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Related: About this forumHelicopter rescues skiers with its nose to the slope
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-46817131/french-alps-skiers-rescued-in-dramatic-helicopter-manoeuvre
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Helicopter rescues skiers with its nose to the slope (Original Post)
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2019
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jberryhill
(62,444 posts)1. ...Leaving the one with the camera stranded
The person with the camera was apparently left behind.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,322 posts)2. The rescue was due to a knee injury
so presumably the situation could be skied away from by a fit skier.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)3. Ah
Okay. I was feeling sorry for the person they left behind.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,330 posts)6. He's fine. He just need some hot cocoa
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akraven
(1,975 posts)4. It may sound weird, but this happens every year up here,
especially with "extreme" skiers. And its usually the State Troopers or military. They don't lose any of the idiots.
Nitram
(22,822 posts)5. Wow!
dalton99a
(81,526 posts)7. Kick