Backcountry Responsibly [2024]

[@arondahlberg5086]

I grew up in the Mountains, the Scandis to be precise. I've pretty much grew up out in nature and I'm still living here, because I love the mountains, both during the summers and the winters. Skiing, fishing, trekking, hunting, riding snowmobile, you name it! I love it all! I've been skiing for 25 years now. So I would call myself pretty experienced. 7 weeks ago I went skiing in a very accessable area, not remote at all either and this time it completely changed my perspective on everything. The area is connected to a smaller skiresort. The skiresort on the otherhand is somewhat remote so medics, ambulance and mountain rescue is always a couple of hours away, since they have a pretty big area to cover. I usally always start the season in this specific place, because it's very beautiful and not so crowded, the perfect place to warm up on. I also know the place very well and many fantastic memories from there because we went there alot during my childhood. So I'm very relaxed in this area and see it like my childhood play ground. But 7 weeks ago my perspective changed. I was sending a cliff, that I've been sending each year for decades now, when it all went south in matter of seconds. The cliff is just above 3 meters, but you land in pretty steep terrain with alot of trees. I stomped the landing but a couple of seconds later, just before the treeline, my right ski caught and edge. The moment I regained control it was to late, I only had time to somewhat chose how to crash. Broke my foot and my ankle really bad. It was a cold day, -28 C, so my body temp dropped like hell when it went into chock after the crash. Even though I could see the village and the pist, in the distance, the whole situation became crystal clear, I knew they would not be able to evac from that spot and that it was a serious situation. Only the heli is able too, because it's way too steep for anything else to get there. But the heli was atleast 2 hours away before the evac even could begin and in such low temp that is precious time you do not have. I just knew right away that I had to crawl. So I put my own ski in both hands and then put it infront of me, to both drag myself and also slow the decent when i was sliding on my belly. Eventually I got to a place where they could get me out with snowmobile. It still was so steep though, that they had to put the snowmobile in reverse, then push it forward down the slope in order to take off, then using the reverse to slow down the descent. Because when we started to go there was no stopping until we reach the end. Meanwhile I had to keep myself on the seat. That was gnarly as fuck and no easy task with all that pain and especially my low body temp. Eventually the got me down and could, carrie me inside to wait for the ambulance. If I had not been able to crawl away from there the cold would most likely have taken me. I crashed 12.30 and arrived at the hospital 21.20, still was very cold and they had to warm me up with blankets and bags filled with lukewarm water. A very brutal and serious experience. It was all fun and in the matter of seconds it all turned into a raw survival experience. Even though it was so close and you basically could have seen me if it were not for all the trees it almost ended deadly. Even though I have alot of experience and also good knowledge and skills, it went south. This particular area is something I did not associate with a very big risk, since it's so close and also something I've seen as an very easy line, which is way below the limit of my skills. It did not matter... even if you've done something a 100 or a 1000 times all it takes is 1 failure for the situation to become very serious. Skills never elimitates the risk or makes us immune, it only lowers the risk and makes us less likely to end up in such a situation. In my case though, I would say that it was my pride that caught me, because I never had a thought that I would seriously hurt myself there. I've done it for decades and it never ended badly. It's was not a far off and remote location with bigger risks to prepare for... The experience humbled me and my view on things completely changed!! So good movie, people need more knowledge and education before going out in the wild to have a blast and I also learnd that even though you grown up in it, you need to be reminded on a regular basis of the risks and how to approach such activits, otherwise you might forgett or you become blind and pride might eventually get you... We never stop learning as long as we live. So be humble and respectful!

[@UncleRicoOSU]

It’s crazy that this has no likes or replies. Great comment. Glad you made it out safely.

[@octodave2320]

TYVM to all for bringing this to the mainstream audience. IF YOU DONT KNOW! DONT GO!

[@JoonHong]

This is much better video title than previous one. When I saw the title of trailer (which was clickbait-ish), I got the impression that TGR tried to sneakily shift responsibility to the community while benefiting from cultivating backcountry culture. Thanks for vocalizing the inheriting risk of going wilderness. I hope outdoor industry cultivate responsibility more and more, like this video.

[@stevo8782]

It was a trailer. Says it in the thumbnail

[@v_dubs]

Maybe TGR should include these safety discussions in all their films instead of segmenting it to this one-off? you are the "Social media creating false confidence" Good film, do more of them!

[@UncleRicoOSU]

Seriously? Do you feel this way about all tv shows and films or just TGR? Maybe Mission Impossible should include a section about stunt safety and how you shouldn’t hang from the side of a flying airplane. And maybe F1 races should include a section where they talk about the dangers of driving cars over 200 mph

[@NemoandStitchthecats]

For me the heli took 30 min to come, respect the mountain, an accident is where u dont expect it at all. Look at the scandis in norway where he was caught by an avalanche after skiing a huge line while he thought it was a save spot down the mountain.

[@misterfunnybones]

Really a minimum 3 trained people. It's hard enough for 2 people to dig, & totally exhausting for 1 especially if there's any depth to the burial. You can have all the equipment & training, but you need other trained people with equipment to get out. Solo & couple travel is highly risky.

[@andyeighttre]

If you go into the BC you should donate to the ops teams that save your ass.

[@ВладиславКононов-л5н]

In Russia we just pay for special ski insurance.

[@neekonsaadat2532]

Sweet video, very important

[@nicov3r]

here's another beautiful video

[@noveltynation8759]

Well done - ty

[@santiagogranda8851]

Be humble to the mountains 5:02

[@Boisecuda]

That hour long commercial before the segment really blew!

[@haydenharvey3167]

People really don’t understand the risk, they see someone else do it and all the sudden they think they can buy it or do it. Everybody wants to be a social media star and get attention, but nobody understands how truly dangerous the backcountry is.

[@yourgodsisspeakingtoyouher4284]

Why do so many people do irresponsible things, not thinking that when they get hurt they put other people at risk.

[@constipatedkangaroo]

Your return to civilization in one piece is completely dependent on your common sense and respect for nature.

[@craigbosko2229]

Why didn't your AVALANCHE AIRBAG DEPLOY, were your bottle's empty, did you get them refilled or was your ELECTRIC MOTOR AIR PUMP not turned on.Why didn't you check your Avalanche Airbag backpack before you left that morning.Your supposed to have a checklist the night before and the morning before you leave EVERYTIME,ALL THE TIME AND ANYTIME., NO EXCEPTIONS !

[@aaronfickes4050]

Huh? You see this as an airbag issue?

[@rudimatt3432]

OMG, what has happened to the mountains? Narcissistic 123 drop, cameras rolling ego maniacs. Getting boring. Enough about me , let’s talk about me.