Randall Stacy Avalanche Footage

Oct 03, 2008 - 02:33 PM

WARNING PLEASE READ BEFORE WATCHING

Randall and his parents wanted us to post this video in the hopes that it would help to educate riders on the dangers of avalanches and the importance of avalanche safety.

This summer in Argentina, Rome Regional Rider Randall Stacy was rescued after being buried by an avalanche.

Randall, a 16-year old student at Stratton Mt School, was riding Cerro Catedral with his coach, Ian Kirk and Colorado avalanche guide Alex Hunt. After hiking a peak in-bounds and testing snow conditions, Alex skied the face and posted up in the flats. Randall dropped second and was quickly caught in the center of a large slide. A standing ledge of snow prevented him from riding out of the slide and he was carried roughly 1/4 mile into the flats and buried three feet under the snow.

All three riders were equipped with avalanche beacons, shovels and probes. Alex Hunt was able to locate and probe Randall within 5 minutes and he was dug out in under 8 minutes.

Randall suffered a fractured patella and fibula, along with a significant contusion to his hip. His amazing fortune was recognized by all involved, and the kid is now a legend in Bariloche. This video stands as a reminder that even after testing snow conditions and seeing someone ride the line before you, the snow can still be unstable.



Randall Stacy 2 from Randall Stacy on Vimeo.

Randall’s currently healing up in Stratton, VT and looking forward to getting back on the snow as soon as possible.

filmed by Aaron "Trout" Maksymec

If you’d like to shoot a message over to Randall feel free to email Ridercouncil@romesnowboards.com and we’ll be sure to forward it along.