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Thread: Heli ski crash yesterday?
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04-04-2021, 04:52 PM #51Registered User
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It's pretty common for heli ski operators to have repeaters set on high ground to enhance radio signals in areas that they frequent while skiing. If they took off in Wasilla and were working their way to the lodge and skiing on the way it would not be unusual to be out of radio range for at least part of the trip as that is farther than they would generally be vs departing from the lodge.
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04-04-2021, 06:14 PM #52
I don't want to hijack the thread but just making point of similarity in scenario as far as communications difficulties go.
We were in flat, flat land so when we got dropped off in the am we were out of communication all day until the bird was back within sight at pickup. I would see the chopper coming in and start talking until he heard me than talk him into us, "we at your 3 o'clock, two o'clock, 12 etc"
As for our self rescue, they had a guy at camp go to the top of the only 'hill' and climb the tallest tree and he was there all day until I finally called in late afternoon. (also climbed hill and tree on my end)
Yeah its a longer story, I posted it here somewhere. Ill try to dig up link.
edit: post #152 here
https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/...hlight=DIY+art
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04-13-2021, 10:42 AM #53
Article in Outside today
https://www.outsideonline.com/242219...dispatch#closeAggressive in my own mind
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04-13-2021, 02:10 PM #54Registered User
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and here is the NTSB preliminary report if you want primary source
https://www.documentcloud.org/docume...liski-accident
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04-13-2021, 02:43 PM #55
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04-13-2021, 02:50 PM #56
wow - amazing that anyone survived that
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04-16-2021, 06:09 PM #57
Harms will be greatly missed! My daughters adored him and loved that he just had a little girl. We are heartbroken. Greg was a standard bearer in the way that Doug Coombs was - brought stoke to all, every day!
Re the crash, I believe it rolled down south face - guessing that they intended to ski the bigger north face of that ridge line."When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible."
Mohandas Gandhi
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04-16-2021, 06:42 PM #58
Celebration of Greg will be 6/19 in Aspen, location TBD.
Three fundamentals of every extreme skier, total disregard for personal saftey, amphetamines, and lots and lots of malt liquor......-jack handy
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06-06-2021, 01:31 PM #59Skiing powder worldwide
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After action report on the rescue
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas...=1000517109197
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04-03-2022, 11:45 AM #60
If anyone is interested in following this story. Pretty lengtly write up
https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/avia...t-filings-say/
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04-03-2022, 05:21 PM #61Registered User
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