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Ski tourers missing near Zermatt
 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead

A few more details I‘ve heard reported about this. (Not sure how accurate they are). The missing person is a female, (girlfriend of one of the brothers) her equipment was found near the attempted snow cave site. 5 of the six bodies, although not together were easily located and wore active avalanche beacons. A signal for the 6th person could not be located. The search for the last person was called off yesterday. Although they tried to build a snow cave the snow was too hard. It may be that they had lightweight shovels (plastic).
The weather forecast was (as many have already said) very bad with high winds and Avalanche warning level 4 ! It‘s suspected that they experienced a whiteout.
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person

valais2 wrote:
@Blackblade, Fronts can move unpredictably and be preceded by high winds that slow you right down, even if blowing from sort of behind. They knew that - they knew that the Foehn is brutal over those parts, and the They took a HUGE gamble given the meteo. I suspect 'object fixation' may often play a role. 'We've planned....we won't have the same practice time for the event...it's tight....but let's do it...'. Mistake. Hubris?

Idris....you've read the account of the 'two Jamies' at Chamonix? - the surviving quad amputee Jamie is a friend of a friend.


Hi mum was my school Chemistry teacher - which with hindsight must've been the academic year after his accident. An incredible story of survival and willpower to achieve what he has since. His book is a great read too!
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 Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?

@DB, it snowed heavily on Saturday night so she may be buried under the fresh snow in the vicinity but without a transceiver signal very hard to locate. High winds smooth out the snow and it doesn’t melt at that altitude until late Spring
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@BobinCH,
Yes. The report said one of the following was possible -
a) Beacon batteries ran out.
b) Beacon wasn’t switched on.
c) She fell in a deep crevasse.
d) She didn’t have a beacon.

I hope it wasn‘t d).
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