Mezz
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wow thats real intense hearing about 5 deaths in that short of a time period....and to invader46..im sorry about ur uncle
Feb 26 2006 3:59PM
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MRGskiier
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Jesus, that's fucking freaky shit.
Feb 26 2006 4:14PM
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BK
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mammoth is gnarly and will swallow riders.
Feb 26 2006 5:04PM
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thedutchmayn
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sorry to hear about your uncle.

today at smuggs i got owned by a mini ave. i was to the left of sterling rock amidst he cliffs and chutes. i dropped into a chute and pop turned onto it. i was in powder to above my knees and then i started sinking and a wall of snow came up to my neck and crushed me. i got shot forward and was out of it. it stopped and then i eventually got up. my friend was there so it was ok if i waa actually stuck. so yeah i just pop turned onto it and huge slab of pow that iw as riding on/past collapsed on me.
Feb 26 2006 6:53PM
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