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Talk - Staying Alive in the Backcountry
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| ### Staying Alive in the Backcountry | |
| —> a focus on tech that increases your odds of survival | |
| “When I worked on the Apollo program, I thought rocket science was the hardest form of physics. But snow science is even harder” - Bob Brown | |
| Plan days/night before, plan morning of, plan at trailhead, reasses and adapt as conditions change. | |
| SNOW-TECH | |
| * Avalanche beacons & airbag packs | |
| * GPS, Spot, RECCO chips | |
| * Cell phones & mobile apps {onthesnow, CAIC, twitter, soundcloud} | |
| * Weather stations, user reports, snow science | |
| ALSO CARRY… | |
| * Backcountry kits: shovel, probe, medsupplies, food, avalung, etc | |
| GIST | |
| * All tools for decision making, human judgement |
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