FYI NWAC special advisory

[Lambone]

I'm going to be on a press junket...

 

Of all the funny things said in this thread so far, this takes the cake. WTF

[HRoark]

I'm going to be on a press junket...

 

Of all the funny things said in this thread so far, this takes the cake. WTF

 

Word to your mother on that, bro.

[marylou]

What's wrong with that? I'm writing a piece on avalanche safety, and I'm going to take a beginner avy class as part of the research for the article. Anyway, I need the training. Any time the writing pays for the stuff I need for the outdoors, it's good.

[lummox]

maybe they meant funny haha. not funny strange. know what i mean?

[marylou]

I guess I just don't know what else to call it when I do a thing or a trip or something for research....I certainly don't mean to be pretentious, just don't have another word handy.

 

EDIT: The Great Muffy suggests "field trip", which I like just fine. If only I'd thought of it in time to not get sprayed on by the big tomcats on the site. Meow!

Edited January 10, 2004 by marylou

[mattp]

Chicken-

I can't quite tell what you meant, but if you are implying that you think it nuts to go on an avalanche-prone slope to dig a pit to evaluate the avalanche hazard, you may be correct but that is pretty much what you have to do if you are going to evaluate the hazard on that particular slope. You can't dig a pit in the trees and expect it to be representative of that open avalanche slope nearby.

 

Frequently, we try to pick a slope of similar aspect and steepness that may be representative of that big nasty avalanche slope nearby but not quite as dangerous because it is smaller or it may not be perched over a cliff, but even in this case we must realize that our "sample" may not be the same as the other slope. Indeed, quite often we DO in fact cautiously venture onto the slope in question in order to dig a pit. Nuts?