Originally Posted By: NightHiker
It sounds like he did everything right - except for maybe lettin his student try to fly through the mountains.

I am curious why he decided to hike out after he set off the PLB. The article states that his reasoning was “he was concerned the signals from the beacons might bounce around the mountains, making it difficult for would-be rescuers to find the wreck”. How much of an issue is this in reality with the new 406 MHz GPS PLBs? Could this be more of an issue because he had an older 121.5 MHz PLB (the kind that satellites will stop listening for in February 2009)?
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