Saturday, December 7, 2019

James Bond ... Is this where the concept of an avalanche airbag pack came from?

Usually I watch a news program while working out, but how much impeachment news, is really "Breaking News."  So yesterday, I was watching The World Is Not Enough, while rowing on my ergometer, and I noticed this oddity - inflatable protective device - as Q was outfitting 007.  What could he possibly use it for? Turns out, that in the ski sequence filmed in Chamonix, James Bond uses it for avalanche protection. The film was made in the late 1990s, well before any prototypes were coming to market. 

Was 007 the inspiration for your Black Diamond Jet Force?