Lou Dawson 1977 accident in Keno gully on backside of Aspen Mountain, broken leg and rescue.
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Any blow to the head that requires first aid should also be dealt with as a neck injury. Besides being another reason helmets are only part of the safety equation, this begs the question: just how exactly do you deal with a suspected neck injury?
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I just got news of the next Avalanche Jam fundraiser here in Colorado, for our statewide avalanche safety outfit. Funny thing is we’ve now got a dilemma here in the Roaring Fork Valley area because we have an excellent local…
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Up here on the northern half of spaceship earth we are definitely in the dog days, but they’re having at it down south. In more ways than one. I was amused by this ditty from Ingrid Backstrom about the interesting…
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Thoughts about locator beacons for safety during ski touring and backcountry mountain sports.
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Many of you are probably tracking the news of missing climbers on Mount Foraker in Alaska. Karen McNeill and Sue Nott left for a climb of the peak on May 14, carrying about 10 days of food, and have not…
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