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Tag: #TrailHeadSelfie

Are “selfies” hazardous?

By Michael Coyle Posted on 05/07/2018 Posted in Blog Entry Tagged with #TrailHeadSelfie, grim, instagram, rescue
Are “selfies” hazardous?

From a Search and Rescue perspective none of the reasons for climbing a mountain makes a damn bit of difference when you’re rolling someone into a body bag and flying them off a mountain in a cargo net

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Most popular posts 2015

By Michael Coyle Posted on 27/12/2015 Posted in Blog Entry, Short Posts Tagged with #TrailHeadSelfie, GPS, meta, PLB, safety, snowshoe
Most popular posts 2015

The most popular posts on my blog for the year 2015 are, with one exception, posts that I wrote in previous years. I don’t know what that says about my blogging this year – perhaps I am getting worse or …

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On Backcountry Safety

By Michael Coyle Posted on 17/03/2015 Posted in Blog Entry Tagged with #TrailHeadSelfie, backcountry, safety, social media
On Backcountry Safety

Backcountry safety is the process that consists of many parts; all of them are important, and leaving one out can mean the difference between life and death.

#TrailHeadSelfie

By Michael Coyle Posted on 26/02/2015 Posted in Blog Entry, Short Posts Tagged with #TrailHeadSelfie, safety
#TrailHeadSelfie

The #TrailHeadSelfie – possibly the simplest and easiest safety tool you have

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