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Some thoughts on Mountain Safety + ( Basic equipment + winter skills & belay principles)

©A Harrison ML Reg No.24645

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Basic 25 litre rucsac (daysac).

Dozens of types on the market.

Means of carrying ice axe and

Crampons.

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Bivi bag

Fleece

FoodWaterproof

Warm hat &gloves

Headtorch (usually LED nowadays)Basic First

Aid

Rucsac and contents

Overtrousers

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Left to right. Approach shoes. Alpine boots & crampons. Ski touring boots.

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A typical baseplate compass

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Some mountain hazards

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A traditional ice axe

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Axe with curved pick and carbon shaft

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With a banana pick

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Movement on snow slopes

Kick steps in the snow when possible, half the bootoften enough for security.

Be aware that you might wander into an area of hardersnow and have difficulty fixing crampons.

Also the snow that is soft enough to kick steps intomight be rock hard later in the day when the temperature drops due to a cold front or just the sun going down.

Do not dismiss instep crampons when going lightweight, they can save your life in the above situation, or on frozen paths above fatal drops.

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Side of the boot can also be used

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Axe also ready for self arrest.See following slides

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Some winter anchors

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Buried ice axe anchor

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Belay practice

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Snow mushroom anchor

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Dead man utilised as a snow shovel on the end of the ice axe

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Testing an anchor to destruction

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Snow shelters

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Mining blocks for a snow coffin

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Building the roof

Note improvised snow shovel

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Entrance can be blocked with a rucsacn.b. do not leave your ice axe outside!

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A snow cave

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Practice day!

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Using a 2 man bivi sac

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Group survival shelters

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Very effective but somebody has to carry it

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Forcast your weather

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Ready for climbing then skiing down

Hellvelyn

Skis are very usefulbut need good snow

conditions

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Climbing Central Gully, Great End

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The summit of Great End

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Basic ropework

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Tying into a harness

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With the anchor within reach

Tying into an anchor

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With a facility to adjust your position

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Using two anchors

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A waist belay

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Using a belay device

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Using an Italian Hitch

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A typical rack

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The use of various anchors and/orrunning belays

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Italian Hitch andHMS karabiner

Braking systems

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Locked off

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ATC in position ofmaximum brakingforce

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Then locked off

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Traditional prussic knot

Salewa quickfix device

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French Prussic, can be released under load so often used to safeguard abseils byclipping to a leg loop ofthe harness

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Abseils, using a figure of 8descender, a fairly foolproofdevice but heavy to carry andonly single use.

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Locking off a figure of 8

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Any modern belay devicecan be used, even anItalian Hitch. nb. It has atendency to twist the ropebut ok if going lightweight

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A rock climb on Pikes Crag

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If no harness available a chest tie is betterthan a waist tie but

belays need thinking about.

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Finish

Some images from Mountain Craft and LeadershipBy Eric Langmuir 1995.