Beacon Law
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Adrenaline Revolution
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I stayed at Togwotee last year and that was the understanding, they will rent you a beacon for groups going with guides. Only going out West once a year, we wanted to rent beacons, but they wouldn't do it unless we were renting sleds and a guide as well. They are concerned for liability, not your life.
JUST WISH MORE PLACES RENTED BEACONS FOR THE MANY RIDERS WHO GO OUT ONCE A YEAR. I bought one since, but know alot more people would use them if places like Togwotee rented them.
JUST WISH MORE PLACES RENTED BEACONS FOR THE MANY RIDERS WHO GO OUT ONCE A YEAR. I bought one since, but know alot more people would use them if places like Togwotee rented them.
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Icedog
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We think of this in the opposite way. We don't own and wear our beacons for ourselves; we wear them for the guy under the snow depending on us to save his life.
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CoyoteGirl
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Watch out, incoming........
I can't even begin to tell you how bad I am shaking reading all this load of CRAP of "it's my right, you can't make me" temper tantrums of 2 year olds (or that's how it sounds) that I read on here all the time!
Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhg
Should it be a law? No, we should respect life, each other and the mountains enough to at the very least wear a beacon. But this whole selfish attitude ofyou can't make me attitude makes my stomach flop. And that selfish attitude is why I wouldn't mind a law getting made......... Some of you are making this sound comparable to making a law that you have to eat a pound of chit per day!
And the whole Darwin arguement of weeding out the weak? How does that work when you are buried with your beacon and relying upon peeps at the bottom with no beacon? I guess it could still be a Darwin arguement........
I'm tired of hearing of people dying..........
And having to spend the extra search and rescue dollars doing a body search isn't stupid or retarded?
I can't even begin to tell you how bad I am shaking reading all this load of CRAP of "it's my right, you can't make me" temper tantrums of 2 year olds (or that's how it sounds) that I read on here all the time!
Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhg
Should it be a law? No, we should respect life, each other and the mountains enough to at the very least wear a beacon. But this whole selfish attitude ofyou can't make me attitude makes my stomach flop. And that selfish attitude is why I wouldn't mind a law getting made......... Some of you are making this sound comparable to making a law that you have to eat a pound of chit per day!
And the whole Darwin arguement of weeding out the weak? How does that work when you are buried with your beacon and relying upon peeps at the bottom with no beacon? I guess it could still be a Darwin arguement........
I'm tired of hearing of people dying..........
And having to spend the extra search and rescue dollars doing a body search isn't stupid or retarded?
Thanks Icedog! My point exactly! If your not wearing a beacon your chances of being a rescuer or of being rescued go down considerably.
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Adrenaline Revolution
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Chill for $%&^ sake.
Did you not see the "JUST KIDDING" part?
I don't care what the subject is,
Just give people good information and let them make an informed descision on their own.
Preaching can help you lose your audience.
Did you not see the "JUST KIDDING" part?
I don't care what the subject is,
Just give people good information and let them make an informed descision on their own.
Preaching can help you lose your audience.
Let's face it...we live in a reactionary, lawsuit happy, let's put the blame on somebody world.
HERE ARE THE FACTS:
I like sledding....I like living....I like my friends..........
SO YOU SHOULD
BUY A #*^@ing beacon, shovel, and probe, take an avy class, practice in the field, and don't become THE statistic that KEEPS ME FROM ENJOYING MY SPORT AND MY LIVELY HOOD!
.............that is MY MAN law!
HERE ARE THE FACTS:
I like sledding....I like living....I like my friends..........
SO YOU SHOULD
BUY A #*^@ing beacon, shovel, and probe, take an avy class, practice in the field, and don't become THE statistic that KEEPS ME FROM ENJOYING MY SPORT AND MY LIVELY HOOD!
.............that is MY MAN law!
4 years ago The wife and I were at the Puyallup snow show. Found a booth with used beacons for sale for $100 a copy. Bought one for the wife and bought the other for a friend I ride with, who wasn't conserned about having one. 4 months later that 100 dollar beacon saved his life. We would have never found him with out it. Now he owns two beacons. How much is your life worth? How much is it worth to your family?
Spend the money and wear a beacon. Invest in your life!
Spend the money and wear a beacon. Invest in your life!
Beacons save lives.
How much do you have invested in your sled,trailer,gear,truck,etc?
How horrible would it be to your wife,kids,family and friends to know you died for a choice of not spending $250-$300?
How bad would you feel,not being able to find your friend because of a lack of a beacon,shovel,probe pole?
Stupid people make stupid decisions,don't be stupid!!
How much do you have invested in your sled,trailer,gear,truck,etc?
How horrible would it be to your wife,kids,family and friends to know you died for a choice of not spending $250-$300?
How bad would you feel,not being able to find your friend because of a lack of a beacon,shovel,probe pole?
Stupid people make stupid decisions,don't be stupid!!
brain optional
it's simple:get a beacon,take a class.don't be a statistic.
it's simple:get a beacon,take a class.don't be a statistic.
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Kevco
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The same way they enfoce reg. laws not that tough. There should be a helmet law too.
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eh. if oyu dont' want to ewear the right gear or carry the right equpiment who's to say you ahve to. up to you, if you don't give a **** about your life and think others feel the smae way, who cares.
who's spending money to enforece it, whos spending money to colelcet fines... whats wrong wit hthe way it is now
who's spending money to enforece it, whos spending money to colelcet fines... whats wrong wit hthe way it is now
Well
This is getting Good.
But no one has answered the Question...IS IT A NEW LAW NOW IN WYOMING to wear one like the Togwotee guy told me...
He did say last year if you rented a sled you were required to rent or have one..................But he said this year its the LAW.......
I think he is blowing smoke up my Well you know.
This is getting Good.
But no one has answered the Question...IS IT A NEW LAW NOW IN WYOMING to wear one like the Togwotee guy told me...
He did say last year if you rented a sled you were required to rent or have one..................But he said this year its the LAW.......
I think he is blowing smoke up my Well you know.
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Adrenaline Revolution
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If Tog is insisting you pay them to rent a beacon on top of paying them to rent a sled are they also spending the nescessary time to train you to use the beacon?
A beacon in the hands of a person who has no idea how to use it is only good for locating the body that the beacon is strapped to afterward.
They would be no help in locating others that have been buried.
I'm guessing the folks renting them would be happy to train you.....For another fee?
But I doubt it.
The rental places I've seen locally barely explain where the brake lever on the sled is is.
I AM riding with a beacon this year but I also spent the time and money to be trained in it's use.
But that was MY descision...No law required me to do it.
It's just common sence, like seatbelts in your car or any other piece of safety equipment.
I CHOOSE to wear it like I coose to wear a beacon.
I also CHOOSE not to play on wind loaded or dangerous slopes that could slide.
The brain is MUCH more efficient at keeping you safe than any electronic equipment that you can strap to your body.
A beacon in the hands of a person who has no idea how to use it is only good for locating the body that the beacon is strapped to afterward.
They would be no help in locating others that have been buried.
I'm guessing the folks renting them would be happy to train you.....For another fee?
But I doubt it.
The rental places I've seen locally barely explain where the brake lever on the sled is is.
I AM riding with a beacon this year but I also spent the time and money to be trained in it's use.
But that was MY descision...No law required me to do it.
It's just common sence, like seatbelts in your car or any other piece of safety equipment.
I CHOOSE to wear it like I coose to wear a beacon.
I also CHOOSE not to play on wind loaded or dangerous slopes that could slide.
The brain is MUCH more efficient at keeping you safe than any electronic equipment that you can strap to your body.
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