olymand Posted December 5, 2007 Posted December 5, 2007 Anyone here any news about the hikers at snowlake? I heard a two line story that a couple of hikers were killed by an avalanche in the last day or so. Quote
rocketsocks Posted December 5, 2007 Posted December 5, 2007 http://www.kirotv.com/news/14771616/detail.html 2 found dead, 1 found alive Quote
ScottP Posted December 5, 2007 Posted December 5, 2007 Then there's this... "The men are reported to be carrying an avalanche beacon with them, but the beacon is good for only about 50 yards." WTF?!? Quote
builder206 Posted December 5, 2007 Posted December 5, 2007 "The men are reported to be carrying an avalanche beacon with them, but the beacon is good for only about 50 yards." WTF?!? Air-Sea Rescue World HQ in Zermatt should have been able to pick up the signal. Watch for legislation within a week. Quote
sobo Posted December 5, 2007 Posted December 5, 2007 ..."The men are reported to be carrying an avalanche beacon with them, but the beacon is good for only about 50 yards." WTF?!? Seems about right. I use the ARVA 9000. It comes in at ~55m. That's about 60 yards... My condolences to the surviving husband and the families of the deceased. Quote
snoboy Posted December 5, 2007 Posted December 5, 2007 Then there's this... "The men are reported to be carrying an avalanche beacon with them, but the beacon is good for only about 50 yards." WTF?!? That's probably the news media getting confused between avalanche beacons and PLBs. For those who are unfamiliar, avalanche beacons are usually only good up to about 50yds or so. They are intended for self rescue by members of your own party. PLBs are longer range and designed for SAR groups to come and find you. Quote
ClimbingPanther Posted December 5, 2007 Posted December 5, 2007 I think what he was pointing out is the apparent ignorance on the part of the journalist regarding avalanche beacons. Mentioning the range in a "but... only..." style seems to show the author didn't think they were prepared, when in fact they had the correct equipment for avalanche preparedness. It's possible however that the author just wanted to be explicit that an avalanche beacon is not an MLU, for the uninformed reader. Quote
ScottP Posted December 5, 2007 Posted December 5, 2007 I was wondering more about the statement that they were carrying "an avalanche beacon." This gives the impression that one beacon would keep these three people safe. Quote
chucK Posted December 5, 2007 Posted December 5, 2007 One of you guys should do the reading public a favor and send this information to the story author. His email is at the end of the story. Quote
Bug Posted December 5, 2007 Posted December 5, 2007 Let's try to keep things from drifting too far at this point. Not that anything so far is out of line. Just in case survivors and family read this. Quote
sobo Posted December 5, 2007 Posted December 5, 2007 (edited) Then there's this... We've been pinged. The plane has sighted a recent avalanche in the area where these guys would likely be boarding. I can't go, as I'm going under the knife Friday and I have pre-op tomorrow. I fear for these guys... Edited December 5, 2007 by sobo Quote
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