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2. Avalanche transceiver - Wikipedia

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   A four-person group goes on a backcountry tour into avalanche terrain. A husband and his wife are both equipped with the same W-Link, vitals-sensing transceiver. They just met the other two group members the day before. One of them has a basic digital beacon, and the other has a modern, digital W-Link beacon that does not transmit vitals data.

3. List of Bureau of Land Management Back Country Byways

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   This desert route follows one of the best preserved sections of the original Historic Route 66, and includes the wild west mining town of Oatman and the challenging Sitgreaves Pass through the Black Mountains. [56] I Owyhee Uplands Back Country Byway: Idaho, Oregon: 103 166 Yturri Blvd and US 95 in Jordan Valley, Oregon: ID 78 and ID 167 in ...

4. 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]

5. Avalanche rescue - Wikipedia

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   More backcountry adventurers are also carrying Satellite Electronic Notification Devices (SEND) to quickly alert rescuers to a problem. These devices include the SPOT Messenger, Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) or Personal Locating Beacons (PLBs) containing the Global Positioning System (GPS). This device can quickly notify ...

6. Emergency position-indicating radiobeacon - Wikipedia

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   Overview diagram of COSPAS-SARSAT communication system used to detect and locate ELTs, EPIRBs, and PLBs First generation EPIRB emergency locator beacons. An emergency position-indicating radiobeacon (EPIRB) is a type of emergency locator beacon for commercial and recreational boats, a portable, battery-powered radio transmitter used in emergencies to locate boaters in distress and in need of ...

7. Utah man saves brother buried in avalanche - AOL

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   A Utah trip to enjoy the snow nearly ended in tragedy Tuesday when an avalanche struck a snowmobiler on a backcountry hillside — but his younger brother rushed to his aid and saved him.

8. The best US States for bird watching revealed - AOL

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   It wouldn't be a list of the best states in the USA for bird watching without including Alabama. Alabama's coast is known for being one of the top birding spots in the Southeast.

9. Ski mountaineering - Wikipedia

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   For AT, the pin style toes are the lightest and tour the best. [citation needed] Avalanche search and rescue equipment: Beacon (transceiver) – digital transceiver, Probe – at least 2 meters in length, Shovel – any snow shovel works but collapsible shovels are more lightweight and packable, Snow kit- used to help examine snow and snow quality.