UIAA Recommendations to Reduce EMI in Avalanche Transceivers
Confirming or denying what you already do in practice; the UIAA released recommendations for minimizing electromagnetic interference in avalanche transceivers.
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Author: Jason Albert
First Look: Rocky Talkie 5 Watt Radio
Rocky Talkie Releases its 5 Watt Radio which includes some key features that might interest backcountry skiers/riders.
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UIAA Avalanche Rescue Shovel Standards
We could, but we won’t shovel a heap full of BS your way and tell you any shovel is a worthy avalanche shovel in a rescue scenario. It’s one thing to have a tool worthy enough to shovel a dainty amount of snow into the WindBurner for the night’s tea, and a whole different dimension regarding a shovel used as an active rescue tool. There’s no cutting corners when digging a partner out.
In 2018, the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (UIAA) published safety standards for “avalanche rescue shovels.”
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To the Hills & Back: An Avalanche Education Film
To the Hills & Back opens with a scene where Adam Campbell ties a wedding band onto some cord to wear around his neck. Campbell is deep in the backcountry with a friend, Kevin Hertjaas.
I recognized Campbell and his story immediately. In 2020, he, Hertjaas, and Campbell’s wife, Laura Kosakoski, were touring outside Canmore. Campbell inadvertently triggered a slide that buried and ultimately killed Kosakoski. Just writing that sentence elicits the film’s constant heavy gravity. Although I had read much about Campbell and the ill-fated day after the accident, it is a whole other level to see another person grieve as intensely as Campbell does in his retelling.
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Book Review: The Avalanche Factor by Joe Stock
In his introduction to The Avalanche Factor, Stock writes, “If you are interested in Avalanches, this book addresses two questions: Why do people get caught in avalanches? and How can we avoid getting caught?”
Those questions, ultimately, pivot toward who the book’s potential readers are. Let’s get this out front—any backcountry tourists should be reading this book since, by default, you should be interested in the two foundational questions posed and answered in The Avalanche Factor.
Those questions, ultimately, pivot toward who the book’s potential readers are. Let’s get this out front—any backcountry tourists should be reading this book since, by default, you should be interested in the two foundational questions posed and answered in The Avalanche Factor.
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