Sales of backcountry guide books are up, and more and more people are venturing out. So we talked with Beacon Guidebooks founder, Andy Sovick (who Cody Townsend and I recently talked about on episode #150), about how he got into publishing guidebooks; why he dislikes the term “guidebooks”; whether backcountry guidebooks 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 Guidebooks Rakkup app (59:34)
• Steamboat lawsuit (1:04:52)
• Where to find Beacon Guidebooks (1:22:12)

RELATED LINKS:

• blister.getspot.com

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