yann was dug up by a companion who had not been caught up in the avalanche rescuers found three more men buried under the snow they were dead quite often it takes several days to find victims buried in an avalanche for me to long proops they used to dig into the snow this is the only method to find a free rider unless he has a radio beacon on it. when appropriate something soft it's clear that it's a victim a sound produced by the probe in that case is also helpful so we begin thinking right there and then felix eva sure is a doctor with a local rescue team he always joins the team on duty when they go to help avalanche victims his eight kilogram kit contains all the necessary equipment for on site reanimation though in practice he rarely needs it. recording to statistics if victims are stuck in an avalanche for fifteen minutes their chances of survival of fifty percent any longer and there is a sharp drop in the chances of survival here but we haven't recovered a buried survivor from an avalanche around here in the past ten years. intense truck aeration for the winter olympics of cu