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Friggin' eh, bogger.... Goin' good, lifes just a little too busy right now....AND YOU??
the RCMP didn't respond to the first SOS, as they did not know if that was a new or old signal.... when the RCMP called the resort to see if anyone was missing the response was NO.
IF the couple were to have informed the resort's front desk that they were going to be skiing at the resort, then the resort would have known that they were missing, and therefore the RCMP would have been notified and
S & R would have been sent out a lot sooner.
the RCMP didn't respond to the first SOS, as they did not know if that was a new or old signal.... when the RCMP called the resort to see if anyone was missing the response was NO.
IF the couple were to have informed the resort's front desk that they were going to be skiing at the resort, then the resort would have known that they were missing, and therefore the RCMP would have been notified and
S & R would have been sent out a lot sooner.
Just wanted to add that when the helicopter spotted the SOS, they did look around the area to see if they could see anyone. If you are going to place an SOS in the snow, STAY THERE. I also heard that the people had booked out of their hotel that morning and the resort had no idea that they were even still in the area. The RCMP had nothing to go on.
Last time I checked, you can't sue a volunteer organization which is what we are. Will have to check into it a bit more.
This lawsuit has been in the media for about two weeks.
Good points - RCMP get lots of bogus reports. The issue here I think is the fact that the cop on TV (the day after they were found) was already talking about the fact that they did not investigate the SOS "as throughly" as they should have. We were sitting there watching the news coverage and I said to my wife - "that's gonna result in a lawsuit." Not sure why they made comments like that, you had to know any admission like that opens you up for potential liability. Can't understand that one. No one reported them missing, the cops had no reason to suspect anything, they investigated where they could - they did nothing wrong - so why let the PR guy make statements that will land you in court later?
I know exactly what this clown was thinking - him and the old lady had been out here for a week, no fresh stuff had fallen and they had paid a big $$$$ premium to ski in Golden and they were going to get their money's worth. So they skied out of bounds to hit some fresh powder and got lost. Not sure how you get lost on a ski hill that basically faces town...but hey, he was experienced right?
"Experienced" backcountry user my a$$.....This clown probably had as much backcountry "experience" as most big city eastern douchebags - NONE. Too many people using this word today, in too loose of context. Just because you have driven by the forest on your way to the golf course, does not mean you could survive there.....
As for sueing a volunteer organization who's members put their lives on the line to save your dumbass - If this is how you think and this is how you are going to act, and you are reading this, stay home, wherever you are from! We don't want you here! Go ski at Mont Tremblant instead d!ckhead!
Show up for a week, screw up and get lost, get found, and then sue our local organizations that help protect our recreational activities that we enjoy in OUR way of life because YOU WERE TO STUPID to follow your tracks back uphill or stop and make a fire???
F___ you!!!