Gidday von Guff

I didn't mean he was in the act of self arrest, just that it would be quite difficult should he have to !

There's not much time once you start to slide to "get organised" before you build so much speed that the gear gets ripped out of your hand - and that guy would have to drop either his axe or rifle because neither have a sling in use that I see. Having said all that he's not on a slope where a slide looks likely.

Cheers