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Snowboarder dies in Bankso in an avalanche
Photo: Julia Lazarova
An avalanche caused the death of young snowboarder in Bansko winter resort, the Mountain Rescue Service (MRS) told Darik Radio on January 29 2010.
MRS was alarmed about the avalanche which fell right under Todorka peak near Banderishka Polyana slope at 12.15pm.
After 45 minutes of digging into the fallen snow, rescuers found the body of the young man. He had no ID documents. His name has not been revealed yet. Rescuers are still searching the area for any other casualties.
Bansko mayor Alexander Kravarov told Darik that the snowboarder was a Bulgarian, a Bansko resident and also a ski instructor. The man had skied in an area that was outside the marked ski run and where skiing was forbidden, Kravarov said.
However, many people were willing to try it, in search of thrills, Kravarov said.
According to rescuers, the incident happened close to where 28-year-old Victor Garbev of Sofia died in January 2009 after an avalanche.
Garbev was skiing outside the marked areas of a ski run beneath Todorka peak when the avalanche happened. He was snowboarding with a friend who was out of the avalanche's reach.
On January 26 2010, a 41-year-old man from Sofia died on Bansko's Alberto Tomba ski run after hitting a snow cornice.
MRS was alarmed about the avalanche which fell right under Todorka peak near Banderishka Polyana slope at 12.15pm.
After 45 minutes of digging into the fallen snow, rescuers found the body of the young man. He had no ID documents. His name has not been revealed yet. Rescuers are still searching the area for any other casualties.
Bansko mayor Alexander Kravarov told Darik that the snowboarder was a Bulgarian, a Bansko resident and also a ski instructor. The man had skied in an area that was outside the marked ski run and where skiing was forbidden, Kravarov said.
However, many people were willing to try it, in search of thrills, Kravarov said.
According to rescuers, the incident happened close to where 28-year-old Victor Garbev of Sofia died in January 2009 after an avalanche.
Garbev was skiing outside the marked areas of a ski run beneath Todorka peak when the avalanche happened. He was snowboarding with a friend who was out of the avalanche's reach.
On January 26 2010, a 41-year-old man from Sofia died on Bansko's Alberto Tomba ski run after hitting a snow cornice.
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I'm Portuguese, was in Bansko, saw the man fall into the avalanche, and it was my group that warned the authorities of the previous research. just think that man should not survive.
The man we saw go in avalacha was skiing alone and not snowboarding.
Does the news is wrong or there was more than one avalacha?
have you seen the driving instructors drive?
most ski instructors in Bulgaria (not all), regardless if they are in vitosha, bansko or borovets, have no basic knowledge of the mountain whatsoever. it is no surprise that most Mountain Rescue Service (PSS) personnel, regard them with utter disdain.
talk about setting an example for your students. muppet.
RIP