Sled and rider fall into crevace..Kakwa

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Buddy of mine sent me this today...insane

Sled disappears with rider Feb/21/09 Sir Alexander Mountain Just South of Kakwa Lake The Sled was @ 70' . The Kid from Sexsmith was not hurt. He
was wedged @ 90' . The guys used 100 ' of rope to pull him up. Left the Sled
there for a week. Retrieved the Sled on March/1/09.The insurance company paid for the Chopper.
 

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Couple more...anyone seen this before?
 

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That is wild,Thanks for posting it!
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crazy stuff for sure. someone posted about it on SnoWest a few weeks ago, pics came a week later. anyone that's ridden near the glacier knows about the crevasses, most stay off. very lucky he was, to not get seriously injured or killed.
 

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Or lost...."hey where did we lose our fourth rider.."
 

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Wow, he was lucky. Wonder if he had time for a beer down there while he was waiting??? :beer::d:beer:
 

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Wow ! How did the rider not get hurt ? ( or worse ) . What a rescue . Amazing story and pictures. :cool:
 

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I got this in an email last week, that's crazy. How lucky do you have to be to fall 90' and get wedged between anything and not be hurt, probably need a change of shorts though.
 

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Dragonlady sent this to me in an e-mail this morning asking me to post it for her, and I hadn't gotten a chance yet. Thanks Dobir for posting!
 

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His name is Kory he works for the same company as I do. He has produced his own stunt video called Black Sprocket Productions, he's pretty crazy. Said he got a bunch of video footage for his new upcoming video release.
As far as I remeber he did not really mention getting hurt the sled was a right off though.
 

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WOW, bet that was a ride you probable want to forget, good that no one was hurt.:beer::cool:
 

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I have more pics, from a friend of mine directly involved in the rescue. He informs that the sled was hardly even damaged. I don't know how to post them though. He will be sending me more this evening.
 

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thats freakin crazy. imagine just ridin along then next thing you know your free fallin into that thing. wow. seriously lucky walkin away from that one
 

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I have the Black Sproket video...those guys are JUST a little crazy.
His name is Kory he works for the same company as I do. He has produced his own stunt video called Black Sprocket Productions, he's pretty crazy. Said he got a bunch of video footage for his new upcoming video release.
As far as I remeber he did not really mention getting hurt the sled was a right off though.
 
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