iPod saves lost snowboarder

What I like best here is that he didn't panic (as so many others would have done). He used what tools he had available to create a shelter and signal for help.

I also like the fact that once he knew he was lost he stayed put until found instead of widening the search area and getting even more lost.

(He was only one mile from the trail when he stopped.
Even in snow he might have traveled 10 miles easily, increasing the area he could be lost in from about 3 square miles to about 300 square miles.)

Smart kid. Maybe there is hope...

There are too many stories from Utahs back country about NOT finding snowboarders, it is good to hear of a rescue


Mike

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Nice to hear that the dreaded white stuff lost one...