Originally Posted By: Roarmeister


I noticed he also has a fair bit of redundancy. You and I in our daily hiking packs might reduce that redundancy but when you are putting your life on the line in the possible rescue of another life then that is a reasonable assumption when outfitting the bag.



Up till the shear mass greatly limits probability of success. Searchers shouldn't be on their own and should be able to rely on their partners (we ski in teams of 4) for some redundancy.

Skiing with a 15 pound pack is way safer and more efficient
than a 30 or 55 pound one.