CWW AVY: Moving through avalanche country
- 1. Route finding in Avalanche Country We should go over there because it will be sick! Where is my glove liner?
- 13. What if your friend is caught Time in minutes % Recovered Alive Source: AAA (422 completely buried victims) Be Practiced and move deliberately!
- 14. The Rescue Primary Search >40m Secondary Search 40-3m Pinpoint Search <3m Objective: Detect strong signal Objective: Get close to buried Transmitter (approx. 3 meters) Objective: Locate strongest signal, Minimize probe/dig area
- 15. The three search phases would look something like this for a single searcher: 1. Primary Search 2. Secondary Search 3. Pinpoint Search .
- 16. What about two searchers ? 1. Primary 2. Secondary 3. Pinpoint Probe and shovel! .
- 17. What about a last seen point? Last seen point Search begins at star Eliminates this area for searching .