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Why Wearing a Vest Instead of a Backpack in Avalanche Terrain Can Be Dangerous:

I’ve been seeing an emergence of people wearing vests in the backcountry instead of backpacks. Wearing a vest where you wear your avalanche gear on the outside in avalanche terrain in dangerous. Period. Why is it dangerous? Simple: Your gear is not enclosed. Your shovel blade, your shovel handle, and your probe are on the outside of your vest. One of the number one rules of […]

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Miles Clark | August 19, 2014
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