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I watched the video clip! (I have been reading the posts, since the thread started.)

I wanted to see how he got there. Quite a dent.
 
thør said:
I fast forwarded to the fall........
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Lol...ghoul!
gotsnowgotslush said:
I watched the video clip! (I have been reading the posts, since the thread started.)

I wanted to see how he got there. Quite a dent.
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Ah. I was thinking, "Damn, 80 pages!"

Yeah, that was a bad one, but in some ways it shows how well the safety systems work. He was way above his last screw--further than I would ever let myself be--which resulted in a very long fall. And yet, he was pretty much just bumped and bruised. He was lucky to be where he was. Frankenstein--the cliff on which he was climbing the route known as Dracula, see a pattern here?--is a short walk along railroad tracks from a parking lot on route 302, a major artery. I wish they'd found a way to call an ambulance, but still, it could have been a lot worse in terms of the evacuation.
 
Beacon proves golden in men's mountain rescue

WHITEOUT: Helicopter plucks veteran climbers off Mount Hayes.


The two climbers could hear the thudding from a rescue helicopter Thursday morning as it strained to reach their position, a narrow ridge about 11,000 feet up Mount Hayes.

But snow was blowing. It was the same storm that covered their tracks the day before and prevented a safe return from near the summit. It was not letting up.

So Joel Dopson prayed.

As he watched the weather and made sure his locator beacon was transmitting, the whiteout conditions began to clear.

"I could see the clouds moving away from the mountain, just as if the hand of God was pushing them away," said Dopson, a major in the Air Force and an F-16 pilot.

A few hours and daring aerial maneuvers later, Dopson, 36, and climbing partner Andrew Croan, 25, were standing on the tarmac at Eielson Air Force Base north of Fairbanks hugging their families and thanking their rescuers.


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Locator beacon is what exactly? A SPOT or some sort of transponder?

Also are those 2 mountaineers going to be on the hook for a portion of the rescue bill ? I'm curious about Alaskas SAR legislation and thought I'd ask you since you're a resident and outdoors enthusiast.
 
SkAoUt said:
Locator beacon is what exactly? A SPOT or some sort of transponder?

Also are those 2 mountaineers going to be on the hook for a portion of the rescue bill ? I'm curious about Alaskas SAR legislation and thought I'd ask you since you're a resident and outdoors enthusiast.
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I'm guessing they hit the button in an EPIRB and not a SPOT. Most all commercial airlines monitor the EPIRB frequencies and that makes it a good thing to have. If you have a VHF transmitter, you can talk to airliners on the EPIRB frequency and they can help get stuff started. Mt Hayes is near some training areas for the USAF and they picked up their own off the mountain. Perhaps they will have them re-enlist.

Paying for SAR in Alaska isn't clear cut. However, I have seen where people are left in the bush after they've hit the button and the troopers show up to find they're just whiny folks in no danger.
 
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