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imagine were thinking about those lost and safety on the mountain. it does make you think twice about just being careful where you go on the mountain and what you are doing. and, yeah, definitely be thinking about them when i m up there today. and, shepard, as i mentioned those warnings are still in effect for the pacific northwest and are going to be in effect for the foreseeable future, shepard. shepard: then there is the air bag that saved the one skier. tell us about that. you know, we heard about this last night and into today. now will there are pictures of them. the skier is alease sogstad very well known in the skiing community. a writer as well in the sport. she says she heard one of other friends screamed avalanche. that s when she deployed this thing. we have a picture of it. this is what it looks like. an avalanche safety device. it s deployed from her backpack. keeps her head above the snow. in fact, very popular in europe with some of these back country skiers. sh

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