Wyoming Mountaineering - FAQ Frequently Asked Questions Page

Wyoming Mountaineering Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page.

Contact us if you have any questions that couldn't be answered about any of our Mountaineering Product on this Frequently Asked Questions page. Email us at: fiveauctions@msn.com Thank you for looking at our products.

I live outside the United States. What are the shipping costs to my country? Do you sell outside the US?

We will sell any of our products on our website that are not illegal in your country. Our shipping calculator automatically gives you a shipping discount.

What is EPIRB and how do personal locator beacons work?

EPIRB stands for Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon. An EPIRB is meant to help rescuers locate you in an emergency situation, and these radios have saved many lives since their creation in the 1970s. Boaters are the main users of EPIRBs.

A modern EPIRB is a sophisticated device that contains:

A 5-watt radio transmitter operating at 406 MHz (see How the Radio Spectrum Works for details on frequencies)
A 0.25-watt radio transmitter operating at 121.5 MHz
A Global Positioning Satellite {GPS} receiver

Once activated, both of the radios start transmitting. Approximately 24,000 miles (39,000 km) up in space, a weather satellite in a geosynchronous orbit {GOES} can detect the 406-MHz signal. Embedded in the signal is a unique serial number, and, if the unit is equipped with a GPS receiver, the exact location of the radio is conveyed in the signal as well. If the EPIRB is properly registered, the serial number lets the Coast Guard know who owns the EPIRB. Rescuers in planes or boats can home in on the EPIRB using either the 406-MHz or 121.5-MHz signal.

Older EPIRBs did not contain the GPS receiver, so the GOES satellite received only a serial number. To locate the EPIRB, another set of satellites (like the TIROS-N satellite) orbiting the planet in a low polar orbit could pick up the signal as it passed overhead. This would give a rough fix on the location, but it took several hours for a satellite to come into range.

What are Wyoming Mountaineering's return and refund policies?

Returns and Refund policies: Click on the link below to see our:

RETURN & REFUND POLICIES

What if I don't want to use a Credit Card?

We will accept a Money Order, Cahier's Checks or Personal Checks written on a United States Bank account. See instructions below.

Here is how to order withour using a credit card:

1. Add item to Shopping Cart. Continue shopping until all items wanted are in the cart. When you are satisfied that you have everything wanted, Print Shopping Cart page. The total on this page is how much the Money Order should be written for.

2. Click Checkout Button.

3. Enter the name and address where you'd like us to ship your order. When you're done, Print Enter your Shipping Information page.

4. Enclose both pages, your Payment and your email address or phone number in an envelope and mail it to:

FIVE Auctions & Sales

PO Box 3195

Rock Springs, WY 82902-3195

5. Please contact us through an email, and notify us that you have placed an order. We'll be watching for it ! When we receive your order, we will process it and notify you that we have received it. When Money Order clears the bank we will ship your merchadise and notify you that your merchandise has been shipped and a tracking number.

6. Cashier checks and personal checks require up to 2 weeks after we receive them to make sure that they clear, before your merchandise will be shipped.

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What is Bear Pepper Spray?

Bear pepper spray is very different from the pepper spray or mace that is used to control the bad guys on COPS. Bear pepper spray is a chemical formula designed specifically to deter aggressive or attacking bears. It must be registered by the manufacturer with the Environmental Protection Agency and certain individual states. If it's not registered, then DO NOT TRUST IT! Bear pepper spray must contain between 1% to 2% of the active ingredients capsaicin and related capsaicinoids.

Capsaicin and related capsainoids are the active ingredients that cause rapid eye closure, heavy watering of the eyes and severe irritation to the nose, mouth, throat and lungs. This results in the difficult breathing and usually causes a bear to be distracted from its charge.

Make sure that everyone in your party has at least one can for each person! For backup, consider carrying two cans of bear spray just in case you are charged by more than one bear, have more than one incident, or to compensate for wind. Bear pepper spray should only be used to deter an aggressive or charging bear.

We sell Counter Assault Bear Pepper Spray. We sell enough of it that it is always fresh and has a 4-year shelf life. Pepper spray is considered a hazardous material by the Post Office, because it is in a pressurrized canister, it CAN NOT be shipped by them. We will ship it to you via UPS, in the LOWER 48 STATES ONLY! Sorry it CAN NOT be shipped to Alaska, Hawaii, Canada or any foriegn country.