From 6ABC.com:

On January 26th, pro skier Angel Collinson had a vicious wipeout while skiing in the Neacola Range in Alaska last spring. An aerial camera catches Collinson bouncing like rag-doll over 1,000 vertical feet before finally coming to a stop.

“The fall was absolutely terrifying – without question. You have no idea what you are going to tumble over and there is basically nothing you can do but hang on,” Collinson said. “This was a definitely a learning experience for me. Maybe 99 times out of 100, you can ski through that terrain, but when it does go wrong, it’s more high-consequence.”

Angels were monitoring because Collinson suffered — two jammed fingers.  That’s it.

“I’m okay, I’m okay.  Yeah I’m fine.  And I can go back up and get my shit too.  Like I’m fine.”

Right.  Since everything fell out of her backpack.

Lucky, lucky, lucky.

Oddly enough, Ian McIntosh said the same damned thing after falling 1,600 feet and likewise surviving.

November 5th, 2015, pro skiing veteran, Ian McIntosh, narrowly escaped with his life after what TGR Co Founder, Todd Jones, says “was the most terrifying crash I’ve ever seen.” While filming for Paradise Waits up in the Neacola range of AK, Mac dropped into a line he thought he had studied thoroughly enough, only to fall into an unseen five foot deep trench on one of his first turns. “From there, my slough took over and their was no way to stop, I pulled my airbag to help prevent against any possible trauma injuries as I tumbled to the bottom,” he said. While attempting to regain his footing, Mac lost a ski and cartwheeled over 1,600 feet in under a minute.

Apparently the Neacola Range in Alaska is popular with freestyle skiers.

BZ

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