Elan has always been willing to innovate, and they continue to do so with their latest development: the world’s first...
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Ortovox 3+ Recall
Feedback from Ortovox’s SAFETY ACADEMY PARTNERS has revealed that, in some very rare situations, temporary disruption of the transmission function...
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Analysis of an avalanche rescue : Chatel Jan 2015
With the recent heavy snowfalls across the Alps onto a thin and unconsolidated base and a poor start to the...
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ISPO 2016 Rundown
We took a little longer to visit ISPO this year, and the show is well worth that extra day. Over...
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TGR Safety Week
With the recent heavy snowfalls and spate of avalanches, it seems timely that TGR launch their Safety Week Safety week...
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Mammut Recalls Airbags
Hot on the heels of the most recent ABS airbag recall, Mammut has today issues a service call on their...
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Airbags : not quite as effective as some claim?
Last year, we reported on an article by Bruce Tremper of the Utah Avalanche Center regarding the effectiveness of airbags...
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ABS Airbag recall
ABS are doing a recall on Vario base units from 2011/2012, as they may rip or tear when the airbags are activated....
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BCA Float 32
A week or so back, a nice big box arrived at Chateau Pow, containing a new BCA Float 32 airbag...
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Flying with your AirBag, what’s the score?
In the last year, the regulations surrounding the carriage of avalanche airbags on airlines have been relaxed a little, but...