It seems that people are still confused about the difference between an emergency locator *beacon* and an avalanche *transceiver*
It seems that people are still confused about the difference between an emergency locator *beacon* and an avalanche *transceiver*
A discussion of various ways SAR members can use smartphones
Petzl is warning that they have found counterfeit versions of several of their products. They are not manufactured to the safety standards that are printed on the products, and so are very dangerous for use as climbing equipment. In the…
A description of my backcountry ski rig for SAR and reasons why I chose it.
Some versions of the Backcountry Access Tracker 2 have a firmware bug that causes them to go into a programming mode in certain circumstances. http://backcountryaccess.com/blog/?p=2718 Being a software engineer, I understand all to well problems with writing software and getting it…
I got a GoPro Hero camera for Christmas. I figure since I do some exciting things on occasion I may as well record some of them. I have a few friends who’ve bought this camera, and almost everyone has seen…