{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Brett Kobernick Knows It in His Bones: Nobody is Immune from Getting Killed in an Avalanche","description":"Brett Kobernick\u2019s nickname may be \u201cKowboy,\u201d but he\u2019s actually something of a Leonardo da Vinci of the snow. A garage tinkerer who builds the tools he needs to better understand winter conditions, he\u2019s also an early adopter of the snow bike, and he helped invent the split-board. True story. Kowboy joins us to talk about all of that, as well as the science, the excitement, and the tragedy of avalanches. As he says, the hardest part of the job isn\u2019t forecasting for a PWL on the mend, although that is very difficult. No, the hardest part is talking to the survivors or family members of the victim of a deadly avalanche. ","author_name":"Utah Avalanche Center Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/utahavalanchecenter.org\/","html":"