 Poster: A snowHead
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| parlor wrote: |
You'd be better off spending money designing a little robot that flies like a RC chopper over you when you ski - perhaps it could video you? If you get in a slide the robot could implement a rescue. I'd take one.
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I'm bagging the patent for a helium avalanche balloon on a string version (I think that's different enough to the RC chopper version to be novel) 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Martin Chester (Guide and head-instructor at Plas y Brenin) had a great analogy that he uses with teenagers:
You dig a pit. You can make the back wall fail, but it takes a bit of force. You ask the kids what they think the odds of the slope sliding are. The come up with a consensus of, say, 20%.
You ask them if they would ski the slope. They say "Yes, sure."
You then ask them to imagine they're standing at the side of a motorway. You offer them an 80% chance of getting to the other side alive on foot. You ask them if they would try to cross. "NO WAY!".
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To really sink this in.. extend the analogy a little... " so you and 10 mates are lined up to cross a motorway... 2 of you WILL die. "
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| flangesax wrote: |
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Martin Chester (Guide and head-instructor at Plas y Brenin) had a great analogy that he uses with teenagers:
You dig a pit. You can make the back wall fail, but it takes a bit of force. You ask the kids what they think the odds of the slope sliding are. The come up with a consensus of, say, 20%.
You ask them if they would ski the slope. They say "Yes, sure."
You then ask them to imagine they're standing at the side of a motorway. You offer them an 80% chance of getting to the other side alive on foot. You ask them if they would try to cross. "NO WAY!".
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To really sink this in.. extend the analogy a little... " so you and 10 mates are lined up to cross a motorway... 2 of you WILL die. " |
Perhaps a little ott.
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nah... softly-softly is balls... don't trifle around danger - if there is a chance of death let 'em know!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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besides if it is ' you and 10 mates' then I spose 2.2 of you WILL die!
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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You can see snow profiles of the type posted by david@mediacopy for many different countries/regions at http://www.avalanches.org/
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I believe there are a number of products being developed in this space, one of which is patented and is very similar to the probes the oil and other industries use to test the strength, consistency etc.. of the sea bed before construction or pipe laying.
I have bailed out because of a lack of clear scenarios in the queries
Asking about techniques used with without clear scenarios will give you spurious information
Asking for numbers on frequency of pit digging without clear scenarios will give you spurious information
Asking about risk factors is something that can be found in any book, website or blog
I wish you well though
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