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2. Backcountry.com - Wikipedia

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   Backcountry.com was founded in 1996 by Jim Holland and John Bresee.The two started the online business with a sparse collection of avalanche gear and began selling gear from their garage in Park City, Utah under the domain names BCstore.com and BackcountryStore.com. [1] The store's first sale, a Pieps 457 Opti-finder avalanche beacon, happened in February 1997. [2]

3. Avalanche cord - Wikipedia

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   The use of avalanche cords goes back to the early 20th century and a Bavarian mountaineer named Eugen Oertel, and in some parts of the world is called an Oertal Cord. [ 1 ] First World War sign warning of avalanches and the need to use avalanche cords

4. Avalanche rescue - Wikipedia

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   Avalanche Transceivers — known as beacons, "beepers", peeps (pieps), ARVAs (Appareil de Recherche de Victimes en Avalanche, in French), LVS (Lawinen-Verschütteten-Suchgerät, Swiss German), or various other trade names, are important for every member of the party. They emit a "beep" via 457 kHz radio signal in normal use, but may be switched ...

5. PRU-70 - Wikipedia

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   The PRU-70/P22P-18 (V) is an Armored Survival Vest (ASV) that is intended for aircrews.It was designed by Naval Air Systems Command Human Systems Division. The vests are manufactured by Peckham Vocational Industries in Michigan and are used by Navy and Marine aircrew in Iraq and Afghanistan.

6. This Expert Skier Survived Two Avalanches After Hitting the ...

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   Caught in a massive avalanche and buried alive under a blanket of snow, Ken Scott knew death was just a matter of time. The post This Expert Skier Survived Two Avalanches After Hitting the Slopes ...

7. Avalanche transceiver - Wikipedia

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   An avalanche transceiver or avalanche beacon is a type of emergency locator beacon, a radio transceiver (a transmitter and receiver in one unit) operating at 457 kHz for the purpose of finding people buried under snow. They are widely carried by skiers, particularly back country skiers for use in case a skier is buried by an avalanche.