Been working on this for awhile but it is now official (official announcement to follow). In an effort to raise awareness of the importance of knowing how to shovel in an avalanche rescue EarnYourTurns.com is hosting a shoveling competition at the upcoming Outdoor Retailer trade show in a few weeks.
So far 5 companies are vying for bragging rights to demonstrate 1) the best strategy for digging to save a buried avalanche victim, and 2) the best tool (their respective BC shovels) for doing that.
It's going to take a bit of logistical sweat and work to pull this off and I doubt I can do it solo. So I'm looking for help from a few of you who happen to live in the SLC area and can take the time off to do this.
Logistically we need to bury 5-6 full size dummies, with 1 boot and ski attached, 1.5 meters deep on Jan. 20th at Solitude ski resort.
The day of the competition we simply need to help coordinate the execution of the event which should only take about 1 hour. That leaves the rest of that day, the On Snow Demo Day (Jan 21, 2014), for you, as an official representative of EarnYourTurns to "test" new skis being made available next season.
PM me if you're interested and available.
So far 5 companies are vying for bragging rights to demonstrate 1) the best strategy for digging to save a buried avalanche victim, and 2) the best tool (their respective BC shovels) for doing that.
It's going to take a bit of logistical sweat and work to pull this off and I doubt I can do it solo. So I'm looking for help from a few of you who happen to live in the SLC area and can take the time off to do this.
Logistically we need to bury 5-6 full size dummies, with 1 boot and ski attached, 1.5 meters deep on Jan. 20th at Solitude ski resort.
The day of the competition we simply need to help coordinate the execution of the event which should only take about 1 hour. That leaves the rest of that day, the On Snow Demo Day (Jan 21, 2014), for you, as an official representative of EarnYourTurns to "test" new skis being made available next season.
PM me if you're interested and available.
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