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hjpcrew 
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Post subject: Off-piste Safety Equipment Hire
 Posted: Dec 12, 2011 - 01:33 PM
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First post: Nov 06, 2004
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Hi all,
As we look to expand Maverix into off-piste safety awareness for clients in our winter camps, it is apparent that there is little out there for hiring the essential safety equipment. For those attending BASI mountain safety courses or those riders looking to hire a guide and explore some powder this season then you often have to consider expensive hire of old equipment in resort or buy the gear in the UK, which can reach £400+ for a transceiver, shovel and probe.
We're now in a position to offer a small number of hires of shovels, probes and transceivers this winter. One week hire starts from £7 per item. We're aiming to keep the price low and cover basic equipment costs. If the service builds we can look to expand it in the future.
Plus if you do want to purchase your own equipment, then we can order and vast range directly from BCA.
To find out more visit:
http://www.maverix.org/off-piste-equipment-hire/ |
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Last edited by hjpcrew on Dec 12, 2011 - 04:29 PM; edited 1 time in total
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Post subject: RE: Off-piste Safety Equipment Hire
Posted: Dec 12, 2011 - 02:46 PM
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7 quid for a week is a bargain not sure how you can afford to do that but good on you, good plan.
Personally i would only rent to someone who could prove they have done the training and know how to use it or i could prove even more dangerous than not wearing one at all. I wore a tranceiver for my first two seasons without knowing how to locate someone, kinda pointless till i did the training  |
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hjpcrew
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Post subject: RE: Off-piste Safety Equipment Hire
Posted: Dec 12, 2011 - 04:34 PM
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We'll be providing training on some of the winter camps this year. I presume that if people head out with a guide they will be shown the basics, as I'm sure a guide will want to be dug out as quick as possible. For mates heading out, they can learn a lot of the basics from our web site, but as you say, thats no substitute for some professional training.
http://www.maverix.org/useful-articles-books/ |
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philw
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Post subject: RE: Off-piste Safety Equipment Hire
Posted: Dec 12, 2011 - 05:03 PM
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First post: Nov 30, 2004
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Your £7 gets you a shovel, not a Tracker2 which costs a little more.
It sounds like a good idea - I think the SCGB have done rentals for years. At the moment rental makes a lot of sense as the technology's changing quickly and maybe some people don't ride much (although you could argue that if you don't ride much you'd be better staying somewhere safe I suppose).
I don't think wearing a transceiver is inherently dangerous - if nothing else it makes body recovery easier. |
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Post subject: RE: Off-piste Safety Equipment Hire
Posted: Dec 12, 2011 - 09:52 PM
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the101s
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Posted: Dec 12, 2011 - 10:22 PM
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Posted: Dec 15, 2011 - 10:45 PM
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| philw, getting the gear from SCGB is not very easy unless you are in london and already paid a load of money to join the club. Then you still have to pay to hire the gear as well if they are still doing this. Joining there club is not much use for snowboarders, many of their members still do not like snowboarders much. I have been with them and seen this first hand. You are better of joining SCUK here and following up on the links like Maverix above. It sounds like a good deal to me. |
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philw
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Posted: Dec 16, 2011 - 09:12 AM
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First post: Nov 30, 2004
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snowcrazy wrote:
philw, getting the gear from SCGB is not very easy unless you are in london and already paid a load of money to join the club. Then you still have to pay to hire the gear as well if they are still doing this. Joining there club is not much use for snowboarders, many of their members still do not like snowboarders much. I have been with them and seen this first hand. You are better of joining SCUK here and following up on the links like Maverix above. It sounds like a good deal to me.
I'm not sure what that's got to do with what I said. I was pointing out that there's probably a market for this as the skiers (I'm not one) do it already.
The text where I said: "It sounds like a good idea" was kind of a clue. |
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Post subject: Re: RE: Off-piste Safety Equipment Hire
Posted: Dec 16, 2011 - 12:05 PM
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First post: Apr 16, 2008
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hjpcrew wrote:
Recco is another way to get your body found. A little better than some hiker finding you in the spring.
J
Yeap thats what Recco is for, locating a lifeless body 99% of the time. |
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