I. Complete the article. Use the past simple, past continuous or past perfect of the verbs in brackets. AVALANCHE SURVIVORS IN GOOD HEALTH A survivor of Mondays avalanche described his experience to reporters yesterday. Duncan Wood and his friend Steven Taylor (1) .. (return) from a climb when the avalanche (2) .. (hit) them. We (3) . (check) the weather reports before leaving, of course, and we (4) .. (chose) an area that was safe - we thought, Mr Wood said. The weather was OK - it (5) .. (not snow). We (6) .. (walk) down the mountain when suddenly, the snow under me (7) .. (start) moving and (8) .. (carry) me down the mountain. I was terrified! Snow and rocks (9) .. (fall) everywhere around me! When it (10) .. (stop), I was covered in snow, but I could still see the sky above me. I (11) .. (manage) to dig a hole and get out. Then I (12) (see) an arm in the snow near me. Steven (13) (land) right next to me! I (14) .. (dig) a hole for him and he (15) .. (get) out. We werent badly injured and we feel fine now. We were very lucky.