tony robinson joins me now. tony, first of all, i'm so glad you're okay.lk us through what happened. >> i was there alone, actually. found a buddy of mine was at the mounden to with his son. he said, come on down and meet me at the base. we did a little hike up, 20 minutes or so. got our breath because obviously at that point, especially at the basin, you're way up there, and we are all ready to go. he said, take it easy. if you twist an ankle or something, down here, it's hard to get you up. i went back to my military days and i went back it safety office he and said, what if there's an avalanche, and he said, ski left or ski right. like matter of fact. somebody in the back said, make sure you cover your mouth because i hear it's hard to breathe. with that we were off. we jumped in. i bet it wasn't a minute later, i'm talking a hundred feet in, heard a sound like -- >> what was it, like a rumble. >> more like the earth moaning a little bit, giving you a warning if you will. and then the snow started to move underneath you. wherever you could look at your

tony robinson joins me now. tony, first of all, i'm so glad you're okay.ually, and found a buddy of mine, at the mountain with his son, and he said come on down and meet me down at the base. we did a little hike up, 20 minutes or so, got our breath, obviously, especially on the way up there. getting ready to go. take it easy if you go down here, you twist an ankle, lose something, it's really hard to get you out. and i thought -- i went back to my military days and safety, safety officer, and i said, well, what if there is an avalanche? just threw that question out and he looked up and said ski left or ski right, matter of fact and make sure you cover your mouth. i hear it's hard to breathe and with that, we were off. and we jumped in, and i bet it wasn't, you know, a minute later, and i'm talking 100 feet, i heard a sound like -- >> what was it? a rumble? >> no, more like the earth moaning a little bit. giving you a warning, if it will, and then it just -- the snow started to move underneath you. i mean, all -- wherever you could look at your feet, the sn