Man peed way out of avalanche
A Slovak man trapped in his car under an avalanche freed himself by drinking 60 bottles of beer and urinating on the snow to melt it.
Rescue teams found Richard Kral drunk and staggering along a mountain path four days after his Audi car was buried in the Slovak Tatra mountains.
He told them that after the avalanche, he had opened his car window and tried to dig his way out.
But as he dug with his hands, he realised the snow would fill his car before he managed to break through.
He had 60 half-litre bottles of beer in his car as he was going on holiday, and after cracking one open to think about the problem he realised he could urinate on the snow to melt it, local media reported.
He said: "I was scooping the snow from above me and packing it down below the window, and then I peed on it to melt it. It was hard and now my kidneys and liver hurt. But I'm glad the beer I took on holiday turned out to be useful and I managed to get out of there."
Parts of Europe have this week been hit by the heaviest snowfalls since 1941, with some places registering more than ten feet of snow in 24 hours.
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1261997.html
Man peed way out of avalanche
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chadtm80 wrote:Clever I guess.. But couldnt he saved himself a lot of time and one hell of a hangover by just pouring the beer on the snow? lol
It's warmer after he drinks it, I guess. Melts more snow. Can aim it better, too.
Cool story if it's true. I'd like to see this on a website other than Ananova. Wouldn't be the first time they've reported an urban legend.
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The Big Dog wrote:chadtm80 wrote:Clever I guess.. But couldnt he saved himself a lot of time and one hell of a hangover by just pouring the beer on the snow? lol
It's warmer after he drinks it, I guess. Melts more snow. Can aim it better, too.
Cool story if it's true. I'd like to see this on a website other than Ananova. Wouldn't be the first time they've reported an urban legend.
One of my coworkers heard it on the radio today.
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This is turning out to be an urban legend after all.
http://www.snopes.com/media/notnews/avalanche.asp
If so, that's at least two for Ananova, which also reported about Metallica suing a band for using the E chord a couple years ago.
Oh, where have you gone, Walter Cronkite?
http://www.snopes.com/media/notnews/avalanche.asp
If so, that's at least two for Ananova, which also reported about Metallica suing a band for using the E chord a couple years ago.
Oh, where have you gone, Walter Cronkite?
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