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08-19-2019, 06:40 PM #51
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08-19-2019, 06:45 PM #52
Tee hee hee
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08-20-2019, 08:20 AM #53Registered User
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08-20-2019, 08:31 AM #54Registered User
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Im not usually the snowflake type, or maybe im missing something, but damn there is a lot of racist shit being said about a dude who likely died cold, alone, and terrified while on what was probably supposed to be the ski trip of a lifetime (wasnt reported missing for so long b/c he was headed to whistler for a week afterwards).
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08-20-2019, 08:51 AM #55
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08-20-2019, 09:36 AM #59"fuck off you asshat gaper shit for brains fucktard wanker." - Jesus Christ
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08-20-2019, 09:38 AM #60Registered User
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08-20-2019, 09:41 AM #61Registered User
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I wonder if they'll ever install RECCO in every ski pass. Seems like a decent way to be able to find missing bodies more efficiently. Of course, day passes would be harder but at $200+ a day seems like they could work something out.
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08-20-2019, 09:52 AM #62
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08-20-2019, 09:53 AM #63Registered User
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Really though. They have RFID passes at many/most resorts now that send your entire life history to the liftys iPad... doesnt seem like that far of a reach to get a RECCO type chip in there too that simply bounces a signal off. But im no expert on that stuff.
Random question, do ski patrol have RECCO in their clothing? Seems like they would intentionally not, so that they wouldnt get conflicting locations, right?
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08-20-2019, 10:27 AM #64
It would be my understanding that if he were beeping, the patrol and volunteers could have swept the resort for him after closing when all the others with beacons were either gone or participating in the search with theirs set to find. Would have helped to know the last lift he rode to narrow the search some but ya, a beacon might have saved him.
Go that way really REALLY fast. If something gets in your way, TURN!
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08-20-2019, 10:28 AM #65
Skeletons skied Tahoe back in ‘68.
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08-20-2019, 10:33 AM #66Jacket Cobbler
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08-20-2019, 10:37 AM #67
FIFY. FYI beacons have a range of approximately 40-50 meters. The idea of scanning the entire Back Bowls in anything like a relevant time frame is unfeasible. In short, a beacon would not have saved him.
Correct. Patrollers using the Recco unit to search are supposed to have all the Recco reflectors removed to prevent conflicting signals.
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08-20-2019, 10:42 AM #68
What's the range for RECCO? Is drone technology on the horizon for this? Could probably run drones to cover a lot of ground in a short time.
Didn't know he was MIA over a week before anyone knew. Do recall someone saying they left their beacon on in a jacket and a month later it was still running fine.Go that way really REALLY fast. If something gets in your way, TURN!
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08-20-2019, 10:47 AM #69
Beacons and Recco can be picked up from much further away by special equipment that many SAR groups now have, including helicopter mounted Recco and beacons.
FYI there are shields that SAR and Patrol can wear over their Recco reflectors. They also remove watches, jewelry, and other reflective devices before using the Recco device.
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08-20-2019, 10:55 AM #70Registered User
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08-20-2019, 10:58 AM #71
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08-20-2019, 01:42 PM #72
How many passes get lost over the span of 1 season and end up scattered about the mountain?
Would that interfere with searching for a missing person by searching for the Recco reflector attached to THEIR pass?
That is why users are not suppose to attach Recco chips to anything except their body or explosives.I have been in this State for 30 years and I am willing to admit that I am part of the problem.
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08-20-2019, 01:42 PM #73Registered User
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FWIW.
When I lived in Vail in the mid 70's, I remember talk then of remains of a lost skier being found the following summer. Word was then that they had tree welled in the back and had been eaten by a mountian lion.
Wondering how often does someone at a ski area go missing, not to be found until spring time? Can't recall hearing of any others, although before the internet something like this may not have been widely disseminated.
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08-20-2019, 02:05 PM #74
Happened a few years ago at Crystal in bounds during a huge, sustained, snow event and despite coordinated search efforts with RECCO and beacons.
He now has a memorial tree.Last edited by PNWbrit; 08-20-2019 at 02:47 PM.
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08-20-2019, 02:14 PM #75Registered User
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I wonder if Vail will implement a system where you're scanned when you leave the resort after dealing with this. I could see them implementing it somehow slowly in the next several seasons.
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