If you are buried with your phone on in your pocket or in your sled and down say one meter....you think the searching transceiver above the snow is going to care that it's 30 cm away? It can and does affect the signals. Throws the searcher off. Causes confusion and rescue time wasted. Chance...
I think the thing to remember is that ast 1 is a entry level course. It gives you the basic understanding of hazardous terrain and how to do perform a single burial rescue. This is great but most sledders need more than this. A ast2 starts to put the entire picture together of navigating...
Breeding Habits
Cougar are polygamous (one male will breed several females) and only the female tends the young.
Females reach sexual maturity at 2 to 3 years of age. Breeding takes place at any time of the year, and one to six kittens are born after a gestation period of about 96 days. The...
Ortovox is a great diameter and 320cm long. Girth plus length counts...the main key to look for is how the cable secures to hold probe together...if it has a chitty clamp that doesn't hold on the stab...then junk it is. Deflection on the stab is important as well...This is where the girth counts..