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Pastimes : Who is Bera?
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To: Carolyn who wrote (133)5/13/2000 1:46:00 PM
From: Vendit™   of 269
 
So Carolyn you can see how this had begun to get out of control.

As we began our decent the steep angle of the mountain took all of us by surprise. It was like we were almost in a free fall the first few minutes. I was never so scared in my life. Occasionally the terrain would slow us to down some but the weather had decayed to a point where we couldnt see more than 10 or 20 meters in front of us so we couldnt tell exactly which direction would have been the best route to take.

It became very apparent in the first minute that Bera was having a hard time judging angles and distance. We were up so high and were in a very dangerous area that my heart was racing. Bera was becoming out of control and she began to get way too far to the west. I knew what the map said was in that direction and had also read the warning signs at the bottom of the lift. Then the worst possible thing that I could have imagined happened. Right before my eyes she just vanished. At first I thought it had started to snow harder and I just couldnt see her because of the snow storm but I was wrong.

Bera skied right off of the side of the mountain. The drop in height was about 7,000 feet so she never had a chance. Looking back on this Cisco and I were lucky that we didnt share the same fate. So now you know.

I have some photos of Bera as well as Cisco and myself from that trip which I will upload and show you in a little while. And no I no longer blame little brother for the accident. No one could have stopped what happened on that day in the Austria.
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