PIEPS Probe Carbon - Product advantages
Details
- Special Speed-Cone for quick extension
- Quick closing latch for reliable locking and efficient assembly of the probe
- Coating for perfect grip – even with winter gloves
- Centimetre-Scale to estimate burial depth and for snow profiles
- Easy to fixate with velcro strap
- Space saving collapsible
Know-How
On-spot probing
The PIEPS probe is designed to validate a prior pin-pointing and additionally to determine the position of a buried victim. Together with an avalanche transceiver and an avalanche shovel it belongs to the recommended standard avalanche safety gear of mountaineers or mountain rescuers.
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- After pin-pointing an avalanche transceivers indicates the closest distance to the transmitting beacon.This is perpendicular to the surface of the snow.
- Grid shaped probing: Using a distance of 40-50 cm while plunging with the Probe in a shape like a grid.
- Once the victim is hit with the probe, keep it in this position in the snow (guidance). Start shovelling from the side to the body (A: burial deep = distance for start).