Category: Ice Climbing

Category: Ice Climbing

Research on mountain guiding and mountaineering techniques.

Safety Research - ORTOVOX Safety Academy - Ortovox equipment being used to perform an avalanche rescue
Alpine Climbing & Mountaineering Ski Touring & Ski Mountaineering Rock Climbing Ice Climbing

ORTOVOX Safety Academy

A Partnership with Safety

We're proud to be partnering with Mountain Adventure and Ortovox to bring you the ORTOVOX Safety Academy — free, interactive, digital labs — Lab Rock, Lab Ice and Lab Snow.

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Author - Elke Braun-Elwert
Author: Elke Braun-Elwert

Published: 13 Feb 2026

Safety Research - Pendulum Fall Calculator - Climbers traversing on the Mount Sefton summit ice cap
Snow & Ice Belays Ice Climbing Alpine Climbing & Mountaineering

Pendulum Fall Calculator

An online tool to calculate forces generated during a pendulum fall with midpoint anchor failure

This calculator estimates peak forces during a steep traverse fall, including the effects of an intermediate anchor and a worst-case failure of that…

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Author - Elke Braun-Elwert
Author: Elke Braun-Elwert

Published: 17 Dec 2025