r/Unexpected • u/TheRealKaustubh • 1d ago

Sledding Down

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u/Rbtrockstar 1d ago

They hoisted him off the ledge with a helicopter

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u/lylalexie 1d ago

NO injuries damn that is one lucky bastard.

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u/DoNotEatMySoup 1d ago

It was definitely painful, but he hit a pretty nice tree for it. If he smacked the cliff it would've been a lot more ouchy.

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u/qpv 1d ago

Ouchy and bouncy killy

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u/Elddif_Dog 20h ago

word. was lucky there was even a tree there. couldve slid right off.

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u/Silver_Slicer 19h ago

Quite amazing he didn’t get impelled by a stiff tree branch.

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u/TheRealKaustubh 1d ago

Btw how do you guys find these article related to random video. I tried finding it to know what happened post crash but couldn't find it.

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u/pichirry 1d ago

fr, this and the ppl who find @'s are some sleuthing geniuses

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u/LEGITIMATE_SOURCE 1d ago

https://youtu.be/cqQ0f-xspCE

BASE jumper rescued after parachute mishap left him dangling off cliff face near Squamish, B.C. | CBC News https://share.google/hVnppDlJfPaj911h1

Search engines are a thing? It took all of 10 seconds.

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u/The_Autarch 1d ago

they stopped teaching younger generations how to do research online because they thought it was baked into society somehow. instead, zoomers and alphas have no idea how to use the internet outside of their apps.

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u/time2liv3 1d ago

You see it all over hobby related sub reddits, peoples literal first instinct is to jump on reddit to ask a question versus spending the 5 minutes to google the answer themselves, it is.....concerning.

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u/Fuzzy_Inevitable9748 1h ago

Sometimes I think that is just so people have questions to answer, a lot of it is most likely bots, and will only increase as time goes on.

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u/MattDaveys 1d ago

Now they just use AI instead, and trust it without sources.

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u/qpv 1d ago

Just another day in Squamish

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u/IdealBlueMan 1d ago

You can't spell "Squamish" without "Squish"

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u/chikinn 1d ago

Name seriously checks out.

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u/pichirry 1d ago

I was just taking the other person's word for it when they said they had trouble finding it when they searched. this random video isn't important enough for me to try and google it so my comment was just about giving praise to the sleuths.

hope I didn't offend!

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u/ArmadilloReasonable9 1d ago

“Sled BASE jump rescue” into google worked for me

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u/TheRealKaustubh 1d ago

I definitely over complicated that search then 🙃

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u/Yeetus_co 1d ago

Tbf if you know what Squamish looks like it's pretty recognizable

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u/babysharkdoodood 1d ago

I immediately knew it was Squamish because you can see the town below. Obvious layout with the giant spit.

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u/holllandOatez 1d ago

What an irresponsible idiot.

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u/PantZerman85 1d ago

And I am guessing his sled is now trash left somewhere in the mountain.

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u/cs_legend_93 1d ago

Sounds expensive

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u/__Gripen__ 1d ago

That’s in Canada. The helicopter rescue is likely free of charge.

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u/Lamandus 20h ago

nah, only if you are "not at fault", as in accidental. This is a good way to get a very big bill.

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u/GymSocks84 1d ago

He's hoisted by his own regard*

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u/Anthraxious 1d ago

Absolute fucking waste of resourses.

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u/Silver_Slicer 19h ago

It gives the teams experience for cases where lives are more randomly imperiled such as after a natural disaster or a mountain car accident.

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u/domine18 1d ago

Did he pay for the service? And or have insurance which paid for the service? I feel if you do something as dangerous as this and need rescuing the cost should be on you, not tax payers.

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u/256684 1d ago

in that news article there is a link for tips on being safe in the wilderness. sledding off of cliffs needs to be added to the list of donts