Cory Richards

I mean, it's just like being in a washing machine. It's very violent. It's very loud. Your mind goes absolutely crazy trying to make sense of what to do, how to make it stop, how to not die. And yet it's flooding with memories at the same time. So the idea that your life flashes before your eyes is accurate. But in my experience, it wasn't poetic. It was just random shit going through my head.

I mean, it's just like being in a washing machine. It's very violent. It's very loud. Your mind goes absolutely crazy trying to make sense of what to do, how to make it stop, how to not die. And yet it's flooding with memories at the same time. So the idea that your life flashes before your eyes is accurate. But in my experience, it wasn't poetic. It was just random shit going through my head.

But a million thoughts in a second. So you're living this elongated timeline in a very short timeline. I just remember being angry. And then I remember just kind of resigning to the fact that I was going to die. And there was nothing I could do about it. And then stopping and realizing my face and my head were kind of above the surface.

But a million thoughts in a second. So you're living this elongated timeline in a very short timeline. I just remember being angry. And then I remember just kind of resigning to the fact that I was going to die. And there was nothing I could do about it. And then stopping and realizing my face and my head were kind of above the surface.

But a million thoughts in a second. So you're living this elongated timeline in a very short timeline. I just remember being angry. And then I remember just kind of resigning to the fact that I was going to die. And there was nothing I could do about it. And then stopping and realizing my face and my head were kind of above the surface.

And then my first thought was, well, Simone and Dennis are dead because there's no way all of us survived this. Your climbing partner. My climbing partners. And there's no way I'm going to dig them up. I don't have a shovel. And the snow is going to come packed very quickly. I could pull the rope that we were tied to to see if I could get down to them.

And then my first thought was, well, Simone and Dennis are dead because there's no way all of us survived this. Your climbing partner. My climbing partners. And there's no way I'm going to dig them up. I don't have a shovel. And the snow is going to come packed very quickly. I could pull the rope that we were tied to to see if I could get down to them.

And then my first thought was, well, Simone and Dennis are dead because there's no way all of us survived this. Your climbing partner. My climbing partners. And there's no way I'm going to dig them up. I don't have a shovel. And the snow is going to come packed very quickly. I could pull the rope that we were tied to to see if I could get down to them.

My thought was, well, there's no way I'm going to get to them in time. Were your hands free? One hand was free. And so I started kind of thrashing and flopping like a fish trying to get out of it before my body heat would actually kind of freeze me in a sort of a cocoon. And then I heard Simone's voice. And it was so confusing because I was like, you're dead. Right. You're dead.

My thought was, well, there's no way I'm going to get to them in time. Were your hands free? One hand was free. And so I started kind of thrashing and flopping like a fish trying to get out of it before my body heat would actually kind of freeze me in a sort of a cocoon. And then I heard Simone's voice. And it was so confusing because I was like, you're dead. Right. You're dead.

My thought was, well, there's no way I'm going to get to them in time. Were your hands free? One hand was free. And so I started kind of thrashing and flopping like a fish trying to get out of it before my body heat would actually kind of freeze me in a sort of a cocoon. And then I heard Simone's voice. And it was so confusing because I was like, you're dead. Right. You're dead.

Like there's no way you're alive. Yeah. And then I felt him on me. He was more in the periphery. Somehow when he was leading, he was ahead when we got hit. And somehow I ended up ahead when we stopped. We'd gone over several big crevasses. There were huge chunks of ice in the snow. So any one of these things could have killed any of us. And then I heard Dennis's voice too.

Like there's no way you're alive. Yeah. And then I felt him on me. He was more in the periphery. Somehow when he was leading, he was ahead when we got hit. And somehow I ended up ahead when we stopped. We'd gone over several big crevasses. There were huge chunks of ice in the snow. So any one of these things could have killed any of us. And then I heard Dennis's voice too.

Like there's no way you're alive. Yeah. And then I felt him on me. He was more in the periphery. Somehow when he was leading, he was ahead when we got hit. And somehow I ended up ahead when we stopped. We'd gone over several big crevasses. There were huge chunks of ice in the snow. So any one of these things could have killed any of us. And then I heard Dennis's voice too.

So somehow we had all survived. And really that is because the impetus of the force was actually the air blast in front of the snow. And then we got hit by a little bit of the snow. And that's how we all were mostly on the surface. And then- Because you were kind of ahead of it in this. Yeah, yeah. Because we were on basically flat ground.

So somehow we had all survived. And really that is because the impetus of the force was actually the air blast in front of the snow. And then we got hit by a little bit of the snow. And that's how we all were mostly on the surface. And then- Because you were kind of ahead of it in this. Yeah, yeah. Because we were on basically flat ground.

So somehow we had all survived. And really that is because the impetus of the force was actually the air blast in front of the snow. And then we got hit by a little bit of the snow. And that's how we all were mostly on the surface. And then- Because you were kind of ahead of it in this. Yeah, yeah. Because we were on basically flat ground.

So what happens is it slides off the steep ground and the snow starts to slow down, but it actually amplifies the force of the air blast. And so we got thrown about 500 feet. And then I felt Simone's sort of hands on me and digging me out. What happens in those moments, the way trauma works is basically it stores a memory. So trauma is not the event itself.

So what happens is it slides off the steep ground and the snow starts to slow down, but it actually amplifies the force of the air blast. And so we got thrown about 500 feet. And then I felt Simone's sort of hands on me and digging me out. What happens in those moments, the way trauma works is basically it stores a memory. So trauma is not the event itself.

So what happens is it slides off the steep ground and the snow starts to slow down, but it actually amplifies the force of the air blast. And so we got thrown about 500 feet. And then I felt Simone's sort of hands on me and digging me out. What happens in those moments, the way trauma works is basically it stores a memory. So trauma is not the event itself.