# You know you should've chosen another skiing guide when...

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**Created:** [March 20, 2012, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-you-shouldve-chosen-another-skiing-guide-when/616292 "2012-03-20T06:46:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Norse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a9adbd/32.png) [@Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Norse)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-you-shouldve-chosen-another-skiing-guide-when/616292/1 "2012-03-20T06:46:48Z")

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he takes you up on a mountain whose name means “the deadly mountain” in the local language, during avalanche season, under conditions when all the locals stay the hell away from that area, and he sends you down a slope which the local guides never, ever have used because of the danger. [Story in English here](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/17436287). Google translate of national news articles: [#1](http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dagbladet.no%2F2012%2F03%2F19%2Fnyheter%2Finnenriks%2Fsnoskred%2Ftroms%2F20753176%2F), [#2](http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://www.dagbladet.no/2012/03/19/nyheter/innenriks/snoskred/20751970/&usg=ALkJrhgJG7QlMixhKlwv1btzWIcztztMYA)