by Jacob Urban | Dec 19, 2018 | Enhance Your Backcountry
Prep work for the tarp overlay –Have you practiced your unplanned night out?—Earlier this week I mentioned that my most bestowed item is my guide tarp. And showed it’s versatility being used as a stretcher during a rescue. —One of it’s other uses is...
by Jacob Urban | Dec 19, 2018 | Enhance Your Backcountry
–Who are you responsible for in the backcountry? —The items that reside at the bottom of my pack in winter while rarely used are my constant companions and carried for the benefit of myself, group members or others in need.–My most bestowed item is...
by Jacob Urban | Dec 11, 2018 | Enhance Your Backcountry
“I do uphill skiing; I don’t do downhill skiing. I think that’s for nerd amateurs.” – – -Judah Friedlander- – Backcountry skiing ⛷ is the combination of all types of skiing. Nordic, Telemark, Downhill, Cross Country and Alpine...
by Jacob Urban | Dec 10, 2018 | Enhance Your Backcountry
-“Communication – the human connection – is the key to personal and career success.” – – -Paul J. Meyer- – -In high risk activities we over communicate…purposely. In short, we take turns being “Captain Obvious”.- –...
by Jacob Urban | Dec 10, 2018 | Enhance Your Backcountry
–Sometimes terrain and access is misunderstood.- – -I rescued a poorly equipped individual who spent two nights in the backcountry in below freezing temperatures, high winds, and heavy accumulations of snow. Despite being adjacent and relatively near a ski...
