I’ve written quite a bit in the past about advanced avalanche safety gear that is meant to help you survive an avalanche. These are bits of safety equipment such as the Snowpulse, ABS (Avalanche Airbag System) and Black Diamond Avalung that are all meant to help you once you have actually been buried by a […]
Avalanche provides bad start to the European snowsports season
Post-Christmas avalanches in Italy that killed 7 have provided a sobering reminder of the dangers they pose. In this instance it seems that a couple of people disregarded warnings of a high risk of avalanche and ventured out on snowshoes before being swept away. A group of rescuers including guides and instructors set out to […]
Avalanche rescue by satellite and cellphone
German researchers are working on a new way to find people buried under avalanche snow by using signals from their mobile telephone and Galileo, a new European satellite navigation system, through what they have nicknamed a digital avalanche rescue dog. The avalanche rescue navigator (ARN) is intended to overcome the problem that not everyone carries […]
The avalung vs the avalanche airbag system (ABS) – which will save your life?
The big fear many skiers have is being hit by an avalanche. If you are, your odds of surviving depend almost entirely on how quickly people can dig you out. Fortunately there are a number of new gadgets including the Avalung and Avalanche Airbag that speed up search and rescue, keep you alive longer and […]
Avalung – an awesome survival story
Nature, in its unbridled glory, can be a bit dangerous. And travelling across snow always has an element of risk that you might be carried away and burried by the stuff you’re walking on.I’m not going to pretend to be an expert on the slopes. But this is the most awesome video I’ve seen for […]