He was such an awesome skier. So awesome that he had just passed the test to be a ski instructor and this one-week March break was his first time doing a job he really loved. He was at Grindelwald, a very popular Swiss skiing village, and many of my friends had gone to ski there too and SEEN him, only to leave the village without realising that there had been an avalanche higher up in the mountains and that one of their friends had been buried below.
He was recovered pretty quickly, but unfortunately died of multiple injuries. Although I wasn't super close to him, it still seems surreal to me. Perhaps he's left to go to a local Swiss school, I keep thinking. But to see many of my girl friends crying and to see the boys so serious and out of jokes made today seem like the longest day in school ever. Lessons were disrupted because no teacher was in the mood to teach and neither were the students in the mood to listen.
Sigh. Life is fragile indeed.
Just looked up at the night sky. There's only one star shining tonight. RIP Brian <3
The Enchanting Twilight
PS: The news
Mar 20, 2011 - 18:41
Four skiers die in avalanche accidents
Two avalanches in the Swiss Alps killed four skiers at the weekend, both accidents happening outside marked and secure slopes.
Police in the eastern canton of Graubünden reported that three Germans died after being swept down 100 metres in the Flüela pass region at a height of around 2,700 metres.
A fourth German who was dragged down with them managed to free himself from the snow after several hours and raised the alarm on his mobile phone.
The 47-year-old skier was later taken to hospital in Davos suffering from frostbite and was attended by a care team.
All four skiers in the group had been wearing avalanche rescue devices.
Another skier was killed in an avalanche in the Grindelwald First region of the Bernese Oberland.
Swiss weather forecasters had earlier issued warnings of serious avalanche risks in the Alps.
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