A 14-year-old snowboarder from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada is lucky to be alive today after being swept away in an avalanche while riding out of bounds at Mt. Washington, according to a story in the Vancouver Sun. His friends reported him missing at 3:30 PM.
Two hours later, at 5:30 p.m., searchers heard the boy calling for help near a precipice and were only able to reach him by descending on ropes. . . .The avalanche had pushed him up against a tree, which rescuers said saved him from being pushed over the cliff. . . .When rescuers uncovered him, they found he was hypothermic and both his legs were broken. . . He was taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital in Comox, then air-lifted to B.C. Children’s Hospital in Vancouver.
[Link: Vancouver Sun]
