Comments on: In Avalanche – Avoiding Unsuitable Positions of the Cervical Spine

By: john Gloor

john Gloor — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 05:22:40 +0000

I like the Idea of using 02 to pressurize the vest and supply oxygen for breathing. I’d like to see a hard shell for spine protection with air chamber padding if they are serious about that. I do not know if the current design would work as well as a moto spine protector. It is a hard choice to make since they will have to go minimalist for the BC ski market where people do not wear padding for crashes/avalanches, yet. If my Avalung pack had 02 floatation/breathing it would be the ultimate. Do you hear that BD?

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 03:15:35 +0000

Interesting ideas at work. Sort of like the Avalung 4.0.

By: Jonathan Shefftz

Jonathan Shefftz — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 02:36:47 +0000

Interesting combo/integration, but very little float b/c of how small the air chambers are (with emphasis instead on protection only), and not being able to preposition the mouthpiece (since it does double duty as the trigger) is a big problem.
Then again, they’re still obviously at the drawing board…