Safety Research
Safety Research
Research on mountain guiding and mountaineering techniques.
Short Roping Tests
Statistics
Notes and data from a short-roping rope force experiment, including assumptions, comments, and analysis of various measurements such as body mass, technique, and falling mass.
Short Roping Tests
Video clips of short roping tests
Experiments on short roping method - video clips of the tests performed.
Belays on Snow
Snow stake, mid-clip vertical placement - update
Snow stakes are a Kiwi invention and have been around since the early 1970s.
Belays on Snow
Snow stake, mid-clip vertical placement, standing axe belay
Who hasn't experienced this situation: Knee deep, soft snow, 'porridge', at the end of a difficult pitch, no decent anchor to secure yourself onto, you are tired, time is pressing.