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Go. then you re just like, you blank out because then you re only concentrating on the line you re going to ski. so you re kind of very into what you re going to do and focusing on the right way to go down. fred pushes off. i felt like this is going to be like a cruising and really good warmup run to get the feel of the snow because it was the first run of the day. unintentionally, fred turns far off course. i thought i was at the right landmark. the filmmakers, all on headsets, try to warn him. but fred doesn t hear them. when i come out of that turn, i can see that there are some rocks. and i know there is going to be no rocks where i m going to ski, so i knew instantly that i was in the wrong spot. he also knows he s in big trouble. i thought, you made the wrong decision. ....
On a mountain peak in the french alps, a wrong turn launches a skier over a 250-foot cliff. march 18th, 2008, france. norwegian fred syrerson is one of the top skiers. at 4, he s also one of the oldest still active. he tests his skills on steep and untraveled terrain like this remote peak in the alps. so you want to push your limits a little bit because there is always a better chance when you re up there to try thing that you normally can t do every day. on this day, he and two other skiers are being filmed for a movie about extreme skiing. fred and the filmmaker, terry dunard, have worked out a route down the mountain using ....
you hear the wind, and it picks up like more and more and more. so that s that was the force i was fighting. i was fighting that the whole way down until the very last meters. and then let the wind flip me over on my back so i could land like horizontally because i knew that this kind of heights, if you land on your feet, on your head, you re done. fred slams into the snow. the impact is so strong that it s like an explosion. and then the sudden silence nothing. just silence. and everything white. in the helicopter, terry dunard, the filmmaker, spots where fred disappears into the snow. while the pilot hovers nearby, ....
Landmarks like rock-out props. they decide on a trial run. the plan is for fred to lead the other skiers. but the filmmaker suddenly changes the plan, worried about fred s habit of taking big chances which could lead them all into disaster. i said to my team, okay, sorry, guys, we go up one by one. i have a sixth sense, like an alarm. i know fred for a left wing time. i know he s a charger. he s always want to push. a helicopter drops fred off on the peak. he will begin alone. i m kind of focused on getting my gear ready and getting buckled up, into my boots and the last check of equipment. there are steep, sharp drops on either side. one mistake could send him over a deadly edge. ....
Dunard and an assistant jump to try to rescue him. but fred is buried. i m awake. that was the first thing i noticed, like i didn t pass out. and felt no pain. then i started to see if i could move my toes. and when i could move my toes, i was like relief. and then i found out that i m stuck. and one or two seconds of par panic sets in because i m trying really, really hard to use all the muscles in my body to get loose, but no way. i couldn t. the filmmakers see the tips of his ski pole and begin digging frantically. i just thought maybe, eat some snow, do everything you can to get a little more room for your mouth and nose. i couldn t hear the helicopter. i couldn t hear those guys. we re digging in the snow with our hand. and we find his head. and then i was like finally, air. the filmmakers pull him from the snow. they didn t start asking me ....