On the Hunt: 2010 Avalanche Beacon Recap
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Written by Lance Riek
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TESTER BIOS
Tester A: Avalanche professional who’s been instructing courses for pros and novices for over 20 years. Personal beacon: Tracker DTS.
Tester B: Backcountry skier and university computer-science professor who solves multidimensional optimization problems in his head faster than you can balance your checkbook. Personal beacon: Pieps DSP.
Tester C: Backcountry skier and beacon user for 18 years who learned with “old school” analog beacons like Ortovox’s F2, F1, and M1. Personal beacon: Pieps DSP.
Tester D: Eight-year-old child with no prior exposure to beacons. Notably, she quickly and successfully located single burials with every beacon tested. This speaks volumes about the intuitive nature of this latest generation of transceivers. (Not tested on multiples.)
Tester E: Backcountry’s technical editor, Lance Riek, who has tested beacons and taught avalanche field classes for 10 years. Personal beacon: Pieps DSP.
     
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