SnowConnection 0 Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 Three men (ages of 32, 47 and 56 from Tokyo & Chiba) have been missing in mountain of Shirouma-dake, Nagano. http://sbc21.co.jp/my-cgi/sbc_news.cgi?page=seventop&date=20060406&id=0106352&action=details They entered with skis in the mountain on April 1st with plan of returning on April 2nd. They did not return by April 3rd. The club they belonged asked research to the local police on April 4th. Rescue started from 8:00am on April 5th, then the rescue team did not find them. They saw one kilo meters avalance debris with 10 meters wide at Hakuba Dai-Sekkei where they were supposed to have tented on April 1st night. The search was on April 6th with 15 rescue members, a heli, and an avalanche dog, which did not get any fruit. The search activity was withdrawn on the evening of April 6th. Comment: Hakuba Dai-Sekkei is a popular trecking course in summer season. http://www.vill.hakuba.nagano.jp/green/walk/daisekkei.html People enjoy spring skiing/snowboarding on around Golden Week (April end thru May end) when getting the snow condition be stable. The narrow valley has big avalanche risks untill mid-April. It's so dangerous to have camping in the valley even in April end. Yahoo! Map: http://map.yahoo.co.jp/pl?nl=36.44.47.08...7%f2%c7%cf&sc=5 Edit: Shirouma-dake(official) is also called Hakuba-dake. Link to post Share on other sites
SnowConnection 0 Posted April 7, 2006 Author Share Posted April 7, 2006 Three bodies were found near to the top of Korenge-yama apx. 3Km NE from Shirouma-dake on April 7 around noon by a climber. There were a tent and skis. They seems to be the missing three. http://sbc21.co.jp/my-cgi/sbc_news.cgi?page=seventop&date=20060407&id=0106394&action=details Map: http://map.yahoo.co.jp/pl?nl=36.44.47.08....x=277&CE.y=145 Edit: The victims were the missing three men. Hypothermia. Two fell in snow. http://sbc21.co.jp/my-cgi/sbc_news.cgi?page=seventop&date=20060408&id=0106408&action=details Comment: Korenge-yama is a small peak in the middle of a moderate slope ridge between Shirouma-dake and Hakuba-Norikura-dake. They might want to reach to a hut near to Hakuba-Norikura-dake. If they had decided to be back to a hut(closed, but may help wind shield) just above Hakuba Dai-Sekkei when at the top of Shirouma-dake, they could save their lives.... Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 NE slopes went big on us on friday and the winds on sunday were the worst that i have ever seen in hakuba. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 That's in the area that you want to ski FT The Y couloir Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 ne is pretty much were we got caught in ours as well. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 Doesn't look like an avy though SnowConnection is saying hypothermia and you reported strong winds on Sunday the 2nd which backs this up It probably warmed up enough on Saturday for most slides to come down naturally and the guys probably didn't succumb to hypothermia until the 2nd day as there tents were found which makes me think they went up into bad weather on Sunday the 2nd got into trouble up high. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 its a thin story but the thing that gets me about the whole thing is this. the helis took 2 or 2 and half days to find them. if they were found at the top of their planned route why would it take 2 or 2 plus days for a heli to find them. The helis were taking off 500meters from my school. There were at least 2 helis searching for the first day of good weather. Link to post Share on other sites
SnowConnection 0 Posted April 9, 2006 Author Share Posted April 9, 2006 I imagine they persisted in pitching their tent at Korenge-yama (as planned?) on Aprl 1st PM. If they had expected the cold/strong wind of the night, they would go forward to Hakuba-O-Ike within the day. They must exhaused their all energy for fighting the strong wind and the low temprature at April 1st night. They had had no energy to get up on the 2nd day, I magine. They might ask any help with a local person on April 2 morning if they had any wireless radio. (I do not know if any cellphone can communicate at Korenge-yama, or if they had any wireless radio.) Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 only docomo has a chance of working above tsugaike. All other companies cant work near the top of tsugaike 90% of the time. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 I have docomo and usually have 2/3 bars at the top of the gondola. Up to the top of the Spring Gondola it is usally 2 bars and up in Tengu/Shizen area 2 bars sometimes 1. will add thats the main reason why I have docomo is because of the reception range - its #1. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 i might change to the basic docomo package and never use the phone. im talking the cheapest package with the most expensive rates just to get a signal in the bc. plus im buying an avalung or avalung backpack Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 I remember when kidporche was here and using it... Sounded really funny as he rode down the N.Faces with it echoing like a bagpipe or sumtin. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 i will ask rappie today Link to post Share on other sites
Kumapix 0 Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 the backpack looks really good. saw it in a mag at your house ft Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 its going to cost like 30000 yen ouch Link to post Share on other sites
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