Safety Research
Mountain guiding & mountaineering techniques
Papers published by Alpine Recreation
- Snow belays (1985) Snow stake, mid-clip vertical placement. Standing axe belay. PDF file 404 KB
- Snow belays (2005) Snow stake, mid-clip vertical placement, update. PDF file 432 KB
- Moving on a rope (updated June 2007) Physics, techniques, applications, limitations, minimising the risks. PDF file 3.7 MB
- Gleichzeitiges Gehen am Seil (September 2007) - Überarbeitete deutsche Version (in German). PDF file 3.2 MB
- Short roping tests (updated April 2008) Experiments on short roping methods. PDF file 380 KB
- Short roping tests Statistics (December 2006) Statistical Method on short rope tests. PDF file 112 KB
- Short roping tests. Movie (October 2006) Video clips of short roping tests 2006. MOV file 1.7 MB
Articles published in climbing journals
- “Verbunden bis in den Tod: Meinen Kolleginnen und Kollegen gewidmet, die bei Mitreißunfällen ihr Leben ließen.” (in German)
Berg und Steigen #2/08, Februar 2008. PDF file 7.67 MB - “Until death do us part: Dedicated to my colleagues, who lost their lives in short-roping accidents.”
Berg und Steigen #2/08, February 2008. English translation of text and captions only (see original German version for pictures and diagrams).
PDF file 105 KB - Leserbriefe mit Antworten von Gottlieb Braun-Elwert (in German)
Berg und Steigen #3/08, September 2008. PDF file 1.87 MB
Online tools
- Mechanical Advantage Calculator
An online tool for calculating component forces in pulley systems. Elke Braun-Elwert, 2016.