Avalanche slab releases when a weak layer under the snowpack fails—like a shelf suddenly breaking. Burial survival time? Forget the clock, yaar, it depends on whether your friends saw where you went under and can start digging with their hands *immediately*. I've seen too much focus on fancy gear; the real rescue is the group you're with.
I say this because last January near Dayara Bugyal, we pulled out a trekker in twelve minutes, all of us scrabbling like mad. If his buddies hadn't kept their eyes locked on that spot, no beacon would have saved him in that cold.
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