Archive:Beacon Practice Feb 2011

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Synopsis

Beacon practice at Wreck Beach!

There is no such thing as too much practice with avalanche beacons, so EVERYONE could use a little more. We'll be heading down to Wreck Beach after dark where we'll bury avalanche beacons and practice finding them. If you have no idea how to use a beacon, we'll teach you. If you know what you're doing, you can either help instruct people or work on complex scenarios.

Date

The beacon practice session will take place at Wreck Beach on February 3rd from 6pm onwards. Once we're done playing in the sand we'll walk over to The Gallery (or Koerner's) and have some victory beers.

Location

Wreck Beach - we'll meet at the base of the stairs.

What To Bring

If you have a beacon, bring it, along with something sturdy and sand-proof to put it in. Putting your beacon inside a zip-lock baggy, inside a Tupperware container makes it pretty much invulnerable to most abuse. If you don't have a beacon, don't sweat it, we'll bring a few club beacons and not everyone needs one all the time. It can get chilly on the beach though, so bring warm clothes.

Sign Up

Instructors - should be comfortable with two beacon search techniques using BCA Tracker DTS Beacons

1. Phil Tomlinson
2. Katherine V

Beginners - maybe you've carried beacons on trip, but you're not totally comfortable you could find a buried buddy in a panic, and the idea of two buried beacons is just terrifying

1. Noriko Okamoto

Advanced Search - Finding two widely spaced beacons is a piece of cake, but what about vertical burials and close spacings? There's no instructors for this group. It's all about setting up scenarios and working out how to solve them. If you can't figure out how to solve them, there will be people around who can help you.

1. Todd Mackenzie
2. Piotr F (can alternate with 'instructing' 'beginners')