Everyone knows that winter backcountry travelers need to know how to avoid avalanches, how to prepare for them, and what to do if someone is caught in one. On the next Outdoor Explorer, we talk to experts about the right gear and how to use it, including the new technology and how it works. We’ll also get a step-by-step scenario of what an avalanche recovery is like and what you should do in that terrible event.
HOST: Charles Wohlforth
GUESTS:
- Rick Roth- Specalist on avalanche equipment at Alaska Mountaineering and Hiking
- Mat Brunton- Founder, Director, Primary Avalanche Specialist
- Eeva Latosuo- Associate Professor of Outdoor Studies at Alaska Pacific University
LINKS:
- Anchorage Avalanche Center, providing snow, weather and avalanche info. for Chugach State Park
- Chugach National Forest Avalanche Information Center
- Alaska Avalanche School Level 1 course
- Cherry Bowl video series from Avalanche Canada – A MUST WATCH –
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BROADCAST: Thursday, January 19, 2017. 2:00 pm – 3:00 p.m. AKT
REPEAT BROADCAST: Thursday, January 26, 2017. 8:00 – 9:00 p.m. AKT
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Eric Bork, or you can just call him “Bork” because everybody else does, is the FM Operations Manager for KSKA-FM. He oversees the day-to-day operations of the FM broadcast. He produces and edits episodes of Outdoor Explorer, the Alaska-focused outdoors program. He also maintains the web posts for that show. You may have heard him filling in for Morning Edition or hosting All Things Considered and can still find him operating the soundboard for any of the live broadcast programs.
After escaping the Detroit area when he was 18, Bork made it up to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, where he earned a degree in Communications/Radio Broadcasting from Northern Michigan University. He spent time managing the college radio station, working for the local NPR affiliate, and then in top 40 radio in Michigan before coming to Alaska to work his first few summers. After then moving to Chicago, it only took five years to convince him to move back to Alaska in 2010. When not involved in great radio programming he’s probably riding a bicycle, thinking about riding bicycles, dreaming about bikes, reading a book, or planning the next place he’ll travel to. Only two continents left to conquer!
