muikabochi 208 Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Meesh Hytner was doing typical pro-snowboarder things, participating in an informal backcountry competition in Colorado, when suddenly she found herself in a class-3 avalanche. Lucky for her, she was wearing an emergency airbag system, and lucky for you, there's video. Meesh was wearing a Backcountry Access Float 30, and it very possibly saved her life. The airbag allowed her to "float" on her back as the surface beneath her crumbled and swept her down the mountain. Not only did she survive, she was completely unscathed. Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Lucky for her, that is a cool idea that airbag thingy! Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Good insurance policy. But still, survival is not assured ... The best equipment won´t save you. And no, it does not make you float. It is not water. It works on the principal that larger particles do not get sucked under when that particle is in an avalanche running down the mountain. If you are at the end of the avalanche´s travel path, you just get covered over ... well, you get hit with a high velocity huge mass ...bye bye Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Anyone else want to try that out or is it just me? Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 I'd rather not thanks Man in Japan, but if I was n an Avie I would want one. Now this is spewing forth off the top of my head, and my memory is not what it once was, but prett sure the Ads I saw recently in Chamonix for these things at the displays during the Freeride world tour said there was a 95% survival rate. I'd take that! Link to post Share on other sites
Mick Rich 78 Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Any idea of cost? Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 about $700 Link to post Share on other sites
panhead_pete 27 Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 Do you have to pull a cord or similar? Link to post Share on other sites
seemore 66 Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 Wow Count me in if I was that gnarly. I can't believe this made the ninemsm news. Seemore Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 Do you have to pull a cord or similar? Yep. With the ABS ones I saw. And price was similar too. Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 Mammut, abs, snowpulse .. about 700 Euro (with19% sales tax) Compared to other (extreme) sports equipment like skydiving, paragliding, etc safty backup system (ie, automatic activation device for reserve, ) a reasonable cost for insurance. Snowboarding is not that expensive to kit out. I would consider a back protector equally important for freeriding. Link to post Share on other sites
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