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  • File: Dr. Tom Hornbein - Entries from the Top: An Everest Journal

    Featured in the American Mountaineering Museum, this video series asks Mt Everest climbers why they climb and holds stories from the top! To learn more about the American Mountaineering Museum and Alpine Club Library please visit: http://www.mountaineeringmuseum.org
    onMon, Aug 6 2012

  • Blog Post: Climber 9-1-1

    The question of whether mountain climbers should be required to carry mobile communications devices has been a point of debate (and even legislation) since the high profile incident on Mt. Hood in Oregon that resulted in the deaths of three climbers and other tragic mountaineering accidents. Often the...
    onSun, Nov 21 2010

  • File: Crevasse Rescue

    A practical demonstration of crevasse rescue using an unassisted hoist. Taken from the Mountaineering Council of Scotland's Alpine Essentials DVD. Full DVD available here: http://www.mcofs.org.uk/dvds-publications.asp
    onSun, Jan 31 2010

  • File: Crevasse Rescue using an unassisted hoist

    A practical demonstration of crevasse rescue using an unassisted hoist. Taken from the Mountaineering Council of Scotland's Alpine Essentials DVD. Full DVD available here: http://www.mcofs.org.uk/dvds-publications.asp.
    onSun, Dec 13 2009

  • File: Climbing Tools: The Monster Munter

    The Monster Munter is a hitch that I learnt around 1990. It took awhile to get used to but in the end I used it quite a bit. It has the advantages of adding friction to a lower and most important does NOT TWIST THE ROPE! I yelled that out for the world to hear. It really is not that hard to learn and...
    onMon, Jun 29 2009

  • File: Climbing Tools: Equalized Anchors

    Understanding how to create an equalizing climbing anchor is an essential skills for climbing and mountaineering. from http://www.mountainguide.com
    onTue, Mar 24 2009

  • Blog Post: Self Esteem and Mountaineering

    by Paul Auerbach, M.D. reposted with permission from the Medicine for the Outdoors Blog The journal Wilderness & Environmental Medicine , published by the Wilderness Medical Society , always has a number of very interesting articles of significance to the layperson outdoor medicine enthusiast. "Students...
    onMon, Mar 2 2009

  • Wiki Page: Climbing & Mountaineering

    This Chapter is on climbing and mountaineering
    onSat, Jan 17 2009
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