it is indes penceable to have a team that can come and get you. >> he is under the show for five minutes and he is rescued. >> he took on the precaution he could. >> he said, 25% of the time, they don't have this kind of outcome. he was lucky to be alive and to tell us all about this experience, we have julian lopez "right this minute" via skype. julian, well could many to the show. when did you notice something had gone awry? >> as soon as i dropped down and did my first turn. with that video, that's why we put it on line. even if you have all the precaution that you take, something can go wrong. >> was this your first experience with an avalanche? >> actually, no. it was my second one. the first one was not that big. that's like a massive one. >> you had an air bag. did it not open up? isn't that supposed to keep you above the snow? >> you are right. you are not supposed to use it this way. as soon as you see something going wrong, you pull out your air bag. after my crash, i stand up and i was facing the snow and i tried to pull out my air bag but i couldn't handle it first before the