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#161573 - 01/06/09 01:48 PM Lost Snowboarder found OK in New Mexico
Lobotimizer Offline
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Registered: 12/17/08
Posts: 1
Loc: New Mexico, USA
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.

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#161603 - 01/06/09 05:03 PM Re: Lost Snowboarder found OK in New Mexico [Re: Lobotimizer]
scafool Offline
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Registered: 12/18/08
Posts: 1534
Loc: Muskoka
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.)

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#161623 - 01/06/09 06:10 PM Re: Lost Snowboarder found OK in New Mexico [Re: scafool]
Still_Alive Offline
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Registered: 04/08/08
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Loc: Utah
Smart kid. Maybe there is hope...
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#161650 - 01/06/09 09:20 PM Re: Lost Snowboarder found OK in New Mexico [Re: scafool]
kd7fqd Offline
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Registered: 08/07/05
Posts: 359
Loc: Saratoga Springs,Utah,USA
There are too many stories from Utahs back country about NOT finding snowboarders, it is good to hear of a rescue


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#161665 - 01/06/09 11:51 PM Re: Lost Snowboarder found OK in New Mexico [Re: Lobotimizer]
OldBaldGuy Offline
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Registered: 09/30/01
Posts: 5695
Loc: Former AFB in CA, recouping fr...
Nice to hear that the dreaded white stuff lost one...
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