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avalanche,helicopter,snow,boom Man-Made Avalanche - Awesome Footage

Man-Made Avalanche - Awesome Footage

posted by pallen 2 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 3160 views
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great spundtrack. Anyone know who it is?


written by theronpoker  | 2 years 11 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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frighteningly beautiful...


written by Raytrace  | 2 years 11 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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Before anyone beats me to it... Looking at the footage, I don't think the helicopter is actually what sets off those charges, I think it's just flying around to film the event. My guess is that those charges were already planted. Still pretty cool though.


written by pallen  | 2 years 11 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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In a lot of avalanche prone areas, they will often use old artillery cannons to launch explosive shells to induce avalanches.


written by Wumpus  | 2 years 11 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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Very poetic and nice. Mind you, I have to agree, unless those explosions were helicopters immolating themselves, the title is wrong ...


written by pmkierst  | 2 years 11 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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The also would not be firing off cannons with a helicopter in the area.

The 'chopper certainly could be dropping timed charges, or just remote detonating them during its fly-by.


written by CrushBug  | 2 years 11 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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Not sure who the first track is by, but the second track is called Sofa Rockers by the Sofa Surfers. It's on Kruder and Dorfmeister's "K & D Sessions," which is a pretty fantastic double cd album (about 10 years old).


written by callistan  | 2 years 11 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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Ugh -- I HATE the annoying music. I wish they would turn it off and let us here the awesome power of the avalanche.


written by bellman  | 2 years 11 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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Haha, tell us what you really think, bellman.


written by callistan  | 2 years 11 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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pallen : Nope. The helicopter is likely dropping explosives on a timer. This is a common practice.

The only other way for the explosives to get there are for people to plant them on foot or snowmobile. Given that the snowpack is known to be unstable (that's why they're blowing it), you wouldn't want to be anywhere near it. Merely cutting a track across those snowfields---like the first one in particular---could trigger it and it's simply not worth the risk.





written by bigbikeman  | 2 years 11 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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Changed the title for the sake of accuracy. My original title was "Helicopter Induces an Avalanche - Awesome Footage", but it's obviously the explosive charges that actually induce it. The helicopter's role is unclear.


written by pallen  | 2 years 11 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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theronpoker: [edit] Listen to Pragmatick, he knows what he's on about...

Pallen: Thanks for one of the very few videos I've seen on here that genuinely merited the word 'awesome' in the title.


written by Baqueta  | 2 years 11 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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The first song is called "Dunya Salam" by "Baaba Maal".
It can be found on an album called "One giant leep", 30 second sample can be found here: http://calabashmusic.com/world/publisher/flashPlayer/action/view?playerAction=loadSample&sampleID=12698

The second track is Sofa Surfers - Tranquility (Kruder & Dorfmeister Remix) and is also known as "Sofa Rockers".


written by pragmatick  | 2 years 11 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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we need the eiger guys to team up and speed glide over avalanches. i'd chip in $20 to see it.


written by phelixian  | 2 years 11 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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"we need the eiger guys to team up and speed glide over avalanches. i'd chip in $20 to see it."

Can the music for that video be Canon in D? That would make it vote-tastic.


written by pallen  | 2 years 11 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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"Can the music for that video be Canon in D? That would make it vote-tastic."

Only if it's played on a ukelele. By a kitten. That's jumping from a tree. While falling asleep.


written by rembar  | 2 years 11 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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I'm glad everyone's catching onto the formula for Sift Gold.

And then you have us, suffering with not enough slow - we need some redistribution. Although perhaps not as violently.


written by Krupo  | 2 years 11 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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*music



written by amxcvbcv  | 2 years 11 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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Video added to music channel (music called by gold star member amxcvbcv)


written by siftbot  | 2 years 11 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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*wings


written by kulpims  | 1 year 3 months ago | CH
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Adding video to channels (Wings) - requested by kulpims.


written by siftbot  | 1 year 3 months ago | CH
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*nature


written by Eklek  | 6 months 1 week ago | CH
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Adding video to channels (Nature) - requested by Eklek.


written by siftbot  | 6 months 1 week ago | CH
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We use artillery here in Alaska to do it... these in fact:
http://www.robertsarmory.com/rrifle.htm


written by deathcow  | 2 weeks 2 days ago | CH
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