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Scott McKay, a 27-year-old skier from Brisbane in Australia who worked on the development of a GPS tracking system for skiers, has mysteriously disappeared in the Japanese ski resort of Niseko.
McKay was last seen last Friday evening, drinking at a bar in the resort. He failed to return to his accommodation, which was only ten minutes' walk from there. Little snow fell on the night he disappeared but there have been substantial falls since then.
This report from Brisbane Times.
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| Former colleagues say it is unlikely Scott McKay was wearing one of the Flaik transmitters ... He joined Snow Sports Interactive in late 2005 to work on the Flaik project, testing it at ski resorts in North America, before returning to Brisbane in March 2007 ... The GPS tags are not available in Japan and it is unlikely he had been wearing one at the time, his former boss told brisbanetimes.com.au yesterday. |
Ben Johnston, a friend of Scott McKay who was with him in Niseko and has helped initiate a search, began this thread on the SnowJapan forum to appeal for sightings, but hopes for his discovery are fading:
http://www.snowjapanforums.com/ubbthreads.php/topics/304718/Missing_Person_in_Niseko.html#Post304718
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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The moderator in the above link quoted
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Some people - not messages remaining here I might add - seem to see this worrying story as an excuse/opportunity to spam post links to their websites (of no value to the subject at hand) and get some publicity through that.
It's not, and it's extremely annoying.
Rather than angling for some exposure and personal gain, why not put your efforts into trying to help with all this?
That would seem to be the decent thing to do. |
Wonder if he is talking about us.
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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?
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I don't see how I could possibly help, and by posting the link you are reminding people that it's surprisingly easy to get lost on a short walk in a ski resort, if the weather comes in.
Especially if you've had a few (not that I'm implying that he was drunk, I have no idea...but it does happen).
I hope they find him :/
edit - Oh I see, I think he means posting links in the comments, which is pretty bad, I agree.
Last edited by You need to Login to know who's really who. on Tue 24-02-09 11:27; edited 1 time in total
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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It seems the opposite was the case. Quoting the above link:
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| Officer Begley [Niseko-Hirafu safety liason officer] said what has confused authorities is the weather around the time of Mr McKay's disappearance was calm and clear, which should have made it easy to search. "On Friday, after he went missing, I went out with his buddies and we searched the whole river and you could see everything," he said. "There was no new snow, you would have seen all tracks in the area. On that night, you would have seen if anybody went anywhere. |
I wonder if he deliberately disappeared or was abducted?
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it'll be the guy with the lovely new patio
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Niseko-Hirafu isn't big at all and a significant portion of the development is by the Austrailians, from observation and talking to the Australians who confirmed to me it would be 50% or more cheaper for them to ski in Japan than in their own country.
I lost a top-of-the-range camcorder (a high definisition model with 120Gb hard disk) after forgetting to zip back the rucksack a resataurant. It was picked up by a skier on the piste and handed to one of the chairlift statiions. I got it back at the end of the skiing day. The Japanese wanted me to prove ownership so I showed them the video I took earlier. The place appears to be very friendly and orderly.
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