On Guide Books & Decision Making in the Backcountry

BLISTER Podcast

English - December 02, 2020 17:05 - 1 hour - 79.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 468 ratings
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Sales of backcountry guide books are up, and more and more people are venturing out. So we talked with Beacon Guide Books founder, Andy Sovick (who Cody Townsend and I recently talked about on episode #150), about how he got into publishing guide books; why he actually dislikes the term “guide books”; whether or not backcountry guide books should even exist; the responsibilities that come with publishing them; why Andy is an advocate of the “ATES” system (Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale); and more.

TOPICS & TIMES

Andy’s ‘back-to-the-land’ upbringing (4:39)Mentorship (9:30)The responsibility of publishing guidebooks (33:28)ATES: The Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale (47:45)Updating the atlases (55:35)Beacon Guide Books Rakkup app (59:34)Steamboat lawsuit (1:04:52)Where to find Beacon Guidebooks (1:22:12)