 Poster: A snowHead
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Hello, dear mountain enthusiasts!
My name is Andrey Lagun. Currently, I am working on developing an innovative technological solution designed to provide communication and exchange of geolocation data in conditions where traditional mobile connectivity is unavailable — for example, in mountainous areas.
Your unique experience and knowledge are vitally important to us, and we would be deeply grateful if you could share your thoughts on the following questions:
1. How often do you encounter situations where you experience a lack of mobile connectivity in your practice?
2. How critical is this issue for you?
3. What specific difficulties does the lack of connectivity in the mountains cause for you?
If the problem of lacking mobile connectivity in the mountains seems relevant to you, we would like to discuss your vision of the solution and consider your potential participation in our pilot project. With our solution, you will be able to stay connected and increase safety while in the mountains!
Thank you for paying attention to our project, and we look forward to your response!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Honestly, doesn't look too good for you. Inbounds, this has been solved about 20 odd years ago. Outbounds, inner-group communication is pretty much a non-issue. What you might want, is being able to call for outside help. For this there is a solution as well, sat-phones, which, except for cost, work pretty well.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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So basically a Garmin Inreach competitor.
Q1. Never so far.
Q2. Very, if lack of connectivity coincided with an emergency or not at all in any other circumstance.
Q3. See 1+2
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Not cheap, but I'd say this already covers most situations...
https://www.cardosystems.com/shop/outdoor/
I use a Packtalk Bold between friends for motorbike trips, and easily get good communication to the next (Mesh) rider half a mile away.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Latest iphone will do emergency satellite messages.
Garmin Inreach solve many of the problems. Walkie Talkies do the rest.
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Thanks for your insights!
I'd like to ask if you'd find it useful to track your group's statuses in the mountains via our app, showing if members are moving, stopped, or in an inverted position. This unique feature aims to improve safety and awareness. Would this be beneficial for you?
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I'm not sure I'd install a separate app for tracking, given that WhatsApp does Live Location. Having said that, I don't do any back-country skiing, so I'm probably not really your target audience for that kind of functionality.
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For close quarters communications, I find pole-clicking to be more than adequate and never fails.
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| AL9000 wrote: |
| For close quarters communications, I find pole-clicking to be more than adequate and never fails. |
Morse code .... or pure pure binary digital comms ? You'll not hear the zeros though .... just the 1 
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I'd like to ask if you'd find it useful to track your group's statuses in the mountains via our app, showing if members are moving, stopped, or in an inverted position. This unique feature aims to improve safety and awareness. Would this be beneficial for you?
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No
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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@Andrey Lagun, Have to say OH and I, after testing the Cardo Packtalk Outdoor, find it very useful, especially when ski-touring and skiing off-piste, review here.
It doesn't rely on Bluetooth or data, that said we have found considerable limitations in its range in rolling terrain, and it is only really effective when you're in line of sight, that said that can be up to one km away!
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| ski3 wrote: |
| AL9000 wrote: |
| For close quarters communications, I find pole-clicking to be more than adequate and never fails. |
Morse code .... or pure pure binary digital comms ? You'll not hear the zeros though .... just the 1 |
Nothing so sophisticated I'm afraid; no time. Some inexperienced people can't seem to grasp the internationally recognized interpretation of the humble pole-click, so allow me to elaborate:
1 click = "Get out of my way you slow, incompetent beginner scumbag. Your mother smells of elderberries"
2 clicks = "WTF are you on the mountain you dozy c%^t. F off out of the way before I stab you with my pole and F off back to where you came from you (insert correct racial epithet)!"
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| AL9000 wrote: |
| Nothing so sophisticated I'm afraid; no time. Some inexperienced people can't seem to grasp the internationally recognized interpretation of the humble pole-click, so allow me to elaborate: |
Completely politically incorrect, but very funny at the same time 
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