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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.

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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.

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