http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1342228/British-skier-fights-life-hit-avalanche-French-Alps.html

just read this tragic story....this has implications on skiers being able to trigger air bags in an avalanche.

Yes it does have training implications. I think what goes for AvaLung also applies to ABS. It would be nice to have a training system with the same trigger mechanism that would simply indicate if it was actuated or not rather than inflating the bags.

http://pistehors.com/news/forums/viewthread/732/

The Daily Mail reporting is a bit intrusive, I’m not sure phoning up his neighbours really adds anything to this sad story but I guess that is their job.

Henry has some more information about the accident on his blog.

http://www.henrysavalanchetalk.com/bad-accident-yesterday-val-disere-0

As far as I know training handels exist: they are red instead of white.