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the peak-to-peak gondola in whistler, british columbia, canada, 1,400 feet. very high up in the sky. watch the girl's feet. you can see she's got the door to that gondola wedged open. now, keep watching because he's about to base jump. >> wow. >> from this gondola. >> whoo-hoo hoo! >> he jumps off this thing. listen right here. >> i did it! >> who he's referring to is famous base jumper and a free skier who did next act stunt in 2008 but it was sanctioned sort of to commemorate the opening of this gondola. shane passed away in 2009 performing a stunt in italy. so, this video is sort of paying tribute to shane mcconnell. at the very end of the video -- >> whoo hoo hoo! >> when he shots his go pro off, you see his face. this was posted to the web. the canadian mounted police were after it, these two. guess what, they figured out who the girl is. they made an arrest, 23-year-old, she claims she didn't know the guy. she met him on the gondola. >> it seems like he was participating a lot for someone who just met this guy on the gondola. >> she could be facing a su
the peak-to-peak gondola in whistler, british columbia, canada, 1,400 feet. very high up in the sky. watch the girl's feet. you can see she's got the door to that gondola wedged open. now, keep watching because he's about to base jump. >> wow. >> from this gondola. >> whoo-hoo hoo! >> he jumps off this thing. listen right here. >> i did it! >> who he's referring to is famous base jumper and a free skier who did next act stunt in 2008 but it was sanctioned...
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two guys get swept off their skis in this avalanche up in whistler, british columbia. >> thumbs up. >whoa, look at that break apart. >> three guys in their 20s from denmark and they were out a ski trip and they caught it from multiple different angles. >> that guy caused it, on his friend? >> it looks like it. one guy was on the top and two guys started to go down and one ahead of the other and you see the sheet of snow it looks like about a foot thick just slide off that little ridge. he has no idea that wall of snow is bearing down on him. and then poof. thankfully neither of them got hurt. >> that moment after the snow frees itself and starts going down the mountain where the skier is standing there looking at the distribution where the snow just went, i can't imagine what's going through his head. he could be thinking did i just accidentally, like, bury my friend? >> right, right. >> the good thing is they weren't completely buried where they needed somebody to dig them out for hours. >> right. from their cameras you can see the rush of snow sweeping over the landscape. that's ter
two guys get swept off their skis in this avalanche up in whistler, british columbia. >> thumbs up. >whoa, look at that break apart. >> three guys in their 20s from denmark and they were out a ski trip and they caught it from multiple different angles. >> that guy caused it, on his friend? >> it looks like it. one guy was on the top and two guys started to go down and one ahead of the other and you see the sheet of snow it looks like about a foot thick just slide off...
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whistler reported that results from four of those monitoring sites have not detected traces of radiation from the fukushima daichi nuclear plant destruction but he added, quote, not yet. the forecast is that appointment low levels of radioactive caesium should be detected in april at which point scientists can detect real levels of radiation. jon: this radioactive caesium exactly. >> it's a natural element, radioactive form was discovered in 1941. it is widely used by industry and medical community as a source of radiation to treat certain cancers. jon: all right. arthel neville, we'll keep an eye on that. thank you. jenna: we'll turn our focus to ukraine. it is still very after country in transition today. thousands of people still camping out in kiev's main square. a manhunt is on for the former president and interim leaders work form a unity government they're warning of the dangers of separate tim. that the country could divide in two between the west and russia. kt mcfarland, fox news national security analyst and former deputy assistant secretary of defense in the reagan administra
whistler reported that results from four of those monitoring sites have not detected traces of radiation from the fukushima daichi nuclear plant destruction but he added, quote, not yet. the forecast is that appointment low levels of radioactive caesium should be detected in april at which point scientists can detect real levels of radiation. jon: this radioactive caesium exactly. >> it's a natural element, radioactive form was discovered in 1941. it is widely used by industry and medical...
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if you've skied and you've been to vale or whistler, they effectively built vale about an hour from heree track, they have the world cup of soccer coming here in a year or so. they pulled it off and they pulled it off well. that's my biggest takeaway. >> and nbc, could another network -- i don't know. that is an undertaking that you better be pretty good at what you do to show the way it's been done, everything, camera placement. >> my friend from college, gerald jefferson has been running things for nbc in terms of the video they bring back and digitize. really cool. >> we built basically a city of our own here. we have a couple thousand employees here across all the different properties. i mean, it feels like you're at 30 rockefeller center and these people have been here for weeks, some of them for months. they've left their families they're a long way from home and they've tried their best to make it as american as possible. they cook for you, they do all this stuff, they have laundry services. but you're not at home. they have wives, kids, husbands. it has been mind blowing the effo
if you've skied and you've been to vale or whistler, they effectively built vale about an hour from heree track, they have the world cup of soccer coming here in a year or so. they pulled it off and they pulled it off well. that's my biggest takeaway. >> and nbc, could another network -- i don't know. that is an undertaking that you better be pretty good at what you do to show the way it's been done, everything, camera placement. >> my friend from college, gerald jefferson has been...