Because the annual Alpinmesse (Alpine Fair) in Innsbruck, Europe’s largest mountain sports fair for end consumers, had to be canceled due to Covid-19, the organizer, the Austrian Board of Trustees for Alpine Safety, has prepared a wide range of content for a YouTube stream on Nov. 13 and 14. During the live lectures on Friday and Saturday evening, viewers can ask questions via YouTube’s chat function.
The program:
Friday, Nov. 13:
9 am: Welcome & Recco search systems
2 pm: This mountain life - Lorraine Huber
3 pm / live: Internal web seminar with MS.i - registered attendees only
4 pm: Playing with the terrain - Pauli Trenkwalder
5 pm / live: Web seminar on apparel layering: yes/no? - Salewa
7 pm / live: Ski touring 1 & 2 - Team lawinen.report & Walter Würtl
Saturday, November 14:
9 am: Avalanche beacons - presentation of the latest devices
11 am: Airbag systems - presentation of the existing systems
2 pm: Integrative avalanche systems - Team BSPA
4 pm: MS.i - MountainSafety.info - presentation of the knowledge database
6 pm / live: When ropes tear, and what we can learn from them - Chris Semmel
8 pm / live: Passion steep skiing - Vivian Bruchez
You can access the stream here. The next physical Alpinmesse will take place on Nov.13-14, 2021, in Innsbruck.
