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Beacon Locked to Search: The Woman Who Tried to Be Found
Beacon Locked to Search: The Woman Who Tried to Be Found
The beacon was broadcasting in search mode from a muddy gully 1,300 vertical feet below the nearest avalanche-capable snowpack - transmitting outward as if looking for someone. Why was Gail Richardson’s beacon locked to search when protocol and every witness say she always switched to transmit at the trailhead?
In this episode, we follow the eleven-day search that began when a dog groomer found a beacon at 8:52 AM on May 14th, and trace the route Gail took after a fracture left her immobile in an off-route canyon. What happened between…
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