PLB Legislature introduced in WA Legislature

[mountainmandoug]

Thank you Cascade Climbers, Department of Emergency Management, Tacoma Mountain Rescue, Seattle Mountain Rescue, Central Mountain Rescue, Everett Mountain Rescue, Washington Mountain Rescue Association and the Mountain Rescue Association for representing the best interests of the general public, climbing and SAR communities on this bill.

 

Amen to that!

[pdk]

Here's a good story for those who love them some PLB

 

http://coloradomountainjournal.com/2010/01/26/rogue-plb-goes-silent/#more-983

 

 

[Water]

Paul “Woody” Woodward, president of the Alpine Rescue Team:

Woodward just got a PLB himself. “I think they’re a good tool,” he said. “If I was going solo on an extended trip, I might want to take it. If something happened on day four of a 12-day trip, no one might know for eight days that I was even missing.”

[Rad]

Here's a good story for those who love them some PLB

 

http://coloradomountainjournal.com/2010/01/26/rogue-plb-goes-silent/#more-983

 

Butt dialing PLBs. Nice.

[twz]

Rescue group finds ignorant beacon owner who triggered false alarms

[LostCamKenny]

Rescue group finds ignorant beacon owner who triggered false alarms

clearly, PLBs are the answer to all the rescue and emergency situations

 

imagine if this happened 100 times in a year... hell, imagine if it happened 10 times!

[Rad]

I'm working on an article on this topic for the NWMJ this year. If you have comments to share send me a pm or post them. I'm sure they SAR folks are relieved to have solved this mystery.