In the second installment of our monthly Slabs & Sluff series, hosts Sara Boilen and Dom Baker dig into some particularly striking nuggets from this past month’s episodes and look forward to the season ahead. 

Slabs and Sluffs is a monthly round up of all things related to The Avalanche Hour podcast and our community more broadly. October is the month of getting ready for the winter season.  Join Sara and Dom as they dig into some of the gems from October’s episodes and talk about getting mind and body ready for the upcoming winter season.

Some highlights from the conversation:

• Normalization of Deviance - risk normalization and how it affects decision making.

• Possible and Probably - how words hold (or don’t hold) well-defined meaning.   

• October episode recap and highlighting of upcoming episodes for November.

• Physical preparation tips from Physio Lori Anne Donald of @mountainsportsclinic

  
  

Resources & links mentioned in the episode: 

1. Lori Anne suggested exercise, single leg pallof press on YouTube 

2. Skeena Cat Skiing & Boarding AIARE 2 + Avalanche Rescue Trip 

3. When Doing Wrong Feels So Right: Normalization of Deviance

   
   

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What are you doing to prepare for the season ahead? Are you attending SAWs, are you digging out your avalanche gear and practicing? What apps are you using? What long-range forecasts are you believing… We’d love to hear from you, our community, for Slabs and Sluffs 3 dropping Oct 29.   Voicemail hotline:  1-541-406-0221

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Music: Ketsa

Artwork: Mike Tea 

Production: Caleb Merrill, Bob Keating