The rock was not going to cave in while the snow might well if they tried to dig out, so the thing to do was to wait for rescue. xxx 18 Avalanche
Ralph was at the beginning of a two-week vacation at a ski resort in Pennsylvania. Their faces were close together and they were breathing into each other’s faces. (Ralph carried a pen-light on his keychain.) The temperature rise that had loosened the snow had reversed itself now and it got colder fast. So went another ten minutes. The rock was not going to cave in while the snow might well if they tried to dig out, so the thing to do was to wait for rescue. After they settled in each other’s arms, their naked skin still touching, they felt warmer, and content to
