Life is beautiful.
Embrace every breath.
More than an airbag
Two systems, one motion: stay on top, and keep breathing if you don't.
Airbag Module
Deploys on a single pull, reducing burial depth.
Breathing System
Fresh air in from the snowpack, CO₂ out.
Single Trigger
One handle fires both, gloved and blind.
Our mission
Airbags keep you near the surface. Nothing keeps you breathing.
1 in 2 people fully buried by an avalanche never come out alive.1
Air runs out before help arrives2
Around three quarters of avalanche deaths are asphyxia, not trauma. Under the debris you rebreathe into a small pocket of your own exhaled air. CO₂ climbs, oxygen falls, and you lose consciousness while your partners are still probing.
Survival after a complete burial drops off sharply past 15 minutes. Finding a victim, probing, and clearing a metre of set debris usually takes longer than that, even when the rescue goes right. That gap is where people die.
Air runs out
before help arrives2
Around three quarters of avalanche deaths are asphyxia, not trauma. Under the debris you rebreathe into a small pocket of your own exhaled air. CO₂ climbs, oxygen falls, and you lose consciousness while your partners are still probing.
Survival after a complete burial drops off sharply past 15 minutes. Finding a victim, probing, and clearing a metre of set debris usually takes longer than that, even when the rescue goes right. That gap is where people die.
Burial is not an impact problem.
It is a breathing problem.
87% survive if found within 7 minutes.3
19% survive beyond 40 min.
Sources
- Brugger, Durrer, Adler-Kastner, Falk, Tschirky, “Field management of avalanche victims,” Resuscitation 51(1) (2001) 7–15. Swiss data: overall mortality 52.4% in completely buried victims versus 4.2% in partially buried.
- ICAR MedCom, on-site treatment recommendations, Resuscitation (2023), doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2023.109708. Asphyxia 65–100% of fatalities across studies, trauma 5–29%, hypothermia 0–4%.
- Procter et al., “Burial duration, depth and air pocket explain avalanche survival patterns in Austria and Switzerland,” Resuscitation 105 (2016) 173–176. Fully buried victims, Austria and Switzerland, 2005–2013.
| Burial time (minutes) | Survival probability |
|---|---|
| 0 | 95% |
| 7 | 87% |
| 15 | 77% |
| 35 | 33% |
| 40 | 19% |
| 60 | 17% |
Why we built KissOfLife
Most people who die under snow were alive when the slide stopped. What runs out is air. KissOfLife draws breathable air from the snowpack and moves exhaled CO₂ away from the breathing pocket.
Most people who die under snow were alive when the slide stopped. What runs out is air. KissOfLife draws breathable air from the snowpack and moves exhaled CO₂ away from the breathing pocket.
We are not making the dig faster. We are making sure it is not too late.
Who we are
Three founders: engineering, the freeride community, and the work of turning both into a pack people will carry. Avalanche safety needs all three.
Why we're here
Avalanche deaths have not fallen in twenty-five years.
Forecasting got better. Beacons got faster. Airbags became standard kit. The toll under the snow has not moved.
Be ready when we drop →
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