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Brock Crouch hopes to use being buried alive to fuel his 2022 Winter Olympics dream

A RECURRING dream frequently woke snowboarder Brock Crouch: buried alive and unable to move.

He couldn’t shake that nightmare for nearly two months.

Even more, certain sounds — like someone cracking their back — caused flashbacks to that day nearly two years ago when he was caught in an avalanche near Whistler, British Columbia.

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