nice article on sidecountry, slides, etc...

[montanaskier]

http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor...th.html?page=1

[Crampedon]

They don't come to any conclusions other than it's dangerous.

There is little doubt in statistics, more users will have more accidents.

A 300% increase in airbag sales would indicate a growing market of people putting themselves at risk. Some are new users, others in that percentage will be longtime backcountry users increasing their odds of survival.

Then this quote-

"Got a GoPro and Powerbook? You can be the hero of your own ski film, with rabid online communities eager to share it."

Uh, that's us!
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I'm sending you guys a PM with coordintes so some JONG doesn't Google Earth them and jump off Cathedral Cornice or something and die or make it into and institute or something.