Name Stuart Diver | ||
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Spouse Rosanna Cossettini (m. 2002–2015) Marriage location Snowy Mountains, Australia | ||
Stuart diver thredbo avalanche
Stuart Diver (born 14 January 1970 in New South Wales, Australia) is a ski instructor and was the sole survivor of the 1997 Thredbo landslide.
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- Stuart diver thredbo avalanche
- Stuart diver rescued from thredbo
- Thredbo landslide
- Private life
- References
Stuart diver rescued from thredbo
Thredbo landslide
At 11.35pm, on 30 July 1997, 3,500 tonnes of rock and mud, slid down the side of Thredbo, a ski resort in New South Wales, taking two ski lodges with it. The landslide killed 18 people, one of whom was Diver's first wife, Sally (née Donald). After 65 hours in sub-zero temperatures with only a small blanket and jacket, Diver was finally pulled from the rubble. After the incident, Diver wrote a biography, Survival, with journalist Simon Bouda, detailing his struggles with the experience of the disaster and the aftermath. Diver's experiences were also made into the Australian TV movie, Heroes' Mountain, where his character was played by actor Craig McLachlan.
Private life
Diver has a Bachelor of Applied Science, is a level three ski instructor and he owns a house above the disaster site along with his second wife Rosanna (née Cossettini) and their daughter Alessia. His second wife Rosanna died on 21 March 2015 from breast cancer. Diver has an active role promoting the Salvation Army and he is one of the best known public faces of the charity. In 2012, he became Operations Manager of the Thredbo Ski Resort.
He has a brother Euan, mother Annette and father Steve.
