The safety pack
The mountains are magnificent adventure terrain, but they need to be explored with great care:
The minimum pack to take with you is an avalanche beacon + probe + shovel. But don't be fooled by the fact that you've got all 3.
The DVA
Avalanche Victim Locator:
Used to locate a buried skier or hiker wearing an avalanche transceiver in transmit mode.
Used to be searched by a user using an avalanche transceiver in search mode.
Technical data
- Group check to be carried out before each outing.
- Victim marking
- Search alarm in wrong direction
- Interference management
- Return to automatic transmission mode after 8 min (in case of avalanche)
Warning
Wear your avalanche transceiver as close to your body as possible to prevent it from tearing off.
Check that it is working properly on every outing.
Train regularly.
Know how to give up.