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Intermediate Glacier Trip Planning

Lecture: Intermediate Glacier Travel and Winter Mountaineering

Intermediate Glacier Trip Planning - Mountaineers Kitsap Program Center

Second intermediate glacier travel session focused on practicing additional crevasse rescue techniques.

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Jerry Logan
Jerry Logan
Primary Leader
Qualified Youth Leader
  • Moderate

7PM at the Mountaineers Kitsap Program Center - 1550 Rocky Point Road NW, Bremerton WA 98312.

Session two will focus on snow anchors and advanced crevasse rescue techniques. We will all set up the 3:1, 5:1, 6:1 and 9:1 systems. We will study forces on snow/ice anchors and ways to distribute forces on various anchors.

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Mountaineers Kitsap Program Center

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Required Equipment

Required Equipment

  • Harness, crampons (we will inspect and test fit your crampons), 2 prusiks or VT prusiks, descent control device, 4 locking and 4 non-locking carabiners;
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