Now thriving, sea critters get free ride to Farallones
San Francisco Gate – Their sleek appearance was a marked change from November, when pups weighing half their normal birth weight began showing up at beaches, to be rescued and nursed back to health by center staff and volunteers using TLC and herring milkshakes. Why
Reprise: Staying On Top of the Snow
This skills program is a reprise of our February 2nd, 2006 introduction to avalanche safety. Gary Bard, an avalanche safety instructor for Mountain Adventure Seminars, talks about easy ways to stay out of avalanches, and describes a rescue. Brandon Schwartz of the Sierra Avalanche Center talks about avalanche forecasting and the Snow Condition Report. Tom Murphy, of the American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education (AIARE), talks about avalanche safety education. There’s a lot of additonal information about avalanche-related organizations, and avalanche safety, under the To find out more… link, below. Show number 74 [MP3 format; length 9:57; 2,389,645 bytes] Show number 74, extended version [MP3 format; length 12:55; 6,203,212 bytes] Show number 74 script To find out more…
