Climbing & Mountaineering

UIAA

• UIAA Information on Rope Wear

Alpine Club of Canada

Accidents

• Alpine Accidents in Canada – An excellent online, indexed database of historical data and accident analysis, put together by ACC volunteers.

Helicopters

• Helicopter Safety (Adobe PDF)

Ropes and Slings

• Damage from stepping on your rope (Word Document)
• Rope Crampon Test (JPG)
• Wet and Icy Ropes May be Dangerous (Rich Text Format)
• Wet and Icy Ropes – Tabular Test Results (Large JPG)
• Marking of Ropes (Word Document)
• A Summary of the Conference on Nylon and Ropes (Word Document)
• Safety Safety Loss in Ropes from Top-Rope Lowering Cycles (Word Document)

Harnesses

• Harness Used For Climbing Ice and Walls – research results (Adobe PDF)

Helmets

• Helmets1 – The BMC helmet testing program – part 1
• Helmets2 – The BMC helmet testing program – part 2
• Helmets – Off Centre Impacts
• Black Diamond Half Dome Helmet – more discussion from the BMC

Belay Methods and Equipment

• Notes from the UIAA Safety Commission Working Group on Belay Methods (Word Document)
• Belay Techniques: a comparison of induced loads using classic and harness belays. (Rich Text Format)

Miscellaneous

• Mountaineering Equipment Acronyms Explained