high in the mountains near Bedford
Wyoming a hard-charging snowmobiler is
in his element nice and pristine day but
even though he feels like he’s on top of
the world he’s about to learn that in
nature the bottom can drop out in an
instant he roars up to a Ledge 400 feet
above a valley totally unaware of the
hidden danger directly beneath him
a massive block of snow suddenly breaks
away and now he’s teetering on the edge
of a 400 foot drop to the rocks below
if you were on the precipice of this
disaster would you know what to do get
ready because we’re taking you to the
edge to see if your instincts would keep
you alive what would you do
hey slowly get off the snowmobile and
creep away be throw your ride in reverse
and back off the ledge or sea dive away
from the edge as quickly as you can
here’s what you should consider you’re
on a mountain ridge seated on a rumbling
snowmobile and the snow below you is
falling away right before your eyes what
you stumbled on to is a deadly trap
known as a cornice fall
we’re an outcropping of snow called a
cornice hides a steep leaf Oh cliff
cornices are created when intense winds
drive blowing snow up and over the crest
of a ridge like a breaking wave in the
ocean the powder builds up on the other
side like a house of cards creating the
illusion of solid ground in reality the
only things holding this cornice on are
millions of ice crystals loosely fit
together like a flimsy jigsaw puzzle
one hanging over a steep abyss every
year there are stories of winter
sportsmen who plunged hundreds of feet
to their deaths from these treacherous
hazards one step too far and you could
become one of them
think fast and make your choice a B or C
so what would you do
Wyoming a hard-charging snowmobiler is
in his element nice and pristine day but
even though he feels like he’s on top of
the world he’s about to learn that in
nature the bottom can drop out in an
instant he roars up to a Ledge 400 feet
above a valley totally unaware of the
hidden danger directly beneath him
a massive block of snow suddenly breaks
away and now he’s teetering on the edge
of a 400 foot drop to the rocks below
if you were on the precipice of this
disaster would you know what to do get
ready because we’re taking you to the
edge to see if your instincts would keep
you alive what would you do
hey slowly get off the snowmobile and
creep away be throw your ride in reverse
and back off the ledge or sea dive away
from the edge as quickly as you can
here’s what you should consider you’re
on a mountain ridge seated on a rumbling
snowmobile and the snow below you is
falling away right before your eyes what
you stumbled on to is a deadly trap
known as a cornice fall
we’re an outcropping of snow called a
cornice hides a steep leaf Oh cliff
cornices are created when intense winds
drive blowing snow up and over the crest
of a ridge like a breaking wave in the
ocean the powder builds up on the other
side like a house of cards creating the
illusion of solid ground in reality the
only things holding this cornice on are
millions of ice crystals loosely fit
together like a flimsy jigsaw puzzle
one hanging over a steep abyss every
year there are stories of winter
sportsmen who plunged hundreds of feet
to their deaths from these treacherous
hazards one step too far and you could
become one of them
think fast and make your choice a B or C
so what would you do
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