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Avalanche Airbag System
The Avalanche ‘Air Bag System’ (ABS) was first developed in the 1970s by Josef Hohenester and produced for sale in 1980 by German Peter Aschauer (Avalanche Airbag 2012) ABS Backpacks are able to keep users ‘afloat’ on the top
of a a a a sliding avalanche due to the structure an an avalanche forms whilst it is moving down a slope due to the granular properties
of an an avalanche ‘Inverse Segregation’ (Kern M 2000) Inverse Segregation is the term used to describe the movement of snow within the avalanche best described by shaking a a a bag of crisps crisps the smaller crisps crisps fall to the the bottom whilst the the larger crisps remain on the top
(Kern et al 2005)
Reactor avalanche sack open
Reactor avalanche sack closed
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ABS should be used with a a a transceiver shovel and probe at all times
It is essential that users practice deploying their pack ABS are expensive and heavy