Buried Alive - Avalanche accident caught on helmet camera
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2011
- This is the footage of me getting buried in an avalanche in Verbier, Switzerland on the 28th of february in 2011. My friends spotted and excavated me within five minutes even though I was buried at a depth of between 1.5-2 metres. Luckily I was wearing the right equipment and managed to create an air pocket in front of my mouth by holding my hands in front of my face when the avalanche stopped moving. And YES, we have proper shovels, the guy digging with a ski is just a random guy who happened to ski past after I got buried.
Uploaded this for everyone to watch and learn. Stay safe friends!
If you want to know more, you can watch this programme: fullepisode.info/when-vacation...
IMPORTANT: If you want to show this footage, or know more about the accident, contact me at kristoffer.carlsson@hotmail.com
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I get claustrophobic just watching this.
me too!!! those were my exact words
yup, Had to turn it off.
Legit! This gave me anxiety
Yup
To all you people saying he should spit to know which way to dig: When buried in an avalanche you can't move, you are completely stuck, meaning you need someone else to dig you out. Glad you made it alright!
I was panicking laying in bed,lol....
Same but not so much
+Umberto Flocco It was scary when snow became a river and swallowed the guy. It was quick, huge and unexpected.
İBRAHİM ETHEM KAYIKCI couldn't imagine, my worst nightmare.
+Umberto Flocco Have you tried Viagra?
Sherpaful yeah,a week ago and I'm still hard
Thank you Kristoffer! My husband ded under a big alpine avalanche with 11 other friends on 1990. Now, I know really what happened under snow to him. It was really difficult to me to see this video, but very important. Happy you are alive, happy today there is right equipment to create an air pocket in front of face. I never more went for ski mountaineering, nor ever in the snow (I raised alone our little girl, now excellent diving). But this year I'll come back with snowshoes. Thank you!
+Ammassalik1 Stay strong, your story inspired me.
Thank you James!
Don't cry I cried when my Bro died
+Ammassalik1 Sorry to hear your lost, I don't want to sound rude or disrespectful, but as least his death was a peaceful one, and died doing what he loved.
+Faisal Ahmed thank you Faisal. So sorry for your brother
9:14 Translation "The only thing i was thinking about when i was buried, i hope the camera is filming"
O.O
En svenne?
That was terrifying
I would have bought my friends so much beer after this
Haha if i dug my buddy out of there the first round would be on me. He needs it.
You did a great job of not swearing and screaming your head off when the avalanche hit you! Glad you survived to share your experience. Staying on piste these days. :)
@Skip Daulton Gemma Wallace when someone getting buried alive and crushed to death says the f word: 😡😡🤬🤬😡
@@jxrrxd4713 They're right cause screaming your head off when you're buried will use up oxygen way quicker. If you stay calm you can survive longer. Screaming is how a lot of people die actually.
I thought he was only going to get buried up to his waist. So 1:32 scared the living shit out of me.
Me too
fuck! i would shit my pants and then the heat of the shit would melt the snow.
and pee your pants that would help the melt LOL !
lmaooooo
Alain Tonnerre no but it helps the dog to find you, so yes let it go
Watching yourself die slowly, helpless, alone - scary thought, insane experience, great video !
daintellekt ik
JUST BECAUSE A PERSON IS SO MANY INCHES/FEET BURIED DOESN'T MEAN HE'S/SHE'S GOING TO DIE.IVE READ STORIES WHERE SOMEONE GOT BURIED 5 FEET DEEP AND SURVIVED!
@@craigbosko2229 no, but you definitely can. In his position, if no one digs him out, he dies. Guaranteed. Hes on an oxygen timer too, so considering his own demise is understandable.
That was the most intense video I have ever watched. I felt like I was under the snow-I couldn't breathe. You have a story for the grandkids now! Glad you are ok!
I couldn't breathe watching this.
I would love to know his name and would of course thank him a thousand times for helping with the digging. As you can imagine, I was pretty shocked the first minute when I got up, and that guy just disappeared without giving us his contact details.
he's a superhero who doesn't tell their real name
1:17 That's nightmare stuff...just when you think it's over...
That must have been scary as hell. Props to you for keeping calm like that.
thank you Kristoffer Carlsson for uploading this video. we will be careful.
My friend was in an avalanche. Day(s) before he read in a magazine how to survive an avalanche: make swimming movements with your arms. This is what he did and how he stayed up. He had to dig his nephew out. One person, the guide, lost his life. Some others survived. Traumatic event for all.
Glad you came out too!
So... Do you wanna build a snowman?
Legend xD
At 1:20 I'm screaming GO! GO! GO! TRAVERSE!!! How scary!
This is incredible and terrifying! I've been very fortunate in that I've never actually been exposed to an avalanche whilst skiing, but this really was very scary to watch. Glad you survived pal, and thanks for uploading this footage to educate people like me.
Glad you're alive. Thanks for sharing the video.
This video is making me feel claustrophobic as fuck.
horrifying. glad you survived
You are AMAZING!! So glad you are safe and took the proper precautions. This vid was hard to watch, as I felt I was struggling to breathe along with you! God bless you!!!
Hi Marc. I´d say the heavy breathing at the end was a mixture of lack of O2 and me starting to consider not surviving..
I also like watching Antons face when I get up, the high-five is unforgettable :)
Due to injury i'm no longer able to do stuff like this, I am a former mountain guide, so it was exciting to go through this ordeal with you. Glad you were ok, nice to see your friends had your back and got you out swiftly. All the little things like putting your hands up, meant you survived! It really pays to be prepared when going out on the mountain.
Amazing video!! So glad you were with friends and made it out with your life.
You sure are one lucky man. Stay safe
This video is the reason I bought an avalance transceiver. Thank you for uploading it. Glad you are OK! And I hope I will never need it 🙏
Glad you're alive mate. This is insane :-) I hope you will never have to deal with that anymore. We're taking precautions but it can always happen. Take care and never stop :-)
my heart rate started to rise watching this. I couldn't image staying calm, I'd be digging like crazy!
Really impressive of you to stay so calm man! Good job on saving the oxygen
I'm glad you're ok, man. It must have been a terrible experience.
man listening to you breath is haunting glad you made it out of there!
This feels pretty bad, and to think that people died like this.
I'm glad you're OK and that you you were equipped and prepared.
I am not a good skiier, I can't even properly ski outside the slopes, but when I watch the beginning of the video, it does feel to me like you are are in a very avalanche prone situation. The snow is very soft and powdery, and you are skiing over ridges and breaking them.
My heart is pounding
Kristoffer, thanks for sharing. I was very happy to read your description as I was, indeed, very terrified when I notice the ski being used has a shovel (seriously that skier should get properly equipped). - Could you tell us if your group look up the avalanche report for the day, the snow stability, terrain (simple, complexe or challenging) and how big was the avalanche. These would be helpful information.
I am so glad you are okay. Were you wearing a beacon?
lol... sorry but I thought you said "were you wearing bacon?" Because then your mates would find you in a real hurry..
Aaron Kent You know skiers. They will do anything for bacon. Lol.
ski czar Yup. Both beacon and bacon!
Kristoffer Carlsson Lol.
+Kristoffer Carlsson Beacon for the rescue, Bacon to the rescue! ;) mmmm everything is better with bacon! :D
This run started on the summit above Vallon D´Arbi, on the north-west face down towards the moguls that you pass when coming from Lac de Vaux. There are a lot of good transceivers out there, the most important is that you use one with three antennas. Both me and the guy who performed the searching use Arva transceivers. Also don´t forget practicing with your buddies :)
Frightening! Glad you are safe.
Fantastic video gave me amazing insight into the subtleties of this near death! Thank you. Going to verbier in a few days.
Man, this video just scared the sh** out of me. I'm glad you are alive. Good things happen!
Man that was crazy. I can't imagine anything more terrifying than being buried alive and feeling completely helpless. I'm glad you are ok.
wow, that was intense just to watch, i can't imagine how it felt, glad you're still kicking
I couldn't breath just by watching this!... Thank god you're alive!
Wow, so glad you made it out of there.
I'd say about 10 more minutes. I was starting to choke and get really dizzy at the end. Not much oxygen at all. You can hear that it is really hard for me to breathe in the last minute..
Holy crap, dood. Happy you got out of there alive. I can't even begin to fathom how paranoid I'd get buried in snow, not knowing if help is on the way.
Thanks for sharing man. Great you survived it. Did you analyse what you missed in interpreting the situation upfront?
2019 anyone? But this was really terrifying imagine having that happen to you, I don’t think I would have survived
2021 anyone
@@average_furry.. yessir
You survived the worst nightmare i could think of.
Thanks for the upload, im gonna watch the link u posted, and buy a beacon and all that goes with it when im done.
Hope you´re well dude
Thank you for sharing this
I'll NEVER snowboard outside marked slopes.
+Luana Vasco i agreed :)
+Luana Vasco More for the rest of us then!
He skied 🙂
This mountain may not have marked slopes. I don't know for sure obviously, but there's HUNDREDS of people who go out and do this on a regular basis. There's also many occupations that require things like this, such as certain fields in geology and mountain surveyors. Most of them ski (as that's the easiest way to get down a mountain covered in snow)
Luana Vasco me too
That is crazy. I was sweating when watching. You are lucky! Glad your safe.
Very smart with the creation of an air pocket! I can't imagine what you were thinking!
what do you expect ya dope...skiing on that loose edge like that.
spine's are the safest place to ski, because if something breaks off you have the choice to go to either side :) that's why they do it in all the movies
huh... welp, that appeals to reason.
Jessica Pyper That was a huge cornice and it was ready to go. just because you see pros ski em doesn't mean its safe.
The main problem was that I was skiing in the fall line, and thus not avoiding slough. Skiing on a ridge is, as Jessica claims, generally safer.
+Kristoffer Carlsson your st
Did someone dig you out,super funny vid
Balls of steel. Insane how calm you stay. My last moments wont be accompanied by such dignity. "NoooooooOOOOOO im fuuuuuuuckrdged"
well if u grow up around snow, you are more calm and more than likely have been buried in small pockets before. Not saying avalanches, and I agree I would be scared too!
One mistake I noticed you made was that you didn't ski in the same lines as your friend. The line he took was safe and did not cause a release of snow while yours did.
Thanks for this video!
Wow. Amazing capture. And what an amazing experience.
Damn he was so Fucking calm and I would feel like I was in a psycho asylum
This would have been his final resting place if he were alone.
Ikr, that's scary
sexyloser I can’t even imagine how scary it must have been for him
Very nice work maintaining your calm!
Wow that was hard to watch. Glad you made it out ok man. Whew need to catch my breath!
Both actually. In the first slide, my feet were taken away from the power of the snow. I tried to ski out of it but it's not very easy when you're falling over rocks and cliffs. I eventually come to a stop, and my fall down the cliff plus the weight of all the loose snow triggered the second avalance, the slab avalanche, which was the reason I got buried. Double bad luck you might say..
Hey Kristoff!Thanks for the video it shows a real situation! Could you let me know if you were wearing and deployed an ABS (or do you have any other experience with abs devices?)? Thanks! Manuel
You were lucky man be careful before any problem persist again
I love the go pro print in the snow right after he gets buried. Congrats on surviving.
You just needed those fresh tracks eh bud? I’m happy to have watched this video. Meaning glad you made it out to tell your story and show how dangerous fun can be sometimes.
One reason you should never ski alone too....
Kudos for staying calm bro, well done.
Amazing video... At first I thought it looked like no big deal, then I quickly realized that it was a big deal... I got a snowmobile stuck in 4 feet of powder and could barely walk, I couldn't image being stuck under 6 feet.
Honestly this makes me sick I had a very hard time watching this
people keep saying how they thought he would die. but his friends would be real dicks if they stole his camera just to post on youtube to show everyone that he died
greengobie Grow a pair buddy
For all the armchair commenters - this video illustrates the UNPREDICTABLE risk and seemingly innocuous conditions which can precipitate burial. The fact the slop released is not obvious from the top. Instead, compliments should be paid to the uploader for investing in the right kit, skiing one at a time, with his safety minded friends and ultimately avoiding a fatality. Being dug out of 2m of avalanched snow (which sets like concrete) is testament to this. Thanks for sharing this.
My heart has been racing for a solid 20 minutes now...
5 minutes at 2 metres is very impressive.
Glad you made it out bro!
Damn. That's intense. Thanks for the translation.
my heart is bounding SO fast
Glad that you are alright mate....
That's crazy, good thing you are safe now.
Glad you made it. Very scary.
For anyone who doesn't know (or is just plain to dense to get it) An avalanche occurs when the snowpack - or the layers of accumulated snow - on the side of a mountain is in some way disturbed, leading to a fracturing of the top layer and a downward torrent of a large mass of the white stuff.
That was crazy. You kept calm though, I would of freaked out. You're lucky you got out, well done dude.
Good job bro! Glad you are okay :)
That was a scary moment. I had to fast forward....couldn't hold my breath. Its great your mates knew were to find you.
The worst thing about this video is that other people will think they would also survive.
"Is it recording? That was the only thing I thought of, I hope it is recording."
Helt sjukt
Props for staying calm!
Glad you got out of that ok. That is amazing.
1:27 scary shit right there
Wow, hitting that cornice was either outright ballsy or you were trying mitigate the speed by keeping high instead of dropping the more obvious line which is a typical mistake that everyone makes when they are in a bit over their head -been there myself. . Glad you are OK.
Speed is your friend in those back country conditions -you are blessed to live and learn. Great Video and this video might benefit someone in the future.
Well done on keeping calm and to the others for finding you in time.
Could they hear you shouting when you were still buried?
I saw an intervju where his friend said that they couldn’t hear him (at all) when he was shouting when he was still buried.
@Kristoffer Carlsson, I'm glad you are alive and you shared the video with us. We all can learn a lot of this video.
I instantly recognized the mistake you did even before seeing that there will be avalanche following up a few seconds afterward, just by carefully following avalanche courses and books, where they talk about skiing on a wind pilled up snow on the leeward side and crossing the deposited snow just like you did. That's is my point taken.
My question: I ski with airbag as well. I didn't no notice you had airbag nor avalung. Now that you survived one avalanche, do you think it's worth investing in airbag and/or avalung?
If yes. What airbag type: Traditional CO2 canister airbag that stays all the time inflated of air, or the new jetforce tech that deflates after 3 minutes with the idea of creating an extra air pocket.
I welcome everyone to reply their thoughts as well
Yes, I saw the mistake too right away. He had a need to carve fresh trail though. This is tantalizing for a lot of skiers. I live in the mountains and this is most common mistake. The need to break fresh trail. Make their own path. Drifts and ledges are danger! Need to be avoided always.
Kristoffer, after having gone through this experience of being buried. Just curious if you have you bought an avalanche bag/backpack? I'm in Val Thorens and doing a lot of hiking on my own. Just would think anything that can add chances of not getting buried is worth it? I try to sit down once a week and watch Avalanche videos... just to try and get a visual gauge of how seeming safe ( so many had already skied your run ) areas can give way...
unreal how calm he was and able to minimize his breathing...
Wow! Glad you were found. Scary..
Glad att du överlevde, men jävligt riskabelt att ligga så nära sådana snövallar som du gjorde.. Såg ut som go offpist :D Ha det!
His friends saved his ass, when you're under that much snow you can't move. They waited at the top and saw the avalanche, watched him go down. Then started their beacons, it's no accident they found him.