Sat Dec 27, 9:34 am ET
SAVOGNIN, Switzerland – Swiss rescue officials say they have found two missing skiers after spotting the light from their MP3 music player.
The Swiss air rescue association Rega says it received a distress call from the French tourists late Friday but the skiers’ phone battery went dead before they could be reached.
Rega spokesman Gery Baumann says the two men were eventually found after midnight in steep, wooded terrain by a helicopter crew that spotted the light from their digital music player.
Baumann said Saturday that the two 22-year-olds suffered only mild hypothermia despite enduring temperatures as low as 5 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 15 degrees Celsius).
The incident happened near the town of Savognin in southeastern Switzerland.
interesting question... but look... it might be that they were somehow camoflaged (sp?) even in flash lights... and an emitting light would have been a helpful source...
^ Please elaborate. I missed something. A flash light emits light too, if they had one.
let's say you have a mp3 player in your pocked and forgot it was in your pocked and changed the clothes...
next day you are looking around for you mp3 player.... if there is a light emitting out of it, chances are that you may find it easier ...... you know it could be i think it was like, they saw an emitting light from a far distance even when their flash lights were not reaching up there...
PS: we are all making assumptions here :D .... i think there is more to the story than meet the eyes.
Moral: Carry a MP3 player with you when go skiing…listen to it all the time and toss the flash light or any other emergency light if you have one or don’t bother to turn on after calling for distress…
You will sure be on the news and will be discussed on GS…
