 Poster: A snowHead
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 An unlucky cross country skier in Canada showed amazing courage and strength to get back to her car unaided and then to drive herself to hospital - all with a broken ankle...
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| Lori Kublik knew she was in trouble after crawling through the snow in rugged Alberta backcountry for an hour. Nightfall was coming and a trail sign told her she was still 2 1/2 kilometres from her car. Unable to walk because of a broken ankle, she had covered about a half-kilometre after a cross-country skiing accident in the mountains of Kananaskis Country west of Calgary. |
Full story from the London Free Press
<<<< Edit - thread title changed to include new even more remarkable tale. See below >>>>
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Sat 30-04-05 10:15; edited 2 times in total
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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A good cross country skier is always fit because he/she has to be self-propelled. However it took some doing to get over what she had to overcome.
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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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She was brave and lucky. But she forgot the other outdoors mantra of people who go off alone - tell others your plans.
If I cycle/walk/ski alone I always tell my wife the route and expected timescales to return - and these days take a mobile, even though It will be switched off.
Basic stuff.
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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Great courage in surviving . . . Enormous stupidity for not leaving route and times. I’m not impressed and neither should be the rest of us.
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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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marc gledhill, why have the phone switched off ? In a real emergency situation, the signal could possibly be used to help locate you even if you were unable to make or accept calls. No emergency - you don't have to answer the thing.
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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kuwait ian - presumably switched-off until an accident/problem occurs, and then you can be located. But be careful, do not let the battery run down too much, otherwise you're totally alone.
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Although she made the basic mistake of not telling anyone where she was going, she did at least take extra clothes, a hot drink and had the sense to not stop and give up which would have almost certainly resulted in her death, a very determined lady !
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hibernia, well yes but if you knock yourself unconscious coming off the bike (for example), you won't be able to switch it on. No use to you then but if a concerned friend gets no answer to repeated calls that ring out, s/he can get a rescue going. Or a passer-by might hear the phone ringing while you are lying in a ditch or over a hedge. Marc was making sensible comments but I felt leaving the phone on was also very sensible. These days battery life is less of an issue I suspect. Fully charged, most phones will give you a few days on standby.
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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Is it true that the phone has to be switched on for them to track you? I thought I'd read about the networks being able to locate the phone even when switched off?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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There are a lot of urban myths about what telecom companies can do with your mobile phone.
If it is turned off then that is it and there's nothing that can be done.
If it is turned on then your service provider can see which ariel you signal is coming from which will give a very rough idea of where you are. Some service providers are better at this than others, but if you are in an area with no network coverage then you are bu66ered anyway!
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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An even more remarkable survival tale - a cross country skier with a broken leg survived more than a week in the open in Colorada before being rescued. The full amazing story here from the Guardian Online
He told 2 people where he was going but did not designate one person to check for his safe return. Indeed a lucky man as it seems if one searching snowmobile had not got stuck and both engines were then shut off, his whistle blasts would not have been heard.
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More on this latest one - attitude of mind being an important factor in life threatening situations like these. From the Denver Post
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FAQ
. If it's in my backpack wrapped in a plastic bag I couldn't hear it ring, but I hadn't considered that it could be used as a "beacon" for finding me. How feasible is that, are you saying I don't need a tranciever now? 
