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Snowpulse pack saves one of our customers lives!

Submitted by administrator on Sun, 05/09/2010 - 09:31

On Wednesday (May 5th, 2010) we received a pretty remarkable e-mail which reminds us why we do what we do. Here it is:

"I was caught in an avalanche on Monday [May 3rd, 2010] and your snowpulse air bag saved my life.  It kept me higher in the snow as it slid, protected me in a head first impact with frozen debris and helped pull me forward and up as I swam for the surface when the slide was slowing down.I was alone and I am certain I would not have had a chance without your pack. The slide carried me down about 1500 ft of vertical on a 45 degree slope, both my skis broke and I am sore and bruised from head to toe.  Howerver without the snowpulse I would not be writing this! Thanks for making a great product available, it will allow me to ski another day.

Best regards

Brad Zeerip
 

Editor's note: The avalanche occurred near Terrace, B.C.. Brad is a long time customer of ours and has given us permission to publish his story. We also received a follow-up e-mail a couple of days later:

"You can use my experience and words as a testimonial.  I will also post an incident report on the Canadian avi web site as well as a post in the discussion forums and I will mention the snowpulse bag...hopefully the do not edit it.  Yours is the best bag and it saved my life and it will save others so the more people wearing them in the backcountry the better.  
 
I am still processing what happened and my body is so sore I can barley walk with crutches.  However I have a lodge full of fishing clients and I am going to crawl to the river to guide them for the next two days.  I will complete you survey this weekend when I get caught up and heal a bit.
 
Once again, thanks for making a great product available to the north American market.  I am certain that I would not have survived the avalanche I triggered Monday if I had nod had a SnowPulse air bag."
 

 

 

 

Avalanche Safety Solutions offers a range of Avalanche Safety Gear including avalanche airbags, avalanche transceivers, avalanche probes avalanche shovels, and snow studies equipment. We currently sell brands such as Snowpulse, Mammut, BCA, Pieps, ABS avalanche airbags,and Brooks Range. In fact we are the world’s largest dealer of the Snowpulse avalanche airbag. In the near future we also expect to sell Black Diamond, Ortovox, and the Avivest when it becomes available. Based in Golden, BC, Canada, we sell top of the line avalanche safety equipment; gear such as the Mammut Barryvox Pulse avalanche transceiver,the Mammut Barryvox Element Beacon, the Pieps DSP transceiver, the Snowpulse Lifebag avalanche airbag, the Snowpulse R.A.S. line up, and the inexpensive BCA Tracker or the BCA Tracker2. We are experts in the field and can offer you advice on which product best suits your needs. We also offer avalanche skills training courses (AST Courses) for snowmobilers and skiers. These avalanche courses are based in Golden, BC and focus on avalanche terrain identification, avalanche rescue, interpreting the Canadian Avalanche Association’s avalanche bulletin, and safe backcountry travel techniques. We want all of our customers to come home after a great day in the mountains and we believe the products that we sell help people do just that. Have a safe winter.