Douglas Charles Thomas Reidwas a Canadian football player who played for the Calgary Stampeders and BC Lions. He college football at the University of British Columbia. He is a member of the UBC Sports Hall of Fame. He died in 2007... (wikipedia)
If caught in an avalanche your chances are slim. Even if the guys with you have their act together.
What you're supposed to do is not get caught in a slide.
I would suggest that we have excellent sports organizations that have now started to take the Canada Games as a very important part of the training process. But it comes down to the athletes. Nothing more.
Overall, the athletes were really good. We were expecting a tough fight from B.C. and Quebec, and we got it. All our athletes gave their absolute best.
We don't own the mountains, the mountains own us.
It was absolutely unbelievable. This was the best-organized games I've ever been a part of, and quite possibly one of the two or three best Games ever. The venues and the people were simply amazing.