Personal Locator Beacons

[laseranimal]

I guess my wife and mother in law were fliping through the Couloir I left on the kitchen table this afternoon and came across the ad with the double amputee. Being the INCREDIBLY backcountry savvy veterans that they are they proceded to bitch at me that I didn't have one and I was going to get hurt or killed in the BC and orphan my son.......blah blah blah

I tried to explain that most of my BC skiing is short laps within a snowballs throw of a major highway, and that for $750 I'd be better off buying an avi becon and using the rest of the $ on an avi class and buying books on winter camping

Needless to say the two armchair skiers weren't to terribly impressed with my attitude but I just don't see the point of a PLB when I'm going to be at maximum 2 miles away from the nearest trailhead/road

[Lostinthetrees]

You said it, now act on it.

Buy the beacon, shovel, probe and take a class. All for LESS than the $750. In fact, have them wrap it up for you for Christmas.

(shit, you'll have 'nuff left over for an avi lung! )

[summit]

You said it, now act on it.

Buy the beacon, shovel, probe and take a class. All for LESS than the $750. In fact, have them wrap it up for you for Christmas.

(shit, you'll have 'nuff left over for an avi lung! )

+1
and a sat phone