This might seem like a harmless prank but The American Alpine Institute thinks otherwise. Here’s the original TikTok posted by Mammut:

Here’s the tiss tiss from The American Alpine Institute:

There are a couple of types of airbag backpacks. The type shown here was a canister pack. To refill the canister, the woman will have to go to a dive shop or an outdoor shop with the appropriate technology to refill the canister. This means that the prank both cost her money, and potentially her ski day as well. It is not funny.

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