Avalanche Beacon Rental
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Wundy
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#1 what kind of skiing community is this when you just go out protesting when i'm asking for help!
#2 when I live in MN where it's flat why would i want to buy a beacon for 1week of use!
#3 I'm going with a guide, and have skied backcountry with a beacon before!
#4 I hope you ski very well after posting the comment you did, but i also know you did not start being that good at big mountain skiing and going with a guide is a start at getting better!
case in point i don't want to drop $300 on a beacon for a week
#2 when I live in MN where it's flat why would i want to buy a beacon for 1week of use!
#3 I'm going with a guide, and have skied backcountry with a beacon before!
#4 I hope you ski very well after posting the comment you did, but i also know you did not start being that good at big mountain skiing and going with a guide is a start at getting better!
case in point i don't want to drop $300 on a beacon for a week
Aenigma
Active member
It's not a matter of cost, it's knowing how to use one and the risks associated with the terrain that justifies wearing a beacon. It doesn't matter where you are from or what your skiing background is if your partner is buried and all you know is how to turn your beacon on. Three people died in the area last weekend, so this isn't something to take lightly right now.
Kip's skiing abilities are totally irrelevant to whether or not you are a safe person to be with in the backcountry. Just remember when you go out that it won't be the first person who will trigger the slope, and when it goes it's going to go huge.
Kip's skiing abilities are totally irrelevant to whether or not you are a safe person to be with in the backcountry. Just remember when you go out that it won't be the first person who will trigger the slope, and when it goes it's going to go huge.
Caveman.
Active member
First of all, take a chill pill. I never made any comments, positive or negative, on your skiing ability or on your ability to use a beacon. I was commenting on the inherent liability on the person(s) or business renting out beacons when someone who doesn't know what they're doing rents a beacon and sets off a slide burying themselves or others below. Case in point the "my friend is an asshole thread" or whatever it was called from a few weeks ago.
1) Protest? Maybe. I don't want someone who rents a beacon but has no avalanche knowledge traveling or skiing in the same back country areas I am in. Since your going with a guide, they will show you proper ascent, descent, and travel skills to keep yourself and others safe.
2) $300 beacon purchase and skiing with people who know how to use a beacon is the cheapest life insurance you can buy. WIth that being said, your guide should be able to hook you up with the proper equipment.
3) I have taken pictures with my friends nikon d 60 slr. Does that mean I know how to use it? Hell no. Make sure to learn some basic skills from your guide. Bury some practice beacons. Throw some in the woods. Learn about what different orientations do to the signal. If you value your life make sure that your friends know how to use their beacons for when your not with the guide.
4) I'm not exactly sure what this was supposed to mean or how to respond. I am not very good at big mountain skiing, it is something I would really like to get better at though. Being a good skier does not mean you know how to use a beacon or understand the science of the snow and vice versa. Thats sick that you are going with a guide, I hope to do the same one day in Alaska or BC if I ever have the money.
1) Protest? Maybe. I don't want someone who rents a beacon but has no avalanche knowledge traveling or skiing in the same back country areas I am in. Since your going with a guide, they will show you proper ascent, descent, and travel skills to keep yourself and others safe.
2) $300 beacon purchase and skiing with people who know how to use a beacon is the cheapest life insurance you can buy. WIth that being said, your guide should be able to hook you up with the proper equipment.
3) I have taken pictures with my friends nikon d 60 slr. Does that mean I know how to use it? Hell no. Make sure to learn some basic skills from your guide. Bury some practice beacons. Throw some in the woods. Learn about what different orientations do to the signal. If you value your life make sure that your friends know how to use their beacons for when your not with the guide.
4) I'm not exactly sure what this was supposed to mean or how to respond. I am not very good at big mountain skiing, it is something I would really like to get better at though. Being a good skier does not mean you know how to use a beacon or understand the science of the snow and vice versa. Thats sick that you are going with a guide, I hope to do the same one day in Alaska or BC if I ever have the money.