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SALEM, Ore. (AP) - There's danger aplenty on Oregon's tallest peak — including avalanches and crevasses. Some say a small electronic device can improve the odds of survival.
Several Oregon lawmakers want to require climbers to wear electronic locators above 10,000 feet on Mount Hood — an idea mountaineers resist.
Rep. John Lim, chief sponsor, contends that three climbers who died in December might be alive had they carried the devices, which send electronic signals that can give search and rescue teams the precise location of stranded climbers.
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