Man peed way out of avalanche

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http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1261997.html?menu

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.

*applauds*
 

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I'm not sure how reliable Ananova is as a source, but really, if he didn't want to take the time to drink all that beer, he could have just poured the beer onto the snow; alcohol has a lower freezing point than water.


Still, it's an interesting visual...
 
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KTownBlondy: Haha... only a guy would come up with an idea like that lol
 

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I once drove the length of Slovakia, from Bratislava in the west to Kosice in the east (pronounced, aptly, "Koh-SHIT-ska"), to check out where my father's family came from.

The state petroleum company, Slovnaft, had bars in their service stations rather than convenience stores. Ancient Skoda ambulances hurtled down the road at top speed with sirens blaring--not, apparently, because they were transporting a sick patient, but rather because, well, just in case. Do they actually drive around looking for accidents? It seemed so. I overtook them, easily, in my rented 306.

Maybe our hero had started started drinking the beer before the avalanche, just in case.

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Originally posted by headbang8@Jan 30 2005, 01:11 AM
I once drove the length of Slovakia, from Bratislava in the west to Kosice in the east (pronounced, aptly, "Koh-SHIT-ska"), to check out where my father's family came from.

The state petroleum company, Slovnaft, had bars in their service stations rather than convenience stores. Ancient Skoda ambulances hurtled down the road at top speed with sirens blaring--not, apparently, because they were transporting a sick patient, but rather because, well, just in case. Do they actually drive around looking for accidents? It seemed so. I overtook them, easily, in my rented 306.

Maybe our hero had started started drinking the beer before the avalanche, just in case.

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I drove through Slovakia in August and overtook everthing, ambulances and whatever else happened to be on the road, in my Viper. Beautiful country, gorgeous women, lots of sunflowers. Bratislava I found to be a bit drab, too much communist arhitecture. Many square, grey, uniform and featureless buildings. Also drove through Poland, The Netherlands, Germany, Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania.

not sure what any of this has to do with pissing your way out of avalanches, except you mentioned there are bars at the service stations. I did witness quite a lot of alcohol consumption in eastern Europe. In Poland especially they take their vodka and their drinking in general very seriously.