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    Quote Originally Posted by Gibo View Post
    PLB would
    Only if you are capable of turning it on. If you have a fall and are killed a PLB won't save you.
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    Quote Originally Posted by trooper90 View Post
    Agree , hope he's OK. Don't think insurance would help,more overseas people really don't get how changeable our weather can be.

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    Quote Originally Posted by stug View Post
    Only if you are capable of turning it on. If you have a fall and are killed a PLB won't save you.
    Ah no, nothing will

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    Being a Swede, I hope he is used to dealing with this climate. Fingers crossed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by stug View Post
    Only if you are capable of turning it on. If you have a fall and are killed a PLB won't save you.
    True. If he had an "inreach" they can be externally "pinged" for their location if they are switched on and in one piece. Better than a PLB but only in some ways, I would imagine their SOS feature is a little slower to get a reaction as it goes to their rescue centre first then they pass detail's on to RCC here then up date the user on whats happening and so forth
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    Not good. Get home soon Hans
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    Did they find this guy?

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    The news article about the Australian father who fell and died . They made reference to Hans who had died in same area . I wondered same , must have missed it if they found the body ?

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    I noticed that too Munsey, hadn't heard that they had recovered him though?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pointer View Post
    I noticed that too Munsey, hadn't heard that they had recovered him though?
    I can only find. They called off search 24 may , he been missing since 11 th . Shit reporting in the other case , should have said somthing like "presumed dead "?

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    I agree. Mind you when people have an accident and die in the bush it's often decades before they are stumbled across. Still bad journalism though.

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    Yep really bad....can you imagine if you are next of kin and read that

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    Quote Originally Posted by keneff View Post
    Well they found his camp. Wonder why he wasn't wrapped up in his bag, waiting? Too impatient? Went searching for the searchers? Heard a roar and went looking for meat?
    Are you fucking serious
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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve338 View Post
    Are you fucking serious
    Need you fucking ask?
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    Quote Originally Posted by keneff View Post
    Well they found his camp. Wonder why he wasn't wrapped up in his bag, waiting? Too impatient? Went searching for the searchers? Heard a roar and went looking for meat?
    He wasn't lost; he was reported overdue - presumably overdue because he has come to grief in some way (which is why he's not in his sleeping bag). I don't think that's an unreasonable conclusion to draw.
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