He was carried away from his partner, who tried to go out of the moun tains to call for help. The victim dug himself out of the avalanche debris and then dug a snow cave in a safer spot and spent the night. The partner became lost and also spent the night out. They each came out of the mountains separate ly the next day. In general, the survivors of an avalanche need to search for victims immediately.
Outside help is usually too far away.
The ice revived briefly in March, long enough for long leader falls from Drop Line and from Repentence. In each case the leader walked away after his 30 foot plus plummet from thin ice. Two of our local climbing equipment companies have expanded. Wild Country, best known for Friends, has become the distributor of Charlet-Moser ice tools and crampons. Wild Country has also added off-set Friends to their stock of toys.