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Life is beautiful.
Embrace every breath.

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More than an airbag

Two systems, one motion: stay on top, and keep breathing if you don't.

KissOfLife backpack, rear three-quarter view showing the single-trigger handle

Deploys on a single pull, reducing burial depth.

Fresh air in from the snowpack, CO₂ out.

One handle fires both, gloved and blind.

Our goal is to save lives.

1 in 2 people fully buried by an avalanche never come out alive.1

A backcountry skier descending a steep, exposed avalanche-prone couloir

Asphyxiation, not trauma, is the leading cause of avalanche death.2

Victims suffocate in a pocket of their own exhaled air, where CO₂ climbs and oxygen falls within minutes.

A lone backcountry traveler walking into a darkening, snow-covered hollow at dusk

Burial is not an impact problem.
It is a breathing problem.

87% survive if found within 7 minutes.3

18% survive beyond 40 min.

Sources
  1. 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.
  2. 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%.
  3. 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.
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Sources
  1. 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.
  2. 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%.
  3. 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.

This is the window KissOfLife is built for.

Most burials are survivable. What runs out is air. KissOfLife draws fresh air from the snowpack and keeps your exhaled CO₂ out of it, extending the breathing window past 60 minutes.

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