For British Columbia-based TGR and Atomic athlete Janelle Yip, those preemptive steps have been an important focus as of late, and she wants to remind us that taking human factors into account every time we go into the backcountry is as important as packing our beacon, shovel, and probe.
After a nasty backcountry skiing accident cut her 2021 season short and left her with an orbital bone fracture and a nasty concussion, Yip spent some time reflecting on what she wanted to change about her approach to riding and the emotional impact of a traumatic injury. Did she push it too far that day? As a founding member of the Blondes, an all-female shred crew based in BC, Yip reached out to her close friends and riding partners Emily Childs and Tonje Kvivik to answer that question and think about how their crew operates.
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