Best Camera Ever

By wic3866804 Ranked #497 - Alpine Skiing July 11, 2011

Last March I took this camera out for a big powder day of skiing. In my excitement I just slapped one of the sticky pads to my helmet on the way up to the mountain... bad move. When I got to the mountain they had gotten about 16" of snow and there wasn't a cloud in the sky. I rushed over to one of my favorite runs, slapped on my skis, and headed down. I got up to speed and took about four turns before I crossed up my tips, double ejected, and landed right on the top of my head. When I stopped rolling I felt the top of my helmet and nothing was there... my heart sank. After searching for about 30 minutes I gave up but continued to ride the lift the rest of the day to see if I could spot it. On one ride up one of my friends said they saw something... so we went over and took a look. It was a Go Pro!!! Unfortunately, it wasn't mine so I turned into the lifty hoping that someone would do the same with mine if they found it. No one ever did. This past weekend my girlfriend suggested we go look for it since I knew where approximately where I fell. Although I didn't think there was anyway we would find it, I was bored and agreed. Right when we were about to give up looking, I looked over and there it was!!! I couldn't believe it! Although we had found it I didn't think there was anyway that it would work once plugged in... I was wrong!! After being buried in the snow for four months, as soon as the battery was charged it fired right up! This camera and the housing are exactly as advertised... bomb proof!!

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