article_snippet: An Australian skier has told of the terrifying moment An Australian skier was buried during an avalanche while skiing in the Swiss alps.
article_snippet: The rescue of James Mort was captured on a GoPro camera as well as the moment an avalanche hit at Les Crosets on the Swiss border.
article_snippet: James Mort has told of the terrifying moment James Mort was buried alive in an avalanche while skiing .
article_snippet: James Mort Sydney penned a blog post about James Mort experience, saying James Mort wanted to raise more awareness of the dangers of an avalanche .
article_snippet: On his Tumblr, Australian wrote James Mort had tried to outrun it by skiing over the top of a frozen creek, but was unsuccessful. '
article_snippet: I looked up just in time to watch an avalanche envelope me,' James Mort said. '
article_snippet: The last thing I managed to do before I was completely buried was to reach as high as I could above the snow with my left arm and ski pole.'
article_snippet: James Mort friends started to dig James Mort out from under the metres of snow after an avalanche .
article_snippet: In video of the incident, Mr Sebesfi, Mr O'Sullivan and a third friend, Swiss man Léonard Ottensmeyer, were unaware of James Mort whereabouts until they find a ski pole sticking out of the snow, which James Mort starts waving while buried underneath.
article_snippet: One of Mr Mort's friends starts to dig through the snow with a portable shovel Mr Mort's friends have attached to Mr Mort's friends backpack.
article_snippet: Mr Mort's friends found James Mort when James Mort was able to wave James Mort ski pole from underneath the snow to alert Mr Mort's friends to James Mort location .
article_snippet: an avalanche happened on January 30 while James Mort was skiing with three other people, including two Australians .
article_snippet: James Mort said James Mort wanted to tell James Mort story to raise awareness of how dangerous avalanches could be.
highlights_snippet: James Mort was skiing with friends on the Swiss border on January 30 .
  
highlights_snippet: James Mort was buried by an avalanche while trying to outrun an avalanche .
  