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My close source says that they had beacons, probes and shovels, however, (s)he is oddly silent on the fourth. --Matt K. On 8/21/06, Scott Danis <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Wasn't there another couple of gomers from around here that almost got > themselves buried there a couple of years ago? Did they have their > prerequisites in order? > > On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 13:59:47 -0400, Matthew Kulas <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > >A source close to me confirms that the skiing there is very cool, but > >as Roger K. alluded to, you must be smart about it--a Quebecois kid > >died a couple years back skiing one of their asbestos tailing > >piles--brain, beacon, shovel and a probe are all prerequisite. > > > >Just picked up that issue of BACKCOUNTRY at OGE. I wished there were > >more photos of the piles. On the plus side, there is a nice piece on > >Coombs. > > > >--Matt K. > > > >On 8/21/06, Scott Braaten <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> I'm sure there will be others on > >> here that might want to go back... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SkiVt-L is brought to you by the University of Vermont. To unsubscribe, visit http://list.uvm.edu/archives/skivt-l.html