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Blog: Who Actually Assumes the Risk?

Drew Hardesty
Forecaster

photos: Graham Robertson

Reprint, with permission from Backcountry Magazine. For hardcopy, follow this link.

Drew Hardesty has spent the last 15 years forecasting for the Utah Avalanche Center, the last 10 as a Jenny Lake Climbing Ranger in the Teton Range. In most cases,he views risk as being collectively assumed rather than personally accepted.

Comments
https://www.facebook.com/thetileapp/posts/866200710066837 This is a link to a tile locater - I have a question about it; can this tile locater work like a beacon and your mobile gps device work like a receiver?
Jeff Pope
Thu, 12/11/2014
<p>Jeff - at this point, we are not recommending this for avalanche rescue technology. &nbsp;James Floyer&nbsp;presented a paper at this year&#39;s Int&#39;l Snow Science Workshop on the efficacy of smartphone apps. -&nbsp;http://arc.lib.montana.edu/snow-science/item.php?id=2077</p>
Drew
Thu, 12/11/2014