Avalanche

In a world of rapidly advancing technology none is more important to a backcountry enthusiast as a quality avalanche tranceiver. These devices have come a long way in the last ten years since I bought my first one. The first was a simple analog device that alerted me how close I was to the signal by how close together the beeps were. It worked Ok and could save a life if it had too but was really inneficient in terms of what we have today.
10 years later ........ the tranciever I have today is amazing. I have a Pieps DSP that has multiple antennas and can find and flag up to six burials. It does a lot more than beep at me, it has a screen that tells me how many signals it is picking up, an arrow pointing me to the closest and and a distance to that point. In a situation where every second matters it is worth spending the money to get a quality device and even more important is knowing how to use it.