The Beacon on the Vault: Why Brenda Vanished from the Trailhead
The Beacon on the Vault: Why Brenda Vanished from the Trailhead
A working avalanche beacon was found sitting dead-center on a vault toilet lid at 6:40 a.m. on May 11, 2019 - powered, dry, broadcasting on 457 kHz with its green light cycling, but no skier, no tracks, and no pack in sight. How did Brenda Rafferty’s personal transceiver end up placed with such precision at a trailhead 1,300 feet below the nearest snowpack, and what does that placement say about where she really was?
In this episode, we follow the timeline from Brenda Rafferty’s last confirmed text on May 2 to the discovery of…
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