Avalanche

As a footnote to my last post, I found this news story today (and if I ever die in an accident, I hope someone with better writing skills than the author of this article will report my death):

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Avalanche Claimed the Life of a Colorado Springs Teacher Thursday

It happened Thursday afternoon near Quandary Peak, near Breckenridge. The avalanche triggered an extensive search for the victim. Officials said two people were skiing in the area, and one managed to ride out the snow slide. The other got trapped under the mound of snow. He is identified as -----------, 26 years old. He was a teacher at Liberty High School in Colorado Springs. Initial estimates indicate the snow was 400 feet wide, 2,000 feet long and 10 feet deep. The slide has triggered at least four smaller avalanches around it.

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I'm glad that my dad and I turned back when we did or this news story could have easily been about us. It reminds me of the time we climbed el volcan de Pacaya: a couple of days after we climbed it, it sprayed lava a few hundred feet into the air and scattered ash for miles. Disaster seems to miss us by a small margin.