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Probe Idea???

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minibus4
Posts: 517 - Karma: 13
Dont want to spend $60 on a probe. I have an aluminum tent pole that looks just like it cud be a probe, I would replace the elastic with something like para cord and attach a "T" type handel on the end from a gun cleaning kit. Is this a good idea or stupid as Fuck??
Jan 5 2011 10:48PM
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@skiinmitch
Posts: 2781 - Karma: 78
dish out the money and buy a legit probe.
Jan 5 2011 10:49PM
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P.opsicle
Posts: 478 - Karma: 29
Do you really want your buddies life relying on a botched tent pole, instead of dedicated avalanche gear. Theres a reason probes and expensive, they can be deployed in seconds and they have certain things your tent pole won't have.
Jan 5 2011 10:50PM
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Sklar
Posts: 8864 - Karma: 31,612
your friends will thank you, scope departmentofgoods or backcountry, they have cheap stuff probes sometimes
Jan 5 2011 10:51PM
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egg.
Posts: 3231 - Karma: 3,477

this.

$60 or loosing a buddy

Jan 5 2011 10:52PM
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@skiinmitch
Posts: 2781 - Karma: 78
if money is a issue here is a 35$ probe
http://www.backcountry.com/ortovox-200cm-economic-avalanche-probe
Jan 5 2011 11:06PM
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NOSNOWJUSTICE
Posts: 1176 - Karma: 83
200cm is so short!!!!

I don't go out with someone who has a probe under about 240, 260+ is preferable. I wanna be found dangit!

Don't be a cheap ass, save a life.
Jan 6 2011 12:25AM
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