As we wind down The Avalanche Hour Podcast season, I highlight a great interview with John Sykes. John is part psychologist, part guide, part educator, and part researcher. Some might say a full unicorn. John graduated recently with his Masters Degree from MSU, and has also recently started a phD program at Simon Fraser University. We chat about his life, about his work, and about his decision making in the backcountry. I reference several surveys that can be taken at the present time, and links to these surveys are below: Mikey Bell of Southern Oregon University's Masters Thesis of How Students are using the AIARE fieldbook after Avalanche Courses: https://sou.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_80rp5FEdqccxRvT?fbclid=IwAR0qZmjuddkBDDZYLkwibQAt6PRrBJlnPZB5o1P880zXgwSryd4C_QN6NUQ Survey on the Risk of Ski Cutting from Bruce Jamieson, Karl Birkeland, Mark Vesely and Ilya Storm https://www.snowavalanchearchive.com/skicuttingsurvey Help to improve public Avalanche Bulletins by taking this survey put together by the folks at Simon Fraser University: https://avbulletin.avalancheresearch.ca/?fbclid=IwAR1nhIY3EO6al2E9zsPSHnXna_ZKFK8Hya6UiIo8o4iHqziCjC8DFgadMG8