For any of us here that venture out in avalanche country on a regular basis, watching and especially hearing this video is a sobering experience of what it would be like to almost die from being buried in an avalanche. The video runs just over 8 minutes but is compelling to both watch and hear the complete video through...

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=944_1263723911
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Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books.

John Lubbock