Slide: The Avalanche Podcast

[Dromond]

I enjoyed the airbag discussion among other things. Also agree with the above posted regarding long intro or outro music. I listen to a lot of podcasts while driving and when one is over I want to get on to the next one promptly.

[covert]

Clearly we have a dearth of Barcelona fans. Thanks for the feedback.

[goldenboy]

I'd just like to say that IMO, every episode has gotten better, so keep it up. I'm also a fan of accident analysis/ storytime to back up your points from time to time.

[adrenalated]

Finally got around to listening to the first one, bumping this thread because I really enjoyed it. Nice work. Actually installing a podcast app just because of this.

On that note, I couldn't find the podcast on Google Play Music (which is a shitty app but at least I already had it installed). I think you can publish it here but I'm no expert:
https://play.google.com/music/podcasts/portal/

[The SnowShow]

I personally like the reggae background. Good job on the first 3.

[seano732]

I'll second what everyone said...... Great job! The part about Crew Resource Mgt. in Ep. 1 really hit home for me, as it's an integral part of our training in the Fire Service.... If you look at any firefighter Line of Duty Death, they are almost always a direct result of a series of small, cascading errors that lead to a tragic outcome. NIOSH's recommendations post-investigation always include improved communication on the fireground as well..... Thanks again, keep it up!

[goldenboy]

Finally got around to listening to the first one, bumping this thread because I really enjoyed it. Nice work. Actually installing a podcast app just because of this.

On that note, I couldn't find the podcast on Google Play Music (which is a shitty app but at least I already had it installed). I think you can publish it here but I'm no expert:
https://play.google.com/music/podcasts/portal/

Most podcast apps allow listeners to add an RSS feed on it somewhere... Otherwise, I've been using Podcast Republic and it's awesome.

[flyman683]

Nice and stoked to see that beyondpod app could find it. Thanks

[heath bunn]

These are great! Thanks

[chiller]

Yea man! Way to go! Now everyone go and leave a five star review!

[covert]

Feed is pending on Google Play. Current episode is quite a bit shorter. Maybe gonna do an education one next week...

[homemadesalsa]

Jeebus you're going too fast. I am off the back in #2.

Good work!

[North]

Finally got around to listening. Great stuff, and as others have said, getting better with each episode. I'm forwarding to all of my backcountry partners.

[cravenmorhead]

I'm halfway through Ep 4. I agree with dropping State of the Pack; seems like there's just too much information out there for the segment to be of any help. As an occasional alternative, I think a deep dive into one area's snowpack/avalanche hazards would be helpful, both for "standard" problems in a zone and unusual problems in a zone. For example, Colorado has its "standard" deep persistent slab problem, overlaid with wind slabs. Might be worth talking about why this is a standard set of avalanche problems for Colorado's midwinter snowpack. Or, I think it was last year when Colorado had a particularly dry February, and the San Juans had an unusually safe snowpack because it was facets from the top of the pack to the ground. A dive into an snowpack that is unusual for the zone/season would be interesting to hear, since it would give info on how unusual weather/snow patterns affect the problems.

[whipski]

Sublime...I too think a discussion of the physics of snow pack, perhaps in small segments would fun

[Dromond]

I'm halfway through Ep 4. I agree with dropping State of the Pack; seems like there's just too much information out there for the segment to be of any help. As an occasional alternative, I think a deep dive into one area's snowpack/avalanche hazards would be helpful, both for "standard" problems in a zone and unusual problems in a zone. For example, Colorado has its "standard" deep persistent slab problem, overlaid with wind slabs. Might be worth talking about why this is a standard set of avalanche problems for Colorado's midwinter snowpack. Or, I think it was last year when Colorado had a particularly dry February, and the San Juans had an unusually safe snowpack because it was facets from the top of the pack to the ground. A dive into an snowpack that is unusual for the zone/season would be interesting to hear, since it would give info on how unusual weather/snow patterns affect the problems.

I was going to suggest something similar. Typical problems from different regions would be helpful as well as stories of atypical situations as suggested above. How do snowpack and terrain choice relate to one other? How do they typically change or differ in CO, vs AK vs Japan for example?

[SkiLyft]

I was going to suggest something similar. Typical problems from different regions would be helpful as well as stories of atypical situations as suggested above. How do snowpack and terrain choice relate to one other? How do they typically change or differ in CO, vs AK vs Japan for example?

Second this idea

[covert]

copy, gracias todos.

i'm not sure geo-centrism a la what a particular pack is normally like solves the 'state of the pack' problem. both approaches may lack relevance for the broader audience, but i'll give 'er a go.

i do believe there is great value in case studies, and contrasting the normal with the anomalous, and contrasting what is normal vs. anomalous in different zones. copy that.

i'd like to do some accident case studies, but my snowy torrents are on the other side of the pacific and the new e-version seems to be on indefinite wind hold.

please tell me if you think 'special story time' is getting dull. i just haven't done anything particularly stupid lately. will be dipping into the mental archives at some point.

in the meantime, i encourage y'all to drink beer and crank ludwig: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mz8P8D8MdNU

dk

[cravenmorhead]

Re geo-centrism, if other listeners are like me, they're at least interested in traveling to other parts of the world to ski, even if we don't have set plans to do so right now. So having a baseline understanding of what a "normal" snowpack looks like in various major ranges is something I'm interested in, even though I've only skied in my home range. I'm only one data point though.

[summit]

Through episode 3. I think state of the pack is one of the most interesting and unique things in the entire podcast. Don't lose that nobody else does that.

We think completely identical with respect to airbag packs.

I also really like logical fallacies as applied to avalanche decision making.

[goldenboy]

I like state of the pack, too. BUT, everything else on the podcast is evergreen content. I rarely listen to podcasts as soon as they come out. Oftentimes I'll discover a podcast and download episodes that are months or even years old. So I think as this thing continues to grow, the state of the pack section will be increasingly irrelevant for most listeners.

[covert]

hrmm, my current thoughts on the 'state of the pack' is that i will go a little easier on what's happening and focus more on how people are dealing with it. i like the global update, but it's really hard to stay on top of and the date stamp on it is a problem.

[summit]

Maybe make state of the pack a separate offering whether text web page or podcast?

[whipski]

Intuition is the ability to acquire knowledge without proof, evidence, or conscious reasoning, or without understanding how the knowledge was acquired. I work in medicine. In the clinical setting one cant see electrons,
cell membranes, hormones, amino acids and so on. But I believe that studying and internalizing those processes and having internalized that knowledge somehow contributes to a better understanding of how to analyze what signs and symptoms may mean in the patient. I think an analogy can be drawn to the snowpack. It's a little voice in the back of your head saying "whats going on here and why?" Work a little physics into the state of the snowpack.
What can it hurt? My avi educations started with the blue book. Nomenclature has changed, theories evolve, It would be great to hear a little bit about the history and evolution of avi science as well. Carry on!

[adrenalated]

Bump. Caught up to the present this week and eagerly await the next episode. If anyone on here is still not listening to this, you really should be.

I like state of the pack but agree that it will become increasingly irrelevant as time goes one.

I also like special story time. That segment has great potential to have guests on.

Really appreciate you talking so much about topics that aren't really a part of traditional avalanche courses. It's great food for thought and directly applicable to our actual travels in the backcountry. As you noted in your other thread, we know most of the time what the mistakes are, the crux is modifying our behavior. All your talk on how we think and communicate and make decisions directly influences that.