2 skiers rescue friend who got buried in Sierra snow, incident caught on helmet camera

Thursday, December 30, 2021
OLYMPIC VALLEY, Calif. (KGO) -- Two skiers came to the rescue when their friend got buried in the snow while skiing in the Sierra.

The incident was caught on their helmet cameras.
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The group was performing tricks at Palisades Tahoe on Tuesday when one of the skiers, Jeremy Pascal, did a flip and landed deep in the snow.

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His head became buried -- making it difficult to breath.

"Stuck in my head. So then I started kind of blew a hole so I could breathe," he said. "But that didn't work either. So then I thought after like 20 seconds, I thought, all right, just chill out. Don't use energy, so don't breathe as much."

VIDEO: Skiers rescued their friend after getting buried in the snow while skiing in the Sierra
VIDEO: 2 skiers rescue man who got buried in snow in Sierra, incident caught on helmet camera


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It took two men to dig Pascal out of the snow.
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They say the incident serves as a reminder of the dangers of "snow immersion suffocation".. or S-I-S.



This type of accident can happen wherever there is deep snow.

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