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 […]
Huge increase in mountain rescues in Britain
Mountain rescuers in distress | Ed Douglas | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk According to The Guardian newspaper there has been a huge increase in call-outs for mountain rescues in Britain this year. The volunteer team dealing with Snowdonia had already had twice as many responses by November than all of last year. Mostly it […]
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 […]
The $183 Climbing Rack
Backpacker Magazine has set itself a task of assembling the cheapest safe climbing rack it could.They came up with rock shoes, a harness, belay device, helmet and locking carabiner for $183 that were then tested climbing around the places including Joshua Tree.This is their selection: Shoes: Rock Pillars Snake – $80 Harness: Singing Rock Zenith […]