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Wikipedia Avalanche cords are 20-25 metres long and about 3.5 mm thick. They are usually made of red cotton with direction arrows positioned at metre intervals, each with the length marked in metres, and 10 cm long loops. Ski mountaineers or climbers would tie a loop with the 1 metre mark (arrow against himself) around his waist. If there is a risk of avalanches he throws the cord out and pulls the avalanche cord along the snow behind him. If he is buried by an avalanche, there is a relatively good chance that part of the avalanche cord will be visible on top of the avalanche slide, thanks to its length. Rescuers can determine from the direction arrows, in which direction and how many metres they must dig and are then able to follow the cord to the victim. The avalanche cord was part of the mountaineering equipment of the Austro-Hungarian Alpine companies in the First World War. They were prescribed around 1915 for the Austrian mountain troops.. Thanks to more recent developments such as GPS and electronics, the classic avalanche cord is rarely used today.
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