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Andrew Mclean's 10 tips for avy avoidance
« on: 02/23/12, 08:11 PM »
In case you don't follow his blog...renowned ski mountaineer Andrew MClean is posting a series of his personal tips on avy avoidance...he's up to #8.

They are quirky, thoughtful and very good. Worth a read IMHO.

See here
http://straightchuter.com/
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Re: Andrew Mclean's 10 tips for avy avoidance
« Reply #1 on: 02/24/12, 07:43 AM »

Quote from: Scotsman on 02/23/12, 08:11 PM
They are quirky, thoughtful and very good. Worth a read IMHO.

Agreed.
Thanks for the lead, Scotty.
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Re: Andrew Mclean's 10 tips for avy avoidance
« Reply #2 on: 02/24/12, 07:44 AM »
Yeah, these are awesome -- he's got a ton of great content there.
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Re: Andrew Mclean's 10 tips for avy avoidance
« Reply #3 on: 02/24/12, 09:05 AM »
Thanks for sharing this Scotsman, I've bookmarked the link and am enjoying the articles... a lot of good content in there.
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