“When I got to the top, I realized I was standing on an overpass up to my knees in the unstable snow overhang. I could have dropped right through and plummeted to my death.”
I’ve read of people dying in very similar circumstances. You were lucky.
What was a shock for me was I had never even considered such a situation.
If I had been asked to list 1000 ways I would bite it, that wouldn’t have been one of them. I can clearly remember the sudden sphincter tightening as I realized the situation I was in.
I read something once that most men who die around water have their zipper open. I guess snow is just frozen water...:)