While this isn’t ski related James Kim is a friend of friends of this site and everyone who has driven to Squaw after a heavy snowfall can appreciate his struggle.
After driving home to San Francisco from Portland James Kim and his family were lost in heavy snow on a remote road in Oregon. Read More…
James’ wife and two daughters were found alive after over a week but James, who left to find help, is still missing. While we wish Mr. Kim’s search party godspeed I wanted to put together a post with links to winter survival tools and techniques:
Unofficially Tested
Personal Locator BeaconA PLB or EPIRB is a device that will send your coordinates directly to a Rescue Coordination Center. Used on ships to find sinking vessel thousands of miles out to see it works just as well on a remote Lake Tahoe road or Backcountry Trail. If I had the choice of only one item on a deserted island; this would be it!
EPIRB/PLB Links:
Official NOAA EPIRB Rescue Page
MIOX Water Purifier A small and easy to use purifier that the Army took with then to Afghanistan and Iraq. We used it extensively on a trip to India and never once got sick (at least not from the water!)
Inflatable Life Jacket Going to be near water? This is a must have.
Untested tools:
Books:
Serious off-road survival guide
Non-Survival Ski Tools:
Articles:
CDC’s Extreme Winter Survival Guide
State of Maine’s Winter Survival
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4 responses so far ↓
1 john // Dec 6, 2006 at 4:09 pm
I’m saddened to say that they found James today but he did not make it:
http://www.ktvu.com/news/10436601/detail.html
2 Joe // Dec 7, 2006 at 11:08 pm
Here’s another good site for survival info:
Equipped.com, Equipped to Survive
3 Personal Locator Beacon - The Ultimate Survival Gagdet - UnofficialSquaw.com | Squaw Valley Ski Forum // Jun 18, 2007 at 11:11 am
4 James Kim Saga - Car Survival Tools :: Global Ski Club, ski discussion forum // Feb 3, 2008 at 12:27 am
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