Out Alive is a podcast about real people who survived the unsurvivable. Check out more seasons and episodes here.

Francis Zuber was enjoying the kind of powder skiing you’re lucky to get once a season. Just out of bounds at the Mt. Baker Ski Area, Zuber was enjoying deep turns when he caught sight of something weird. A snowboard, still attached to a pair of boots, stuck out of the snow next to a partially-buried tree. The skier sprung into action, and this video of his rescue quickly went viral. Listen to Zuber narrate the rescue, with commentary from snow suffocation expert Paul Baugher, in this special video episode of Out Alive.