God isn’t a member of search and rescue. Maybe next time put your faith in them.

Just wondering if SAR had not gone looking for him if he would be back?

He is very lucky.. Did everything wrong..

As for God, why did he let him get lost in the first place?

Because God like to play games. She was wondering whether he would make it. But then again, being God, she already knew.

Must be boring to play games when one knows the outcome.

Poor God.

P Val, 100% correct. On top of going out alone with no obvious source of self rescue, he ignored the avalanche warning for that area. My dad used to say “God looks after fools, drunks & children”, this guy qualifies in at least one of those categories.

Oh, also, kudos to SAR, great job!!

So I guess God doesn’t like sick kids who die?

“God isn’t a member of search and rescue. Maybe next time put your faith in them.”

Came here to post exactly this!!! Don’t thank God he was found, thank the hardworking men and women of SAR, and then take away his sled keys until he can prove he’s responsible.

“He’s not a dumb guy, he’s very smart,”. He sure has her fooled.

I hope none of the morons on here ever go out alone in their cars, drive off the road or become lost somewhere that requires SAR to save their butt’s.

Detoe44 – how do you know he ignored the avalanche warnings? There’s a ton of area out there that is perfectly safe regardless of the avalanche condition?

The vast majority of that area is perfectly safe, or as close to it as you could hope. It’s as safe as you want it to be or as risky… It’s up to you. People that don’t go out in those areas have no idea, yet they’re perfectly happy to condemn anyone that ventures away from the safe confines of their couch.

All that said, heading out there alone is idiotic.

interceptor & ram tough perineum; Have you read the avalanche warning for which that area is on the edge of? Slides occurring in cut blocks & on low declination slopes. How do you know that the vast majority of that area is safe? Were you out digging pits & doing tests? I can tell you what 30 years of back country skiing has drilled into my thick skull, no area is perfectly safe, conditions can change extremely fast & taking someone else’s word on the stability of any area is a fools gamble.

Dumbfounded. So you think heading up to Yanks Peak by yourself ,without any form of communication is not a dumb idea? Before you comment I have been up there . It is easy to get disoriented when it is snowing hard and you can’t see 50 feet in front of you.

detoe44: I know that area is safe (or can be, like I said) because I’ve been snowmobiling in it for 20 years or so. There’s a LOT of open meadow type terrain, and you only have to climb if you want to. It’s a perfectly safe place to go even when the avalanche risk is high IF YOU STAY OFF THE SLOPES, which really isn’t that hard to do.

lots of comments, but made no with idea of the cause, amazing.

Whether he got his machine stuck, went over a bank or became lost ,being by himself more than likely caused him to be out there over night. Only another idiot would not be able to see that.

A nice Christmas gift for the adventurous is an Inreach Explorer or Spot GPS unit. An Explorer 2 will allow you to text back and forth with anyone anywhere in the world that you have a satellite signal. With the push of a button you can send an SOS signal and text back and forth with an emergency dispatch center. It can take a few minutes sometimes and you obviously need to be concious to use it. I’ve tried mine in thick forested areas and it still works. You can also allow someone to track your location on website every 10 minutes. If your location doesn’t change on the online map it would indicate that you’ve stopped moving. Some one watching your progress could alert SAR to your location. No need to leave it in Gods hands.

I agree with you. This is relatively new technology which has been iffy in the past but is getting more reliable. The systems are not perfect yet, so as long as there are secondary backup systems still in place to provide a closer approximation to a failsafe system it will enhance the emergency response capability considerably in most cases.

SPOT has not been too reliable with those who work in the woodlands. Also, there are monthly charges, the same as for cell phones. Some charges can be significant if you are not using it too often. In a work situation, it is affordable, but it becomes a new expense when having to outfit several crews with personal GPS/transponders.

I am intrigued by your mentioning that you tried it in thick forested areas. On the cutting face of a cutblock, a faller would have an open sky. However, someone doing a danger tree assessment prior to a work crew going in might have questionable transmission. A direct line of sight is required between the transponder and the satellites, Thick forested areas typically do not provide that. Then again, snowmobiles typically do not travel in thick forested areas.

So, how thick was the forest cover? Dead pine tree stands would likely be okay.

To bad the FN only get the comments closed. Talk about morons on this site.

Yeah of little faith.

If God had not taught us, to care for are fellow humans.

Would we still require SAR.

The SAR people care about are fellow humans & families.

As to why God let him survive?

To teach him lesson.

it’s a better world we’re going to

I don’t understand all the sanctimony. Risk taking is an individual choice. I would be the last to begrudge someone for taking on whatever level of risk they choose provided it affects them alone.

But what about the SAR folks who put their lives at risk to rescue folks who made errors in judgement, foolish choices, or were subject to unfortunate events that put them in danger? Individual choice.

And what about their loved ones? Again, they are responsible for the impacts to their loved ones for theirchoices.

They shouldn’t have to answer to anyone else, nor should their loved ones have to endure being vilified along with them.