tripitaka 0 Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 Just saw this briefly as I was walking out the door this morn. I believe it was 7 snowboarders (all Japanese in their 30s and 40s). Anyone up in the story?? Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 ４日午前０時ごろ、広島県安芸太田町横川の「国設恐羅漢スキー場」から、「スノーボードをしていた男性７人が下山せず、連絡がとれない」と県警山県署に連絡があった。 同署や地元消防団などの計約９０人が同７時から捜索している。 同署によると、男性らは広島、山口、福岡県在住の３０～４０歳のグループで、うち５人は客、ほかの２人は同スキー場の従業員。従業員は３日、休みだった。 客の５人は３日午前１０時３０分ごろ、従業員の２人は午後１時３０分ごろ、それぞれリフトで山頂へ登り、その後、コースを外れて歩いていくのを、別の従業員が目撃している。 同３時３０分ごろ、うち１人が携帯電話で友人に「今ボードで山を滑って下りている」と話したのを最後に、連絡がつかなくなったという。 同６時ごろ、連絡の取れない従業員の妻から、スキー場管理事務所へ「夫が帰ってこない」と連絡があり、スキー場の従業員が探したが、見つからなかったという。 同スキー場は、広島、島根県境の恐羅漢山（１３４６メートル）の東側中腹にある。 In japanese but thats the story. Link to post Share on other sites
Kingofmyrrh 0 Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 So according to that story nobody is yet sure what has happened to them... Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 Turns out they were snowboarding down a mountain at the early hours of the day - a couple of them were employees of the ski resort. Think it says at 4am? Apparently, the got the lifts to their end and then climbed up to the top of the mountain by themselves. One of the wives raised the alert when she said that her husband hadn't come home. Link to post Share on other sites
tripitaka 0 Posted February 4, 2008 Author Share Posted February 4, 2008 On the NHK TV news, the story suggested they were dead, not missing. Link to post Share on other sites
nzlegend 1 Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 I just saw the NHK BS news, they didnt really know except they are missing Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 thats crazy, thats where I first skied, at Osorakan. Has probably the best snow quality in Western Japan. Not that difficult a resort to ski. Wonder how that many went missing? UFO? I hope theyre found and OK. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 it says 7 Link to post Share on other sites
tripitaka 0 Posted February 4, 2008 Author Share Posted February 4, 2008 It's just that I saw the kanji 死亡 in the news caption so I assumed they were toast. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 thanks, I saw that. If you see my post I said I wonder HOW they went missing?? Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 The latest report on yahoo says they went off course. Is there that much snow that you can hit the trees around Geihoku? Bushpig, what are the trees like at Mizuho right now? Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 Non ridable last weekend mate, but They were almost there, and they just had 20-30cm on Saturday night (dunno how much again last night) do they could be good to go by now. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 he, he, youre alive, good news Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 That's what my gakunen at work said when I got to work this morning! And anyway, I only just squeeze in to the 30-40 year old group Link to post Share on other sites
snobee 0 Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Just saw on the local news and seems like the 7 are listed at the mo as "officially missing". They've been pretty well searching all day and nothing but some faint boot prints but they could have been from earlier on. Apparently skied a tree line heading to another mt and got lost on the hike back. Local said severe snow storms had hit there the last 24hrs. Hope there's good news soon. It'd be mighty cold out there and they didn't have any provisions for bc at all (apparently). Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 the report I saw last night said they apparently had a gas burner and some food... Link to post Share on other sites
tsondaboy 0 Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 It was on the news this morning that they are all safe. They found them today coming down the mountain. Link to post Share on other sites
samurai 0 Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 eskimo orgy? Mushroom fest? Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Good news anyway! Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 thats good news, just heard that too Link to post Share on other sites
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