Colorado skier buried for 3 hours in avalanche - VIDEO
This is a pretty incredibly story of luck and survival from the Denver Post:
Entombed in snow for more than three hours, unable to wiggle even a finger, Alex White felt his life slipping away. He thought of his family. His friend somewhere nearby and likely in the same trouble. His girlfriend. His studies.
"The last thing I remember thinking was that I was going to die there, honestly," he said. "And aside from a few bursts of panic, it was really kind of peaceful."
March 2 was a cloudless Saturday, as pals White, Joe Philpott, Kylie Nulty and Toby Kraft geared up for backcountry turns on Cameron Pass in northern Colorado.
Joe Philpott and Alex White geared up for backcountry skiing on Cameron Pass on March 2. Philpott and White are pictured climbing up the pass in a photo provided by Steve Lynn. Later that day, an avalanche killed Philpott and buried White for more than three hours under snow. (Courtesy of Steve Lynn)
Read the rest of it at their site here.