Are beacons a body recovery tool?

[al]

A couple of years ago I took a "deeply buried victim" class.. ie: two meters or more

We went up to Snoqual pass for the field trip at night.

While signal footprint changed dramatically (the zone of probability expanded to around 3+ meters)making probing all that more important, the group dynamics that this article speaks of made clear the odds against a successful recovery when deep. We were like the keystone cops, banging and digging furiously in stuff that was not even real avy deposition. We tended to dig a hole that was cone shaped rather than cylindrical, only to be a foot or two off. I see why the survival charts drop exponentially after 15 minutes.

[al]

Check out this link for more sobering opinions. It should keep this thread going a while longer. Risk and reward are concept not taught in our educational system :

http://www.conted.bcc.ctc.edu/9e_ava.htm