Tag: alpine climbing
Tag: alpine climbing
Research on mountain guiding and mountaineering techniques.
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.
Author: Elke Braun-Elwert
Published: 13 Feb 2026
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…
Author: Elke Braun-Elwert
Published: 17 Dec 2025
Verbunden bis in den Tod
Meinen Kolleginnen und Kollegen gewidmet, die bei Mitreißunfällen ihr Leben ließen
Berg und Steigen #2/08 (in German)Stehen wir auf einem Berggipfel, haben wir die Gelegenheit, unser tägliches Treiben mit größerem Abstand zu betrachten.
Until death do us part
Dedicated to my colleagues, who lost their lives in short-roping accidents
Berg und Steigen #2/08 (English translation of text and captions)When we stand on the summit of a mountain, we have the opportunity to contemplate the daily grind of our lives with more detachment.