January 2014 archive
Jan 08 2014
Review: Ortovox Pro Alu 2.7 shovel
Let’s face facts. If you’re involved in an avalanche rescue you want the fastest most accurate avy beacon, the smartest, self-guided probe, and an ultra-light backhoe for excavating your friend(s). Smart probes and easy to use beacons do exist, but the closest thing you’ll get to a backhoe is a human powered shovel that …
Jan 06 2014
First Look: Ion – G3’s take 2 on Tech
G3 unveiled their new tech binding to the world today, Ion, to be available next autumn, 2014. More than just a follow up act to the Onyx, their much dismissed first foray in the tech binding world, the Ion addresses shortcomings in the tech binding world that clearly needed a fresh engineering perspective. Until …
Jan 02 2014
BCTalk: BC Photos, let’s see ’em
While this season’s various regional threads ramp up (some more so than others), MattB’s BC Photos, let’s see ’em has become a growing repository of miscellaneous backcountry stoke, new and old, from many contributors. I take a lot of photos as some of you may know.
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