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HUGE CLIFF HUCKS
Titus Engelberg : 210ft = 64 m
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HUGE CLIFF HUCKS
Titus Engelberg : 210ft = 64 m
rediculous.
don't understand how Pierre lived. In the closeups he doesn't have a helmet on either. Wonder if he did for the jump?
I used to work with Jamie. He is a nice guy. The jump that he did is the World record. He had been looking at the cliff for the past 10 years trying to read the landing. He has been doing extreme cliff hucking for years. This world record jump is in the recently released Warren Miller movie "Off the Grid". He never wears a helmet for any jumps. Since he has a wife and a 1 year daughter, he has decided not to do any future drops over 50 ft.
Good hell! :eek2:
Was he ok and were did he make that jump?
jamie's is in grand targeeQuote:
Originally Posted by accadacca
the second huck in the video is out-of-bounds of snowbird in mineral basin
:roflol: A little more practice, and he'll land on his feet, not his head.
Crazy stuff, but what's with the back flop?
that just seems stupid to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by REDFOX
But I guess if you have the balls to huck a cliff that big it doesn't make much difference.
maybe because he did it for jesus?
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Professional skier Jamie Pierre dies in avalanche at Snowbird
By Roxana Orellana and sheena mcfarland
The Salt Lake Tribune
Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011
Professional skier Matthew Jamie Pierre died in an avalanche he triggered while snowboarding in the unopened Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort resort Sunday afternoon.
Pierre, of Big Sky, Montana, was snowboarding with a friend in the South Chute area when the avalanche that swept him off a cliff, Unified Police Department Spokesman Justin Hoyal.
The avalanche was reported to authorities at 3:15 p.m. Pierre was not buried in the avalanche, but was already dead when rescuers reached him, Hoyal said. His friend was uninjured.
The area where the two were snowboarding in would be considered within the boundaries of the resort if it were open, Hoyal said. But until the resort opens, no avalanche control work is being done.
"The terrain is back country conditions and should be treated as such," Hoyal added. "No one is allowed on the resort while it is closed. This is a sad and unfortunate situation to remind the public that these are dangerous conditions."
Pierre appeared in numerous Warren Miller films and in 2006 set a world-record cliff jump at Wyoming’s Grand Targhee Resort by dropping 245 vertical feet.
"It wasn’t some yahoo stunt," Pierre told The Associated Press after setting the record. "I chose to do it so it would open up doors so I could witness my faith in Christianity."
Born in Minnesota, Pierre moved to Salt Lake City for a time to ski.
The avalanche triggered by Pierre was one of at least 10 human-triggered avalanches reported Sunday as an unstable snowpack made for hazardous conditions, according to Brett Kobernik, avalanche forecaster with the Utah Avalanche Center.
Kobernik said four of those avalanches were in the unopened Alta Ski Resort. One person injured their leg, but no other injuries were reported in the slides.
Skiers and snowboarders need to treat resorts as back country ski areas now because there are no ski or avalanche patrols, Kobernik said. The layer of snow that fell in October is weak and sugary and now covered with heavier snow from the recent storm.
"It’s like stacking a brick on top of potato chips," Kobernik said.
He encouraged outdoor enthusiasts to check advisories on the www.utahavalanchecenter.org or by calling the center’s toll-free advisory hotline at 888-999-4019.
"Folks just say ‘How can there be avalanche danger with so little snow?’ and then you combine that with the thirst for the first powder of the year, and it’s hard to control ourselves out there," Kobernik said.
The rest of the work week should be dry, with temperatures just slightly below normal — around 50 in the northern part of the state and in the low 60s in the St. George area. On Tuesday, there is a slight chance of precipitation throughout the northern part of the state, said forecaster Mark Struthwolf of the National Weather Service.
The next big storm likely won’t blow in until Saturday, with gusty south winds expected Friday night.
"It’s a substantial storm that will affect the entire state," Struthwolf said.
Professional skier Jamie Pierre killed in avalanche near Snowbird
Published: Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011 8:24 p.m. MST
By Pat Reavy, Deseret News
LITTLE COTTONWOOD CANYON — A 38-year-old man was killed in an avalanche at Snowbird Ski Resort Sunday.
Killed in the accident was professional skier Jamie Pierre, 38, of Big Sky, Mont. Pierre, who has appeared in Warren Miller films, set a world record cliff-jump in 2006, jumping with skis 255 feet off a cliff into the snow below. He survived without injury despite landing on his head.
According to a police statement, Pierre was killed Sunday after the slide swept him over a cliff in the South Chute area.
Officials say the incident is a tragic reminder of why back-country skiing, and skiing at resorts that are not yet open and properly groomed, is so dangerous right now.
"It's a very sad reminder to have to put out there to remind people that these are back county conditions and people ultimately are not allowed on the mountain as a result of the resort being closed," said Unified Police Lt. Justin Hoyal.
Snowbird doesn't officially open until next weekend.
"There is no avalanche control being done," Hoyal said, noting that skiers and snowboarders could be cited for trespassing for being on the mountain.
The Utah Avalanche Forecast Center issued a warning all weekend of the dangerous conditions in the upper elevations due to the last storm. Brett Kobernik, an avalanche forecaster with the center, said he had received at least 10 reports of avalanches on Sunday alone, most of them triggered by snowboarders or skiers.
Because of the new batch of snow that fell from the past storm on top of snow that had been there since October, avalanche forecasters classified the avalanche danger on east facing slopes above 9500 feet as "considerable."
"Make no doubt that conditions are ripe for someone to get caught in an avalanche," forecasters said on their website Sunday. "The combination of higher density snow and gusty wind were the perfect combo for slab formation over our preexisting weak early season snow. Collapsing has been a consistent comment in back-country observations all week and continued yesterday."
Korbernik expected the dangerous conditions to last through the week until the next storm was predicted to hit the Wasatch Front. He urged skiers and snowboarders to stay out of ungroomed areas.
"The issue is we want to go to where the deepest snow is right now, and that's exactly where the most hazard is so it's a complete Catch-22 and it's very hard to overcome the lust for the deep snow that we enjoy on a regular basis," he said.
In the latest incident, a Pierre was killed in an avalanche just after 3 p.m. near Gad Valley. The man was not buried, Hoyal said. He was with another snowboarder when the accident happened.
"People are under the impression the snow's not that deep...that's not the case," Kobernik said.
Preliminary measurements were the slide that killed the snowboarder was 16 inches deep and about 200 feet wide.
Three more slides were reported Sunday near Alta Ski resort which is also not yet open for the season, and two others near Snowbird.
Two skiers were caught in a slide near Little Chute near Alta earlier on Sunday. Some skis were lost but no one was injured, according to the Utah Avalanche Center.
Another slide was triggered by a skier in the Gunsight region of Alta on Sunday. The Avalanche Center reported at least one skier was injured but did not have an immediate condition on the individual. The victim was reportedly a man in his 40s who suffered a hip injury.
Yet another slide was triggered by a skier in the Eagle's Nest area of Alta. Again, no injuries were reported.
Daily information about avalanche danger in Utah can be found at www.utahavalanchecenter.org or by calling 888-999-4019.
So how did he die? Bang his head on a tree?Quote:
The avalanche was reported to authorities at 3:15 p.m. Pierre was not buried in the avalanche, but was already dead when rescuers reached him, Hoyal said. His friend was uninjured.
Awesome video BTW, had not seen that before and most amazing.
it's not clear but they say he likely died of trauma. he died before the police and wasatch backcountry rescue got to him
He was swept over a cliff so I am guessing trauma from the impact. There is a very shallow pack up there, so he probably went to the bottom which is nothing but rocks.
This is exactly what happened. There was a celebration of life for him on Saturday where his ashes were contained in an urn.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr. Nebz