I wear a Black Diamond Avalung. Perhaps you should too.
But what are the chances your Avalung will save your life?
That minor detail is of course unknown at this time, because Avalungs have not been used for a long enough time by enough people to develop meaningful real-world statistics.
backcountry skiing
Backcountry skiing is THE top subject of WildSnow.com
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Lou DawsonWildSnow.com publisher emeritus and founder Lou (Louis Dawson) has a 50+ years career in climbing, backcountry skiing and ski mountaineering. He was the first person in history to ski down all 54 Colorado 14,000-foot peaks, has authored numerous books…
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It’s Friday, time to carbo up for a weekend of human powered vert. My destiny with pastries this year seems to be one of basics — kind of “Lou’s pastry land revisited” or something to that effect. Perhaps that’s because…
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Intuition ski boot liners 2008-2009 review, make your ski boots super comfortable.
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Bavarian Classic backcountry skiing trip report — Alpspitze climbed and skied from Kreuzeck Hutte.
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Salt Lake City, in the halls of the Salt Palace convention center, last couple of days. You could easily see a downturn in attendance numbers compared to the last few shows, due no doubt to our economic woes. Even so,…
