THE BEST MOD FOR YOUR PRO RIDE!!

[harrysmith500]

Thanks MH for the pre season reminder to tune up our skills.

My 800$ Avy bag is so wonderful. I'd ride an older sled in order to afford it.

 

[NapaMatt]

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[Old Scud-doo]

1. Just because they CAN (NOT WILL) save our lives, doesn't mean that we should pay whatever it is they want. Would you pay $2000 for it? What about $5000?


My second wife got me one for a wedding present in January. I spent the next two days thanking her and then the next 7 days in Idaho wearing it. I understand that they are expensive and that they don't guarantee your survival. I would just hate to be buried thinking, "$700.00, just $700.00. I would pay that three fold right now if somebody would dig me out before I run out of air!"


Just a thought. I know I would rather be alive and have a balance on my credit card than be dead and debt free.

With that said I don't necessarily agree with the chances and dangers that 50% of riders put themselves in. I don't give a rat's anus if you have a sky hook from God and free pass from the devil. Stupid is as stupid does.

 

[2XM3]

well lets see safety capsule for my dragboat, 24,000.00 if it saves my life its worth three times that.
Avalance pack and proper safety gear comes FIRST before the first mod to the sled, buy your sled and get the pack added to the loan if need be but imho do everything you can to be safe or dont participate in that level of any sport.

 

[gman086]

I didn't make this thread to start controversy over What you buy... but to think about it as you spend your money.

Well avy gear isn't a mod in my book (a necessity) and does sound like preaching to me. Not that this thread is a bad thing but how about this if you want to think "out of the box": How about a SAWS membership? Avy gear doesn't do you a helluva lot of good if you don't have access to riding areas!

Have FUN!

G MAN

 

[Reg2view]

ABS bag is no guarantee or life insurance, but it increases your odds. I wear one for my family, of course, but also my riding buds, lessens the chance they will be digging my corpse out, and I may have a chance to dig them out alive. Got over a hund K in truck, trailer, 4 sleds, gear, was an easy decision for me.

 

[mountainhorse]

If this is "preaching" about safety and avalanche awareness... then Yes... I'm preaching.

Mod was a simple play on words... I know people that have a new CE track or shocks on their sled... But when it comes to beacons or taking an Avy course, they say it is too pricey and "someone should have a cheaper beacon/free-class"

IMO... the first money you should spend is on AVY courses if you ride at all in the mountains... even if it is on the trails in the moutains (like many that only "trail ride" that went to BIS in Revy last year)

Watch the vid above again... try to imagine yourself in his place....don't fast fwd through the part where he is buried.

Originally Posted by mountainhorse:
I didn't make this thread to start controversy over What you buy... but to think about it as you spend your money.

G MAN Well avy gear isn't a mod in my book (a necessity) and does sound like preaching to me. Not that this thread is a bad thing but how about this if you want to think "out of the box": How about a SAWS membership? Avy gear doesn't do you a helluva lot of good if you don't have access to riding areas!

Have FUN!

 

[M8Chris]

Thanks for posting that..
I have seen that video before and its a scary feeling watching that thinking that it could happen to any of us.
I ride with an avy bag, beacon, shovel, and probes. I'm not too much into high marking like playing on the slopes in the trees. I took an avy class this year and was glad I did we were timed on finding beacons and had people acting like they had been in the avalanche telling us that there were others. It really does help to practice and made me a lot more confident that I knew how to use my beacon, shovel, and probe. I hope I'm never in an avy or have to be around when one happens but if it does I feel like i'll be prepared to help find my friends. and that all comes with practice just like you practice boondocking practice how to use your beacon correctly and efficiently.
Chris

 

[Carter]

Carter Sez.....

Thanks, Dan.....keep hammering on them and maybe it will sink in.....

This IS the reality of our sport. Bags aside.... Ask yourself a couple of questions:

1. How well do you know the guys you ride with? How many guys in your group know how to use what they ride with? And I am not saying they read directions. Truly know, and used the equipment, practiced multiple times. When is the last time you have done a probe grid search? Do you know what it is? Do your buddies? Have you ever timed your buddies looking for a buried beacon? Cost: Free

2. Do you have a plan if something to happen? Do you have a backup plan? Do you know who would take charge? Who is the backup in case the guy who is typically in charge is under the snow? Where is all the AVI gear located in your backpack? Is it easily accessible? What about your buddies? Every second counts, when the heart beat is under the snow. Cost: Free

3. How many know how to revive a person, know how to do CPR, and take necessary steps when (not if) someone gets hurt? Cost: American Cross CPR Class $55. Wilderness first aid class $250 -$300

Don't go riding thinking you know that your buddies know what they are doing. Don't you truly need to know you can trust them with your life? You guys should be a well oiled machine and know what needs to happen, BEFORE it happens.

Snowmobilers are leading cause in avalanche deaths today, but we don't have to be tomorrow.

Think before you ride! Thanks Mountainhorse!

Dan Adams

 

[mountainhorse]

Something to think about as you are getting ready for next season.

Try to imagine yourself buried under the snow for that long.

 

[Matte Murder]

I took the NextLevelClinic that Dan puts on. It was awesome by the way. I learned a ton about riding sleds and would recommend it to anyone, especially people new to sleds or mountain riding. A big part of the clinic was safety and especially avalanche safety. One of things Dan did was bury a pack with a beacon in it that we didn't know about. He took us on a ride through the woods and stopped. Told us all that we had an avalanche victim buried in this direct area and we did the whole search and dig out. I could really see that the drill had a profound effect on my boys. Dan penetrated their sense of invincibility in a way I never could. They finally realized how long it might take to either dig out someone they loved or how long it would take them to be dug out. IF EVERYTHING WORKED ACCORDING TO PLAN. We have all made a commitment to practice with our gear as a team and not to ride with people who don't take it as serious as we do.

 

[NapaMatt]

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