Satzverständnis

German translation: den Landebereich auf Steine überprüfen

18:47 Jan 13, 2006
English to German translations [PRO]
Sports / Fitness / Recreation / Outdoor/hiking
English term or phrase: Satzverständnis
An avalanche probe is a backcountry necessity for locating avalanche victims and probing ***landing areas for rocks***.

Can anybody explain this to me as I am not a backpacker?
Friedrich Reinold
United States
Local time: 21:14
German translation:den Landebereich auf Steine überprüfen
Explanation:
they want to poke the snow to check if there any (a) dead bodies or (b) rocks under it, because (b) would make for a hard landing.

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Note added at 4 mins (2006-01-13 18:52:27 GMT)
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oh yeah, and I suppose they want to land after jumping from that booter :)
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Ricki Farn
Germany
Local time: 06:14
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satzverständnis
den Landebereich auf Steine überprüfen


Explanation:
they want to poke the snow to check if there any (a) dead bodies or (b) rocks under it, because (b) would make for a hard landing.

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Note added at 4 mins (2006-01-13 18:52:27 GMT)
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oh yeah, and I suppose they want to land after jumping from that booter :)

Ricki Farn
Germany
Local time: 06:14
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 24
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agree  Sabine Schlottky: genau, wohl um zu sehen, ob Hubschrauber sicher landen können
36 mins

agree  ulysem (X)
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