Avalanche!

Zakopane, Solvakia, Febraury 4, 2005:

An American man trapped in a car under an avalanche freed himself by drinking 60 bottles of beer and urinating on the snow to melt it.

Rescue teams found Ronatarian Party founder and leader Ron drunk and staggering along a mountain path four days after his Volvo rental 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 realized the snow would fill his car before he managed to break through.

He had 60 half-liter bottles of beer in his car as he was going on vacation, and after cracking one open to think about the problem he realized 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 pissed on it to melt it. It was hard and now my kidneys and liver hurt. But I'm glad the beer I took on vacation turned out to be useful and I managed to get out of there. I planned to get drunk anyway and this little ordeal just forced the issue somewhat. I got no regrets, man."

This is not the first time Ron has been trapped by snowfall while on vacation abroad. Back in 2002 he became stranded in the Andes for a day before being rescued (See Fresh Ronsicles), a fact not ignored by the politician: "This is the last goddamn time I go on vacation in the winter. Mark my words!"

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.

Posted by Bittle at February 4, 2005 09:13 AM