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Adrenaline
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BREAKING NEWS: Skier killed on Crystal Mountain
03/07/2003

By NWCN and AP Staff


A skier was killed Friday afternoon in an accident on Crystal Mountain in Washington state when he fell and suffocated in deep new snow, a spokesperson for the mountain said.


Two skiers spotted a pair of skis sticking out of the snow near a tree, dug down, found a man there, then notified ski patrol.


The 44-year old man had apparently suffocated when he fell in quicksand-like condiitons, ski area spokeswoman Stacy Schuster said. The man's name is not being released.


The death came as crowds at Crystal were enjoying perhaps the best skiing of the year at the mountain, which has seen 56 inches of new snow fall in just the last 48 hours.





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Mar 7 2003 8:48PM
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SNOWMAN17
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that would suck, i hate getting stuck in tree traps it blows

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Mar 7 2003 8:50PM
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Tree traps suck! I got caught in one at Lake Louise and I had to get a snowboarder to pull me out!
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Mar 7 2003 11:18PM
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that does suck

Mar 8 2003 1:16AM
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etom
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theres so much powder its to die for.

man that sucks that guy died. but i would rather die skiing than any way else... when im old
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Mar 8 2003 2:24AM
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thats really horrible
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Mar 8 2003 3:03AM
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Yeah, that is terrible to hear. What is usually a man's best friend turned out to be his worst enemy.
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Mar 8 2003 3:15AM
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i would laugh cause it sounds kinda funny drowning in snow but really it sucks bad for that guy.
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Mar 8 2003 3:51AM
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Schwags
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yo some kids and wife lost there dad today... thats not funny at all.
Mar 8 2003 4:23AM
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hey thats not funny - not sure if that guy was riding bc. But thats the exact reason you never go back country skiing by yourself. I know this may not be much consolation but at least he die skiing.



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Mar 8 2003 7:45AM
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edmonton_skier
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youre all fuckin reatred its no consolation that he died skinng if he was 44 it probavly wasnt even a passion for him fuck its a freek accident and not funny all bitch
Mar 8 2003 6:02PM
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I agree but if it was his passion then what a way to go, I'd rather die doing something I love like climbing or skiing or mountanieering then laying in a bed waiting for death to creep up. But someone dieing in a freak accident is nothing to laugh about!
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Oct 21 2003 9:24AM
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That blows not to be rude or anything but that is why you dont ski by yourself. But that does suck really bad.



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Oct 21 2003 9:49AM
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wow this thread is old. Who resurected it?
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Oct 21 2003 9:55AM
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wow this thread is old. Who resurected it?
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Oct 21 2003 9:55AM
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Concord
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oh shit it is really old



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Oct 21 2003 10:01AM
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lineskier10
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yeah im from CT and we dont get powder here, and i dont know what a tree trap is, and i dont know how to recognize them, avoid them or get out of them if its possible, so can someone tell me a little bit about them because im going out west this winter and i really dont want to die
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Oct 21 2003 10:36AM
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Um, i ski east as well, but i'll throw this out and someone can correct me should i be wrong. I think a tree trap is when the snow lays on the tree. Say, a pine tree for instance. There could be two feet of snow over the tree, which is pretty buried, but the snow isnt all the way to the ground. So when you ski over it, the branch holdin gup the snow give way and you fall down into the tree. This happens becuase the snow builds up on the branches of tree and leaves a sometimes large hole under the snow. Hopefully that makes sense and is the correct information


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Oct 21 2003 10:42AM
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mammothpunks
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that happened here a few years ago. The guy didnt even get found till the summer when these hikers discovered what was left of him.

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Oct 21 2003 11:16AM
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hanklambo
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that blows... sounds like good snow to die in though
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Oct 21 2003 11:21AM
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huckasaurus
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This happens alot, NARSID's (Non Avalanche Snow Imersion Death's) are real dangerous and kill people more than anything else on the mountain except avalanches of course.
Oct 21 2003 11:27AM
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I guess that's one good thing about Michigan... :-\
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Oct 21 2003 2:06PM
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rodeo7
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Yea poor family, that sucks, in nz we don't have enough snow to do that so, i spose its better in some ways..
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Oct 21 2003 2:18PM
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bummer

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Oct 21 2003 3:15PM
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that would be sick to die in a pocket of snow suffocating...
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