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Analysis of Avalanche Danger Awareness in the Krkonoše Mountains by ski mountaineers
Fricová, Pavlína ; Brtník, Tomáš (advisor) ; Jindra, Matouš (referee)
Title: Analysis of Avalanche danger awareness at Giant Mountains by backcountry skiers. Objectives: Goal of bachelor thesis is analysis of awareness and foreknowledge about danger of avalanches occurrence, avalanche rescue and above all avalanche prevention at both advanced and beginning backcoutnry skiers who sets to Giant Mountains to do skitouring tours. Methods: The practical part of the thesis has a character of quantitative research. A questionnaire was carried out on a sample of backcountry skiers of all levels. Based on the analysis of the obtained data from the quantitative research, the awareness of the avalanche danger among the backcountry skiers in the Giant Mountains was evaluated. Results: Based on the obtained data was found that 40 % of the total number of backcountry skiers in the Giant Mountains visited them for the purpose of skitouring for the first time this year. Most of the respondents stated that they were aware of the risk of avalanche danger. Nevertheless, 77.5 % of the interviewed were moving on the open terrain during the skitouring tour, of which 25 % were beginners who did not have sufficient experience with it. Only 25 % had avalanche safety equipment, but only 60 % of them performed mutual control of avalanche rescue beacons Conclusion: Based on the results of the...
Avalanche prevention course for High schools
Žegklitz, Martin ; Kašpar, Ladislav (advisor) ; Přibyl, Ivan (referee)
The theme of this thesis is the Avalanche prevention course for High Schools. Thesis includes both theoretical and experimental part. The theoretical part mainly includes a description of various items used in the avalanche prevention courses. It also contains various methodological procedures, rules, strategy and analysis, which are used for such courses. The research part includes the avalanche prevention course for secondary schools proposal itself under the given conditions and next specifics. In partial steps thesis is mainly focused on proposed content, time allocation, methodical layout, capacity of the course and equipment needed for the implementation of the course.

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