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Date of publication: 22 February 2008
Taking personal protection to new extremes
One of the winners of the ISPO Awards at the outdoor sports show held in Munich at the end of January was The Life Bag – an avalanche airbag with a mechanical trigger, which can be accessed easily via an ergonomic hand movement.