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We Need More: Avalanche Rescue Education isn’t Enough.
by Patrick Fink | Jun 12, 2024 | Avalanche Department, Education, Featured | 4
You’ve put in the time to take an avalanche rescue course, maybe two. You practice each year with your beacon, and the dutiful among you might even attend your annual Snow and Avalanche Workshop to continue to learn all that you can about how to avoid an avalanche. Then, one day, you find yourself in the terrible position of digging out your buried partner. You succeed in pulling them to the surface, but they’re not moving or breathing. Have you trained for this?
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