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langley, bc
Canada
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Posted - 01/29/2005 : 1:40 PM
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I saw this on Daily Planet the other day and I thought I would share the link. It looks like it works and has been used over in Europe for a while now. There have been over 30 documented cases in Europe where the ABS Backpack has saved lives. What do you think, yay or nay? Scroll down a bit to link to video.
http://www.exn.ca/dailyplanet/view.asp?date=1/24/2005
http://www.life-link.com/packs.htm#abs
http://www.avalanchetools.com/default.htm
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The first revolution is when you change your mind, about how you look at things, and see that there might be another way to look at it that you have not been shown. |
Edited by - fullofadventure on 01/29/2005 1:44 PM
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Posted - 01/29/2005 : 2:07 PM
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FoA,
Looks like a keeper. I think you're onto something there. |
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Maple Ridge, BC
Canada
146 Posts |
Posted - 01/29/2005 : 7:52 PM
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| Looks good! I wonder if they are available in Canada yet. The last I heard (early last year) that the company that wanted to import them was having problems with Customs. Apparently Customs was labelling the CO2 cartridge as an explosive and wouldn't issue an import license. |
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 Grouse Grinding, GPS carrying, lawn chair packing, bike riding North Shore tech addict who stares at Crown Mountain from his office window all day
North Vancouver
Canada
1905 Posts |
Posted - 01/29/2005 : 8:18 PM
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| Very interesting video on the exn.ca site, thanks for the link! |
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 | Dru
Mountain Grammar Police
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 Sardonic sandbagging scoundrel, Cascade Climbers lobotomized spraymeister, space blanket flyer, new millennium vulgarian betaboy and friend to all squids
Climbing, a mountain
Canada
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Posted - 01/29/2005 : 8:24 PM
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| false sense of security in wet snow...still get killed by being pushed into things or off cliffs. |
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Kelowna, BC
Canada
204 Posts |
Posted - 01/30/2005 : 12:08 PM
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| I could see how it would give someone a false sense of security, but they would have to be worn with all the same safety procautions would normally take. All though I could see some people look at the conditions and say well I don't think we should really chance it but we do have these air bags so lets go for it; and as Dru said get thrown off a cliff or smashed into something. It will be interesting to see the stats once it becomes a well used product, assuming that it will. |
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avalanche air bag backpack
