A man and several friends went through a ski resort gate posted with avalanche warning signs and started snowboarding On the second trip down someone shouted ldquo Avalanche rdquo But the man couldn rsquo t escape and perished in the cascading snow Some criticized him calling him a novice But he wasn rsquo t he was an ldquo avalanche-certified backcountry guide rdquo One researcher said that skiers and snowboarders with the most avalanche training are more likely to give in to faulty reasoning ldquo The snowboarder died because he was lulled into letting his guard down rdquo As Israel prepared
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