We just got done with the first draft of our Fritschi template and mount instructions. Quite a few people have asked for this, so we went ahead and published a somewhat rough version.
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The two men (one died in the avalanche) were crampon climbing up the Cristo Couloir, a large couloir and frequent avalanche path on 14,265 feet Quandary Peak’s south face.
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News media is reporting that a skier died today in an avalanche on Quandary Peak, a fourteener near Breckenridge, Colorado. It sounds like two men headed up to climb the peak during high hazard, with no avalanche rescue gear and…
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The big daddy Powder Keg randonnee race was held this past weekend (March 19) in Utah. I hear this year’s ‘Keg was exciting as always
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I was personally grieved when I heard about the awful explosion and fire at Colorado’s snowmobile oriented Electric Mountain Lodge this past Saturday. The fire leveled the 15,000 square foot building and killed three children, members of an extended family
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First person interview account of backcountry avalanche survival due to use of Black Diamond Avalung, deep burial for 20 minutes and amazing recovery.
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