Warming temperatures are believed to have played a role in the death of the freeskier, who was backcountry skiing in British Columbia.
By Cindy Boren Cindy Boren Reporter covering sports, with an emphasis on politics and national stories Email Bio Follow April 18 at 9:01 AM Dave Treadway, a Canadian professional freeskier, was killed Monday when he fell about 100 feet into a crevasse while skiing in the backcountry with a group of people in the mountains just north of Whistler, B.C.
Pulling Treadway from the crevasse took about an hour, according to Outside, and involved a 12-minute flight, a safety assessment and the construction of a rigging system involving 14 responders. MacKenzie noted that temperatures were nearing 60 degrees Monday and indicated that the crevasse could have been obscured by a snow bridge, typically formed by a snow drift, that was weakened by the sun and warmth.
“Don’t let a bit of warm weather trick you into hanging up your skis. Fine, go for a peddle if you’re really that excited about it. But the snow’s great up high right now, the crowds are thin, and the days are long. GO SKIING !!!!” Treadway is survived by his wife Tessa, who is pregnant, and the couple’s two sons. Tessa Treadway is also a freeskier and told Outside last year that the family had been living in their camper the last three years, traveling the West and finding success in promoting their sport. “Lots of different companies want us on their team to promote skiing as a family,” she told Outside. “We’ve carved out a new market for ourselves.
Treadway and his family are well-known in the skiing community, which was stunned by his death. “All I know is the world just lost an incredible human being and a wonderful family is suffering unthinkable grief,” Mike Douglas, a pro freeskier, wrote on Instagram. — Chip Kalback April 17, 2019 In his last Facebook post over the weekend, he wrote: “My mom told me “The sweet isn’t as sweet without the sour.” Skiing spring lines, it’s all about waiting out the down days to be able to get one of these days. Man it’s worth it, and sure tastes sweet!”
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