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pazzar
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Walker missing

Fri 08 Mar, 2013 4:28 pm

Another walker missing in Tasmania.

http://tools.themercury.com.au/stories/ ... g-news.php
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Re: Walker missing

Fri 08 Mar, 2013 4:38 pm

Good luck with the search Jared..
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Re: Walker missing

Fri 08 Mar, 2013 4:46 pm

If he's experienced and around the South Cape Rivulet he should be alright, he'd just go South and follow the coast, this is probably the first thing the helicopter will do, fly along the coastline.
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Re: Walker missing

Fri 08 Mar, 2013 6:43 pm

He's been found safe and well. I'm sure we will see an article soon.
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Re: Walker missing

Fri 08 Mar, 2013 6:45 pm

pazzar wrote:He's been found safe and well. I'm sure we will see an article soon.

Good to hear :)
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Re: Walker missing

Sat 09 Mar, 2013 12:18 am

Were you part of the search party Jared?

I was walking just minutes ahead of this guy when he lost the track over the south cape range yesterday. Heard voices calling and came back to help his group look for him but with no luck. Hence epirb activation and police SAR involvement.

What I don't understand is how he lost the track when it is such an obvious mudhole. But it shows how incidents like this can happen to even experienced walkers in certain conditions. I.e. Misty/low visibility with lots of sidetracks.
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Re: Walker missing

Sat 09 Mar, 2013 4:04 am

ducked off the track to go to the loo?
i've walked with people who regularly walk off the track, head down, only looking straight ahead, track changes direction, and they don't.. they just dont look around enough to notice whats happening with the track. there might be a bit of a false trail worn by other people making the same mistake, and they just barrel on down it and realise too late they are lost...
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Re: Walker missing

Sat 09 Mar, 2013 10:34 am

Nick S wrote:Were you part of the search party Jared?

I was walking just minutes ahead of this guy when he lost the track over the south cape range yesterday. Heard voices calling and came back to help his group look for him but with no luck. Hence epirb activation and police SAR involvement.

What I don't understand is how he lost the track when it is such an obvious mudhole. But it shows how incidents like this can happen to even experienced walkers in certain conditions. I.e. Misty/low visibility with lots of sidetracks.


I was called up at about midday yesterday to be on standby. By 5pm I was told be ready to head out at 5am the following morning for a ground search. I believe the SES were also called up.
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Re: Walker missing

Sun 10 Mar, 2013 11:56 pm

pazzar wrote:I was called up at about midday yesterday to be on standby. By 5pm I was told be ready to head out at 5am the following morning for a ground search.

Would be cool to have my name on that list but I don't think my day job would allow me the sporadic time off at short notice.

Haven't seen anything in the news following up on this. Only reason I am interested is I think it's wise to learn from the mistakes of others when possible.
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Re: Walker missing

Mon 11 Mar, 2013 3:48 am

was that a GME locator beacon? they have either a discount or free replacement for when you have to use the beacon...
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Re: Walker missing

Mon 11 Mar, 2013 8:52 am

wayno wrote:was that a GME locator beacon?
Seems it was, and an update was being typed as I posted above...
viewtopic.php?p=168470#p168470
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Re: Walker missing

Mon 11 Mar, 2013 4:41 pm

I think that this is as much of an update as we will get. It seems the Mercury didn't care to follow up on the incident they reported.

In other news, the Westpac Chopper is still being kept busy - http://www.themercury.com.au/article/20 ... -news.html
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