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Buried Alive Beneath the Ladder: 31 Hours Trapped in Talvert Basin
Buried Alive Beneath the Ladder: 31 Hours Trapped in Talvert Basin
A single ski pole stood vertical in the Fircrest trailhead parking lot and a fleece hat draped its grip - an image that pulled a 17-year-old to stop and call 911, only to trigger a search for a woman who had been underground and alive for nearly 24 hours. How did an experienced 38-year-old geologic surveyor and backcountry skier with eleven years of mountain reading end up buried and counting in Talvert Basin?
In this episode, we follow the timeline from Monica Becker leaving her Subaru at the Fircrest trailhead at 6:15 a.m…
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