EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT
Standard emergency equipment:
Transceiver, probe, shovel
Extended emergency equipment:
Mobile phone, First Aid bag, bivy-bag
Additional recommendation:
Avalanche-airbag-system, helmet
PIEPS TIP
Start packing the day before your tour and take a look at your equipment to see that it is complete and functional (e.g. batteries).
FASTEST RESCUE
The time of a companion rescue strongly depends on your emergency equipment!
Rescue time for 1 person with a 1 meter burial depth
(Stumpert, 2002):
- 15 min: PIEPS-transceiver, shovel and probe
- 26 min: PIEPS-transceiver and shovel
- 59 min: PIEPS-transceiver