Posted on 01/28/2008 3:21:39 PM PST by RDTF
Died in his own Carbon Footprint
young guy, too. Very sad.
Must be an evil Weyerhauser tree.....employed by the greedy rich ski slope moguls.
Ironic death...
more here:
http://cbs5.com/local/palmer.ski.accident.2.639754.html
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Placer County Sheriff’s Sergeant John Giovanini says 37-year-old Tyler A. Palmer was found upside down in a snow bank under a tree Sunday afternoon.
A passing ski patrolman helped dig him out and started CPR until paramedics arrived, but those efforts were unsuccessful.
Palmer was declared dead at the scene about 45 minutes later.
Authorities say Palmer was skiing in bounds on an expert black diamond run. The weather may have made for low visibility.
His death is being called accidental.
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"...harmful footprint on the environment..." tells me all I need to know about where you stand politically.
That's kind of a strange, 'Catch-22' warning bell phrase for someone on a supposedly Conservative Republican website, eh?
So excuse me if I take your opinions with a huge dose of Epsom Salt and really careful scrutiny before I consider them valid.
Have a plan of what you will do if you go down. The following steps may help:
Resist the urge to struggle violently. In tree well experiments people found that the more they struggled, the deeper they sank and the more quickly they became immobilized.
Make a breathing space around your face. Then move your body carefully in a rocking manner Instead of panicking, try first to hollow out the snow and give you space and air.
Stay calm. Experts advise to stay calm while waiting for assistance as this helps conserves air and extend your time of survival. Hopefully, your partner will have seen you go down and will come to your rescue. If not, your chances of survival are improved if you maintain your air space.
Too cynical to include a request for prayers?
At least his death was organic...
Ala Sonny Bono
Ala Michael Kennedy
There seems to be a pattern here of ansulary level political figures biting the dust in the same way.
A conspiracy theorist may want to examine for a fresh set of parallel snow ski tracks evident to each side of the tree.
Ouch. What a way to go.
Trees are why I ski in the dead center of the run. And wear a helmet.
When this happened to my brother (who survived), but when they find you at the base of a hill. Usually that means you lost control and went off the trail. In my brother’s case he fell over 50 feet.
Yes, they do.
Well said!
As far as I know, if you want treeless resort skiing anywhere on this continent, Arapahoe Basin Colorado is about all there is.
I hope he has one of them “green” burials.
PLUS, he’s looking for “thoughtful” responses when we have a chance to mock a man’s death ‘cause we find his politics suspect.
Very strange.
If anything actually destroys the environment, it’s ski resorts. Thousands of trees are destroyed as well as animal habitats- all in the name of recreation. Amazingly, greenies like this guy and countless greenie movie stars seem to be the most avid skiers.
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