Cpt.Caveman Posted December 5, 2003 Posted December 5, 2003 Nothing wrong with it. Things like that and avalung for instance have proven to save lives already. Quote
AlpineK Posted December 5, 2003 Posted December 5, 2003 I'll wait a couple years to see how it does. I think it might be more usefull than an avalung...or not. Quote
cman Posted December 5, 2003 Posted December 5, 2003 except in Canada. I just read that you cannot buy this up there, something about the air tanks being dangerous. kind of ironic isn't it? Quote
Crux Posted December 5, 2003 Posted December 5, 2003 Been spending so many late nights studying that I'm really starting to lose it from sleep deprivation; just had a dream that I was all awake and staring at a page on the cc.com site, and saw this incredibly weird science fiction gizmo that looked like... wah the faw kizzat? Quote
snoboy Posted December 5, 2003 Posted December 5, 2003 thelawgoddess said: umm ... what exactly is that? It's THIS. Quote
russ Posted December 5, 2003 Posted December 5, 2003 AlpineK said: I'll wait a couple years to see how it does. I think it might be more usefull than an avalung...or not. In the meantime look at data here. Pretty impressive so far... Quote
AlpineK Posted December 5, 2003 Posted December 5, 2003 Yeah the data looks good, but the $439 price tag doesn't look great. I'll wait. Quote
Toast Posted December 5, 2003 Posted December 5, 2003 I think it's something like a third of all avvy deaths are attributable to trauma... like getting crushed between logs or cracked open on rocks. No doubt if I go down in an avvy I'd want one of these, a beacon AND an avalung, but minimizing avvy exposure in the first place probably goes a long ways. Quote
glen Posted December 5, 2003 Posted December 5, 2003 I think the idea is more to increase the victim's buoyancy in an avalanche to keep them closer to the surface than for the device to function as an airbag like in cars. If you are at the surface, the odds of being alive at the end of the day are much, much better. There are also similar devices which are a self-inflating ball on a length of cord. The idea there being that the 'ball' will stay at the surface and the cord will lead rescuers to the victim more quickly than a standard transceiver search. Quote
thelawgoddess Posted December 5, 2003 Posted December 5, 2003 russ said: In the meantime look at data here. Pretty impressive so far... that's some pretty interesting data. i'd actually never heard of this device before, but the concept seems to make sense. looks like it came in handy for quite a few people who had the misfortune to use it. Quote
cman Posted December 5, 2003 Posted December 5, 2003 check out this link. Also the current Backcountry Mag had a blurb about the air canisters being considered classified a dangerous material in canada requiring special treatment for transport, and possibly getting into the country. Quote
vegetablebelay Posted December 5, 2003 Posted December 5, 2003 This site is pretty cool and talks about the airbags starting on page 6. Also talks about one person it didn't help. http://www.slf.ch/info/unfallstatistik-en.pdf Quote
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