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Interesting article, be helpful if there was a breakdown of why the author thinks people are dying. Seems from the article like there are three problems: - SAR
by blutack 3y ago
Interesting article, be helpful if there was a breakdown of why the author thinks people are dying. Seems from the article like there are three problems:
- SAR teams knowing where people are - SPOT/inReach, PLB, Recco (at a push)
- SAR teams knowing that someone is in trouble: SPOT/inReach, PLB, VHF, Satphone
- Members of a climbing team knowing where each other are: SPOT/inReach, VHF, Satphone, Meshtastic (or something of that style)
I imagine that SAR is really really hard on Everest even if you do know where the casualty is so knowing where other members of a climbing team are might be the most important one?
- mthoms 3y agoYou're right on what some of the major problems are but, there are no SAR teams on Everest. Your SAR team is the expedition outfit you signed up with. Many are under-manned and under-equipped but even the best ones won't be able to facilitate a rescue much of the time (due to weather, altitude and manpower issues). The climbers all know this. Many of the bigger outfits do co-operate on rescues where they can, but aside from that there is no official rescue organization.