In one accident, an avalanche cord remained on the surface.
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In the United States there have been two accidents with five buried victims, all wearing avalanche cords.
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Of the 2042 avalanche victims he found only seven cases where avalanche cords were used ( not including the 2 mentioned above ).
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Avalanche cords were popular before beacons became available, and while cords were thought to be effective markers there was never any proof of their effectiveness.
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In the seventh case the completely buried avalanche cord was located by an avalanche rescue dog, however, the cord had become detached from the victim.
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In Knox Williams'and Betsy Armstrong's 1986 book The Avalanche Book they cite an early 1970s study where avalanche cords were tested on sandbag dummies.
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Typically the cord had spooled around the dummy . 1975, at a symposium of avalanche rescue experts hosted by the International Foundation Vanni Eigenmann, Schild concluded, On the basis of these results the avalanche cord can no longer be considered reliable .
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