This story originally appeared on Mountain Lessons and is republished here with permission. You can hear Fink discuss airbags on Episode 11 of The High Route Podcast. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what emergency gear is worth carrying in the backcountry. It all began while I was on a hut…
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For 9 more grams you can get a Petzl Bindi. Those 9 grams get you 160 more lumens. Super simple to girth hitch to things as well if you need to create ambient or indirect light.
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Just a warning to regularly replace the space blankets. I pulled one of mine out the other day for a mtb bike crash victim, and found out it tore into 2” wide strips along the folds when I tried to unfold it.
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