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The Norwegian snowboarder rescued after spending three icy nights in the Whistler backcountry, 21-year-old Julie Abrahamsen, seemed eerily calm on her return and confessed that she’s “too enthusiastic when the powder is there on the mountains” while acknowledging what she did was stupid. She alleged that “I was kind of negative the last day,” adding that the final hours of the ordeal included nearly drowning in a creek, surviving without food, and being brushed by a coyote in her sleep.
A Whistler rescue helicopter eventually saved Abrahamsen and brought her to safety on Saturday, when her tracks were located in a remote area north of Blackcomb Peak. Whistler Search and Rescue manager, Brad Sills, mentioned that Abrahamsen’s situation was “outside of the usual curve of survivability.” According to the veteran searcher, Vincent Massey, it was the first time he had seen anyone “survive three nights out there by themselves.”
Even after recovering from a mild case of dehydration and frostbite, Abrahamsen calmly addressed questions by the media regarding her more than 72 hours in the Coast Mountains without food. She stated that “you get crazy when you’re stuck in the woods, so you just want to go home as soon as possible.” Abrahamsen shared that she used to hike through thick snow, fuelled only by a small packet of noodles during the day, while spending nine hours of darkness each night bedded down under rocky overhangs or on mats of fir branches.
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