The Hardshell Jacket: Time to Scale Down
Hardshell options are many—so, too, are the feature sets. Maybe it’s time to embrace our inner alpinists and embrace the minimalist hardshell.
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Author: Jason Albert
Avalanche Education: Learning the Basics and Brushing up
A wildfire near you. High AQI. A lingering Sumer. It’s an excellent time to revisit some of the avalanche education basics (and more advanced concepts) before snow flies and sticks to the ground.
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Transceiver Test: Signal Acquisition
Should you or shouldn’t you? A signal acquisition test to determine if you should replace your transceiver.
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The Mid-Summer Transceiver Check
A mid-summer dream this is not. Now is the time to check your transceiver and ensure it is ready for winter.
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Rewinding with the Handbook of American Mountaineering
Rewinding an old 1942 text in the Handbook of American Mountaineering and finding some simple and energetic illustrations. We are glad, though, the book’s ski carry techniques are relics of the past.
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