this tv highlights every week in your inbox. subscribe. now. are you ready to get a little more extra? ah, these places in europe are smashing all the records. step into more bold, adventure. just don't lose your grip. is the treasure map for modern globetrotters? discover some of you, richard wicker, breaking sites too. and now also in book form. ah millions of visitors descend on the else every winter. including a growing number of free riding fans who liked to go off, pieced in search of deep powder. the fun can

quickly take a dangerous ton. if the snow breaks loose from the slope and starts to hazel down hill, these austrian avalanche blast is risk. their lives to ensure the slopes are safe. yoga resists, it's always a risk, but we try to reduce that risk as much as possible. getting me maybe some would over there to minutes. let's go with an aide. see zach managers. the slopes of the kitchen on han mountain in salzburg. mm i in lawyer honey. and his team start work at 6 30 in the morning. it's been snowing for the last few hours on the kitchen, han and there are strong winds. there is a high risk and avalanche could occur. so the team is going to trigger at last he

set off a series of controlled avalanches over his door shut. see how it looks very from wood. the wizard, my guess is that on a day like this, there'll be more to do at a high altitude. it's extremely cold to day at the top, it'll be minus 18 minus 19 degrees. exciting a good day for some explosions. we've got real winter weather to day. if they're going to rip according to the weather forecast, there's likely to be as much as 50 centimeters of fresh snow. about half of it has already fallen books. everything to 20 centimeters are cold. powder snow is minus 13 degrees. now don't differ. every minute counts. latina has to alice to make sure the glaciers here is the what 60 kilometers of pieced are safe. before the crowds start to arrive. they work and

pass. 25 year old krista fine shop is the youngest and a new addition to the team. yeah, it's our ramos and of years bank. we're packing the explosives. we're about to head out to trigger some avalanches. delusional detonators and explosives are always handled separately. well, i've been, i'll carry the explosives in my backpack and renee will carry the detonators. i will be going out together. motion on the lam, a glance we will defer was likely to that. let me dash this bag has the detonators in it's not over here. once we're on site, we ignite them and get the fuse burning through. sure. it is on chris's to mrs. long on that form, and then we have 2 minutes until the dissonance or formula so that it's good going former aah! haa kirk smith and i grew up in this world. what the, what my father was a piece manager here, and i've always been fascinated by all these outlets. the skiing, the mountains and avalanche blasting. most of it's my dream job. i

read on bills. i had no way i can. this is where things start to get dangerous those these because these, the path goes along then with the snow grammar as before they put there before the past. turns off. don't go fur, i will. okay. it is. it will make dumble on all modul baseball. colin so briefly so powdery penny and kristof have to be extremely careful. a slab of snow could break off at any time on the steep slopes and sweeps away. at the top of the piece, they placed the 2 and a half kilogram plastic explosive on a wooden frame. it's situated one and a half meters above the fresh snow covered to maximize the impact of the explosion . once the fuse is burning,

they have to evacuate as quickly as possible. i . i just, i guess nobody on the slides was in about one and a half minutes. there will be an explosion if i wanted a minute just to she told me that there was no recovery is the shipper that was it of the beast. the piece is clear on that security. let's keep moving. ah, the controlled avalanche. they trigger it has reduced the risk of a more serious one. the peace is now safe. meanwhile, emmanuel involved gung a heart at work further up the slopes at summit to be

asked the shoes, who were about to trigger an explosion on the central slope. with that, that's always high risk because it's pretty steep and it's where the kids always play. but today the dense snow flurries are making it difficult to see egg, but he lived that soon. and the glacier area you can only get your bearings by looking for the ski lifts. otherwise it's just a wall of white. it's snowing and it's windy. i had been but i can just about make out the ski lift station, so that tells me where i am doing and i caught him as you bit of at the indian. he gets off. i'll go prepare the explosives. duncan once detonated the slope is secured. jeff, this is one of the most critical slips in the whole sky area. they had to play area for children below. my name lloyd's fills mondays of the vin beats

when the wind blows over the rocks, either from the north where it's settling on this and the snow drifts can be dangerous on business. my primary objective is making sure the slopes are safe. alice of the used to see case both gung has attached the explosive to a line. that way he can precisely position the explosive on the slope and determine exactly where it will go off. no, ma'am, is allowed him, but the 1st explosive is in position kind of out in about one and a half minutes. it'll detonate the explosion can be felt 50 meters away. nice one allergic goods. the explosion triggered a controlled avenue launch. the service team will clear away the masses of snow and then open the slacks and the play area to the public. in austria alone, they more than 100 avalanche accidents in 2021. 14 people were killed

and your back lie, a shall research is avalanches. at the department for natural has it's in spoke to day his mr. by valley investigating the destructive forces of avalanches at highmark latin one for him pest failed. this is our test field. hi. so this protective structure here is the so called snow catch and o, catcher, there's a power lunches coming this way will end up here. i mean, is fish fun? levina valve clocked out at home with her. mom is stored on the light, comes from up there, hurtled down home, have all the and hits the snow. catcher empowered, fitted the structure with several senses that recalled the impact of the avalanche to shift alf tyson, vandella vina metabolic, unfair yet. oh, oh, this is the perfect testing ground for the reset. every year,

huge masses of snow tumble more than 700 meters down the mountainside directly into the safety net. i love you now. i've been famous up on one of our sensors was destroyed and i have a lunch. we've replaced it, and i want to test it today to make sure it provides accurate values. fisher, selling the sal her to correct about me for the snow catches to le prototype. numerous senses are installed along its supports and steel cables. when an avalanche hits the senses, provide important data and insights into how people can best be protected adult beside death give people my so we're in the test area and we have 2 goals. how book we want to see how the structure reacts to the avalanche and how the structure affect the c avalanche. i'm sure alfie levina by now by 911. and it's a wall for example. and that wall holds up 27th health and the avalanche levied

slows of the top of its we've, it's chris. and besides the site, the for bad gets compacted to that problem yet. but what happens when an avalanche hits a flexible structure album, nit structure if knocked at so often, and it's looked on his stole to cameras to record the impact of each avalanche band. but so if particles can flow through it and how fast they fly and how they redirected, if that's something we want to study here from the so what if the snow cat to pressure tie, prove useful, it could soon be used to protect buildings and rabbits against avalanches. back on the kitchen, hon. the weather remains. the challenge is your dream to read. so growth is a very strong wind. we're about to trigger an explosion to secure the north slope. it's always good news is on the damage on us, but it's our job. there's half a meter of fresh snow on the avalanche trail north flight garage miss miss via

when there's heavy snow it can get on really exhausting. ah, as he got mad, i imagine some people envy us. banana, the joy, especially at 7 in the morning when the sun is shining, the shed, you get to be the 1st on the slopes, which have just been freshly groomed. but there's been much, at least some people would probably pay a lot of money for that. of this and so that's one of the perks of the jobs and for the amount of course it also has it's downside eligibility. catlike having to be out in the bad weather to day the head that the trying to secure the ski areas and prevent avalanches. to see jen, i decided to show you that my partner gets nervous in the mornings. folks in the home by 10 o'clock, she'll be asking if i am okay and if everything worked out, my parents are more relaxed with lynch bones of all pirates, then you definitely can't get stressed when you're an avalanche blaster, but you do have to make quick getaways but over we have to wait until the designates yoga resists, it's always

a rest of it, but we try to reduce that risk as much as possible. the mortgage wouldn't bill so they would of all, don't drill account for each other but, and make sure that things run smoothly within the t, off discounts. if one of the main on the order only a top layer came off, which of us that worked more or less, we shifted the snow by strong in every major ski resort in austria, avalanche blast as make sure it's safe on the slopes. miss specially trained by experts in how to deploy explosives. was that all nobody knew. thank god, we didn't have these masses of snow on the slopes today, and all it is, this is how much it snowed since yesterday. this isn't the toys. how did the bottom and as fresh snow on top did on this is the fracture line where it breaks off and i was always kind what is on our end, 400. if someone headed down the slope at exactly that angle,

that's where it would break off, but it's no longer loose. no, it's more like a slab hollow came out is a short video shaped up flat like that one or a frequent cause of avalanches. and some of our because our explosives bunker them. okay. when the social is this heavy honey and his colleagues trigger explosions every day on average, they need $1.00 to $2.00 tons of explosives per season. it's about $830.00. the 1st ski is and snowboard is arriving almost all the ski lifts and slopes on the kitchen. han open, thanks to the avalanche blast is everywhere in the alps, blasting teams. ensure the mountain sides are safe.

the paths known valley interior. all angles bath glass shall regularly holds avalanche training courses with skis and snowboard is who like to go off piece time when ye knocked in the flesh. depending on how extensive and stable the loose layer is, it might break along. the fracture lines on an unstable layer will collapse. his walks and the slab might start to move on to come to sponsors may fit in pavilion coleman and the foxes to live. the weak layer is spread over wide area may trigger the snow slab, home shape that common churn and all have a nice evening. and see you tomorrow at 8459, a loyal nissan in the north. well, we want to avoid an avalanche emergency and you don't want to have to go looking for the buried vitus. but if it does happen, we need to know exactly what to do, and that's what we're going to review tomorrow. league focused on ian on can out.

is that more? which question? ah, anyone crossing this to rein needs a functioning avalanche transceiver. ok as that. okay, come on down, log some like summer release early. we are going out here says write them for you. hopefully if i've got the clive are good. next on my 3rd video go nesa l fire. this is an avalanche transceiver. i think it has 2 functions. default, so a transmitter function and a search function, adding this off right now the search function was activated, isn't that as anything in the display, it means it's receiving a signal from somewhere here, i'm signal and thanked. nod, severe, nod it closer. but grace gets toby, a classy called poly, i've checked that the groups avalanche trends. he was a working him at my devices receiving properly am oh okay. then what? i've made sure that every one has the device turned on it. so we've taken the

necessary safety precautions and we can set off from it. this is if i don't recon buttons kill and again with meanwhile at the top of the kit stein, han, honey and kristof are making their way to one of the most dangerous parts of the mountain. the slope to the rise of the tracks is the steep one. if they were to full they'd be unlikely to survive. handling the explosives in the snow, flurries and temperatures of minus 20 degrees requires utmost concentration. ah, it's so slow. no, it's only 2 minutes. let's go keep moving. the

dish is let shift and things of busy. so wasn't a good vicki. the stones look wild us with redone. let's head down to the of the slope is now safe, at least for the time being. if it keeps snowing can a might have to close the peace below. the other team is still busy. this is, it's on the wow, that's the north slow. so that's where we'll trigger the next block runs kiana. i might get block despite the risk of avalanches, the slope is popular among free right is much to the frustration of the teen. some snow sports enthusiasts are reckless, and the avalanche blast is risk their lives, making sure the terrain is safe for them.

oh, in these conditions it's hard to tell if the artificial avalanche was effective in my law for this august of ink over the course of the day, the wind can scatter the snow. so even if we've triggered an explosion, the snow can pile up again. it was hushed in or for so you have to keep doing control runs. gosh, and keep an eye on the situation. you look at that area and it's, we're done here. we'll head now to the kids, lips station and it's off at the advanced training course. it's time for the most important lesson. locating a person buried under sna. nick 100. it's to our legged 8. we can turn off our devices now. why we just need one device switched on a maintenance ticket in a backpack and bury it up there somewhere. go. ah, that that contains an active avalanche, chauncey that they sign it the name form. well, the location where the person who was buried was last seen to sell fi escape take

out your avalon transceiver and start searching with the saw him. he had 143012 but now coming down came back when the, when the display is below yet re i, you're nearly there. land down flock. sigh, commonwealth lines are 2.0182.316 times com. i'm 1 point one common 1.0 i for one, hey, one thought and these, and this is where i measure the lowest value, 1.0 minority next angle backlash are searches. the area with the prob, someone, his buried in an avalanche needs to be rescued within about 15 minutes after that their chances of survival drop rapidly market mit. mit came bandito stelis point someone tends to as is but mortified job, the person's eye. it is algae is a matter of life and death. tatum, salgado effect her,

you can be worried about mine a stab wounds as a dog. so don't be too gentle to meet me, find the spot and, and push. i'm stationed on films, hunt fact films on fact. so don't make sense to form the sounding. now i'm noticing that the product isn't going in quite his father. they some resistance, and that means remove your hands, okay? prob stays in place and decent plots for the 1st time. you now have you physical contact with the person who's buried. allison contact some fish, it didn't time is running out every minute. count the fact that the sign itself and cope. this is the head. best best case scenario is on he's responsive economy, he can talk on this. this has to melissa. so now i can call the mountain rescue

services and give the all clear on and talk on past days. ok. this gone to was me. it's mark what we've just done is absolutely possible when somebody's been buried under as much as one of the half meters of snow up to 15 minutes, said silva. only if you know exactly what you have to do besides the discreet the euroleague most was other any questions? gifts that so because now it's your turn, but yet that's here that on the devastation, avalanches can wreak, wasn't full display on february 23rd. 1999 in the small town of god to into roll the grid to strengthen fella, greatest destruction was about where the highest point of this wallace phone cut off and is a moist back until march. there was maoris. gotcha, at the time, how mon hoopa was a member of the local council rehab, feeling. i did it in an uncle to it of all he like many locals,

i was in crisis mode hotels and had really drove home what it means to bear responsibility of highest fontose to stagnant devices of cons. can i remember it? very well. shy, disinclined. yeah, i was at my desk at the times the avalanche hit while i was working together in order for the snow, settled on the windows of all the houses in the village. i'll see. so it went dark, the kitty and everyone realized that had been an avalanche that don't live on. we'll die, miss thompson. when this done give was yet the emergency services went out immediately. isis could i have to see if we were able to start the search operation . 10 minutes after the avalanche head of it's amy, not not levine. it, i guess on with those who hindsight speaking, got some info to them. i said that if i spoke to the mayor on the phone and an hour later, we knew many people were missing. he delighted up, we were mid search out there that i, sad news began filtering him. don't answer nath rowdy. but i mustn't forget that a lot of people were also rescued as at feet lights out latent give world a total of $38.00 people died in one of the worst avalanche disasters in the else.

in recent history, numerous houses were also destroyed. the massive avalanche hurtled 1000 meters down the mountain side. it says they don't deb levine evolve. they sadly avalanche caused such devastation because nobody expected one to occur on such a massive scale. and i like if i knew the lands and recalculations were made for high risk areas, not justin got tied up in godson. i had led to a rethink everywhere in the abs region as my they saw him night, but aches and so it. mm. and gotcha. these protective walls were built that same year. a year later, the steel snow breeches were erected on the mountain. these were bus protective fences found throughout the elves prevent large accumulations of snow, known as cornices, from breaking off mountain ridges. peace, safety,

and austria. ski results came under increasing scrutiny in the wake of the car to disaster. more and more fully automatic blasting moths are being installed on high risk slopes. up to 12 explosive charges fit into the magazines. they triggered by the push of a button and explode a few meters above the snow pack. on the kid steinhoff,

one of the blasting masts has been malfunctioning with. i've got needs to find out what's gone wrong. rosier saladas feel to 3 in the magazines are computer controlled in all of my other activated in response to pressure governmental involve clicked on mal, open this up to check if everything's okay in their, their affiliates isn't walk with some of the chords might have gotten tangled up or something might be jammed up, didn't this new fuel cycle? dora didn't work for clean thought it does. okay. are these are the containers on the chart? take a quick look though. his last question . okay. yeah, it's okay. i'm on the mass can be used to morrow in the van more. everything's all right. as alice goes to morrow's focused shows more heavy snow on the kitchen

horn back to the avalanche training course. it's now the participants tend to practice locating an avalanche victim. will they find the backpack with the avalon chance either gather i i'm ready with is that i but what's the value on the display like um, a 2.7. be soon if i you close it. i'm close starting here as right now. homing in. that should i go forward on? yeah, i know people on police just above the ground, i think a bit further. 2.9. yeah. you're close woocommerce. yeah, 0.4, woocommerce 0.70.5. he was 0.4, the lowest value. okay. good. well, oh no, my probes in my backpack in the u. back at all times. hi,

this is sticky. hold the last section of the thought together. probe is a bit like a toothpick. i thought, i don't know if you going deep. the pro can bend in all directions, holiday child thought ask what's my play? i love if i grace was both hands. yeah. oh, here it is. okay, so now i start digging right. but i was hoping that. yeah. as soon as it takes a lot of practice, this time of i'm going to practice again at home to make sure i've really got it from has ended on you have to bear in mind, you might be panicking after an avalanche missile focused. you need to have it down pat, otherwise you just forget it. even if it looks easy, it's what you need to follow each of the steps lead, i'm not used to practicing ones isn't enough. if you need to be able to do it in your sleep. last fall in an emergency, the person buried in the avalon just doesn't have much time before they die. the

long he take the less likely they are to survive. pow, he get a quote. so even an extreme situations, you need to act fast. oh, you can't hesitate. that's hilalem with jesus. reason a problem with have all the will from them kind of this time. a happy outcome. yeah . ok. on the get started on these now a level 3 avalanche morning. only half of the slabs are open, but thanks to him a on his team. it's safe. even if to day there are only about $300.00 guests out and about rather than the usual $10000.00 cars overseas because it's right that visitors can ski with peace of mind. things to ask him to knowing they're happy as what motivates me is what does nothing better? what sweetness? and for me personally dakshina sitting in an office all day would be an absolute nightmare.

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