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Unmoderated Tag: Skydiving Rating: No Votes Hits: 74 Comments: 0 Avalanche Skier POV Cam Burial & Rescue Avalanche Skier POV Cam Burial & Rescue In April of 2008 I drove from Lake Tahoe to Haines, Alaska up the Al-Can highway through British Columbia and the Yukon with an enclosed 4-snowmobile trailer and a ton of gear. I told myself the year before after a few years of getting shut out that other than for a surgical strike, last minute type of spot open for the weekend or something....that I'd only come up with sleds from now on instead of sitting around drinking myself into oblivion on a "down day." Well thank God we did that because we definitely had down days again right from the get-go. The sledding up at Haines Pass is out of control good. Even staying closer to town like below Old Faithful is great. Can't say enough about how much fun it is to ride snowmobiles up there with no trees. So the first legit day after that main snow storm cycle, we still went out snowmobiling one more time wanting to let the snow set up a bit more....while another part of our group went up in the bird. Actually two groups went up in the bird, and the first group did all the normal day-after-storm-cycle snow pit and snow quality tests. The first group decided that while the dangers remained elevated, that it was good to go. They all made some of the sickest pow turns in their lives I was told. The next group then - a couple hundred meters or so over - set up for their descent. The guy in the video was the first one to drop from their group and while not a guide, he had a lot of Utah and AK backcountry experience. He had a Black Diamond Avalung on, but as you can tell from the video while he's talking as he's dropping in, it wasn't in his mouth to start. He tried to shove it in the instant of starting to get sucked down, but it didn't stay in fully during his ragdoll descent. It was just off to the corner of his mouth he said, and he definitely got some snow / ice in his mouth still. So as he drops in you can also see the sluff to the skier's right immediately start building....and that's actually the chute that was the intended route down. For whatever reason - well pure, unadulterated powder will do it to you - he didn't go make some strong "skier cuts" into the upper pack to do one final snow check as instructed by the main guide who was doing the "tail gunner" work. Instead he just sent it. And it didn't take more than a few turns out on this big shoulder above this cliff band to break loose. This was a decent sized avalanche. 1,500 feet the dude fell in a little over 20 seconds. The crown was about 1 - 1.5m. The chute that he got sucked through to the skier's right was flanked on either side by cliff bands that were about 30m tall. He luckily didn't break any bones and obviously didn't hit anything on the run out. He was only buried for 4 and a half minutes which is incredibly short. I cannot stress these next sentences enough; that in and of itself to be unburied in ONLY 4:28 is miraculous if you have any understanding of being caught in an avalanche and what it takes to be found. It could literally be some kind of "world record" just on how good the guide and supporting cast of other skiers was in getting to him. It also shows why you should ALWAYS be going with people trained in avalanche rescue / first aid....as well as why you'd want to be going with a guided heli operation. Sure this was terrifying for him, but he would've probably been dead if not for going with a guide. He also got very lucky to be honest. In the time that he's buried, you can hear his breathing already accelerate. The ruffling noise back and forth is his chest rising and falling and the noise that his jacket makes. The intermittent whimpering noise you hear is him trying to swallow and get some air since the avalung wasn't fully in his mouth and instead just to the corner of his mouth. Still sends chills up the back of my neck. Oh...the luck? They located him so fast because his right glove came off just before he came completley to rest and there was an excellent visual of course. And then the digging out is utterly amazing. I don't think that you could've paid a Hollywood crew to stage something better. The fact that he could've been facing any 360 direction and yet he's looking right up into the sun-filled blue sky with that first full scoop away of the shovel is borderline spiritual. This is simply a very sobering and unbelievable video. However, you should take away from this video all the positive things that you can learn from it. Yes there are risks to the backcountry - but with proper gear, training, and guide(s) with avalanche and EMT training - you can greatly lower your chances of getting caught in an avalanche in the first place.....and coming back alive if you ever were to get caught in a slide. Respect Mother Nature for sure. Learn from this. But just like a Craig Kelly in the snowboard world or a Shane McConkey in the ski world who died out in the backcountry (Craig via avalanche and Shane via ski B.A.S.E. jumping), they left this earth while doing the things that they were truly passionate about. And while they would stress the need for the proper gear and training....neither one would want backcountry enthusiasts to curtail their adventures because of their accidents....or this video. Please check with your local resort for classes on backcountry training, or try starting with a place like AIARE - the American Institute for Avalanche Research and Training. Their website is avtraining.org. User: F3AR Sep 27, 2009 4:07 PM









Unmoderated Tag: Television Rating: No Votes Hits: 125 Comments: 0 Captain America Legacy Film Captain America Legacy Film Captain America Legacy Film. A Special Presentation Entirely Written Directed Filmed Produced and Performed By Ben Ryan. Steve Rogers Confronts The Third Reich And Racism Head On in 1944. He is the leader of The Avengers Wolverine Ironman 2 The Hulk Thor and was a Marvel Civil War Leader. Captain America Reborn! In this film I was portraying Steve Rogers who is Captain America. I was under my own direction here and chose to deliver my lines in the way you see. I did my best to do justice to who I believe Captain America is and represents. I can project and go to any range under any director and be calibrated easily. This was unique because I directed myself which can have both it's pros and cons. I welcome your views and perspectives on my acting, direction, filming, and production and I look forward to hearing any and all constructive criticism. As confident as I am in my abilities I know I'm not perfect and can only get better and will get better constantly to keep striving to reach that pinnacle of powerful and professional acting which is an infinite pursuit in my mind. My Contact Email Right now is: meetmehalfway@usa.com REGARDING RATINGS. Unfortunately people are messaging me saying they are bound on rating my video down simply because they don't agree with my views on equality. I'm looking for true feedback and not stars. So if you don't agree with my views feel free to post comments about your feelings in a respectful manner and if you do or don't like my acting please rate me by writing what you do or don't like. Thank you. I have to say I am saddened and angered at the private messages I have been receiving from hateful people. I think it stems from the outrage of the fallout of Kanye West's recent actions. Let me state that I support Taylor Swift all the way and admire and respect the way she carries herself. What Kanye Did was wrong, terrible, and ridiculous but I look at him as a man who made a mistake and not a black man who defines his entire race. I do identify with Captain America very much and the words I spoke are my own just as much as I would feel would be his. Though the way I spoke the words was not how I myself would speak in my life. I'm much more animated and actually considered to be far from the norm in my comfortable strong expressions. To portray Captain America I felt I had to constantly reel myself inward notch after notch while still having the fire inside or a fighting solider. I loved it and it was a blast. So I hope you enjoy! The Views expressed in this video are my own and do not represent Marvel or Youtube. Also Just to state A FACT. I am truly a clean person and have never taken GH or steroids. I'm proud of my physique and I built it to the level it is at simply by training quite a bit harder than the average person and constantly fueling my body throughout the day fro years. If you enjoyed this presentation please consider visiting one of the great websites below to support a great cause: To Help Children Around the World In Need: http://www.unicefusa.com/ Or to help the Real Life Captain America's Of the World: http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/ and http://iava.org/ Thank you so much for watching. Sincerely, Ben Ryan Looking forward to watching the Emmys 2009 User: F3AR Sep 21, 2009 12:35 PM




Unmoderated Tag: Celebrities Rating: Good Hits: 151 Comments: 0 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1951) Trailer Raiders of the Lost Ark (1951) Trailer What if... Raiders of the Lost Ark was a 50s film serial? Who would be best suited for the role of Indiana Jones? How would his villains translate to this era? What would the film's musical score sound like? Thankfully, since George Lucas and Steven Spielberg created Raiders as a homage to classic serials, these questions are easily answered. Both directors have acknowledged that specific films influenced key sequences across all four Indiana Jones films. I tried my best piece these films together and create a loose narrative. I hope you enjoy this homage to "Raiders" and the many great films that inspired it. This "pre-make" is a mash-up of old trailers and clips found all over Youtube. It is not endorsed or connected to Paramount Pictures or Lucasfilm. It was made as a purely technical exercise and for laughs. Here is the recipe: The 10 Commandments, Prince Valiant, Naked Jungle, Secret of the Incas, Jungle Queen, Zulu, Look to Lockheed for Leadership, Casablanca, The City of Brass, Mr. Moto takes a Vacation, Star in My Crown, A Pain in the Pullman, On Dangerous Ground, Patton, King Solomons Mines, Journey to the Center of the Earth, The Greatest Show on Earth, David and Bathsheba, The Screaming Skull, When You Know, Mysterious Mr. Moto, Lawrence of Arabia, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, and Superman at Bay. Want to see more "pre-makes"? Check out: Ghost Busters (1954) Forrest Gump (1949) User: F3AR Sep 8, 2009 1:12 PM


 
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