The safety pack
Mountains are wonderful adventure playgrounds but you need to take certain precautions when exploring them:
The minimum safety pack is made up of an avalanche transceiver, a probe and a shovel. However, do not feel that you are free from all danger simply by having these three items.
Avalanche transceiver
Avalanche Transceiver:
It locates a buried skier or hiker who is wearing an avalanche transceiver in transmit mode.
You can be found by someone who is using their avalanche transceiver in search mode.
The shovel
It generally takes longer to dig out the victim than to find them.
It must therefore be efficient.
The probe
It’s used to locate the victim and gauge the depth of snow under which they are buried.
Warning
Wear your avalanche transceiver close to your body so that it doesn't get ripped off.
Check that it is working properly before each outing.
Practise regularly.
Know when to turn back.
