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Originally Posted by T.J.
this reminds me, i was reading a story online earlier this week about some BC skiers in utah and in the pics they all had tubes on their chest that i'm assuming when to some kind of air supply. it was almost like scuba gear for avalanche saftey. does anybody (besides these guys) actually use that stuff or are these guys being over protective (not that i think there is such a thing with avalanche safety).
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Do you mean an avalung???
I ride with one every time out in the bc. It's not an airsupply, but a way to extract air out of the snowpack. It has a valve that when you breathe in it sucks air out from the snowpack in front of you. When you exhale the valve flips and exhales the air behind you. That way the co2 builds up away from where you are breathing. Tests and real life scenarios have proven that it will work for over an hour. Of course the trick is getting the mouth piece in your mouth. I have been known to ride with it in my mouth on slopes that I considered suspect enough to slide. Generally if I am that paranoid I am going to go somewhere else.
Black Diamond makes the avalung. They now have packs with it integrated into the system. Definitely a good device to have if you manage to survive being buried...