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Rider Triggers In Bounds Avalanche In Chile | Patrol Unaware Rider Made It Out

 It appears that there was a significant in-bounds avalanche at Nevados de Chillan, Chile this last Saturday, August 26, 2017.  Nevados de Chillan has been seeing incredible amounts of snow this season including in the days leading up to this avalanche. Ski Patrol and by standers immediately started a probe search for bodies. The rider who set off the avalanche […]

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LadyBrains | August 29, 2017
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Swedish Freeskier Matilda Rapaport Has Died at 30

Swedish freeskeir Matilda Rapaport has died today at the age of 30 after being buried in an avalanche in Farellones, Chile on July 14th.  The avalanche burial left Matilda without oxygen for a prolonged period of time.  This lack of oxygen left Matilda in a coma. Matilda’s mother and husband, Swedish World Cup ski racer Mattias Hargin, were with her […]

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AvyBrains | July 18, 2016
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