neilsleder
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Been waiting till I had a news report or something to post. This incident was my uncle and cousin last Thursday. My uncle was the the one that didn’t make it. It was a shock to say the least! My uncle was an experienced mountain sledder with well over 20years of riding. He was the guy that you wanted to be with up there, you just felt safer being with uncle Dean. It was always great riding with him. The crazy thing was he was up there for a memorial ride. It was 3 years to the day that he was up there trapping with his best friend (it’s a registered trap line and that’s the only way you are allowed to ride there) and his friend had a heartache and died in his arms. And my cousin led the search and rescue in to help with that situation. So they went in there to pay there respect and set a wolverine trap. They had just stopped at the spot and paid there respect and continued on to set a trap. They came to this area and Dean stopped and said they need to turn around as he didn’t like the snow. As they turned the avalanche hit them. Both were buried but Matt was able to get his hands moving and free himself. He didn’t get to Dean in time and cpr didn’t work. Then he spent the night waiting for search and rescue at the cabin. My uncle will be missed by anyone that has ever met him. It’s been a rough weekend to say the least. Spent it with my cousin and family wondering what and how this can happen.
Been waiting till I had a news report or something to post. This incident was my uncle and cousin last Thursday. My uncle was the the one that didn’t make it. It was a shock to say the least! My uncle was an experienced mountain sledder with well over 20years of riding. He was the guy that you wanted to be with up there, you just felt safer being with uncle Dean. It was always great riding with him. The crazy thing was he was up there for a memorial ride. It was 3 years to the day that he was up there trapping with his best friend (it’s a registered trap line and that’s the only way you are allowed to ride there) and his friend had a heartache and died in his arms. And my cousin led the search and rescue in to help with that situation. So they went in there to pay there respect and set a wolverine trap. They had just stopped at the spot and paid there respect and continued on to set a trap. They came to this area and Dean stopped and said they need to turn around as he didn’t like the snow. As they turned the avalanche hit them. Both were buried but Matt was able to get his hands moving and free himself. He didn’t get to Dean in time and cpr didn’t work. Then he spent the night waiting for search and rescue at the cabin. My uncle will be missed by anyone that has ever met him. It’s been a rough weekend to say the least. Spent it with my cousin and family wondering what and how this can happen.
