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FT Logistics
FT Logistics
Date: 3/15 or 3/16
Time: Meet-up time TBA
Meeting Location: Paradise (meet-up location TBA)
*Consult Equipment Matrix on Home Page to Reference What to Bring*
Learning Objectives:
Students will be able to:
Describe and demonstrate a safe ice axe arrest in multiple orientations (head up-slope and down, on stomach and on back, with and without pack) with some prompting from an instructor.
Describe and efficiently demonstrate a crevasse rescue using 2:1 drop loop system as middle and end climber, with some prompting from an instructor.
Rough Agenda:
Introductions (10-30 minutes—until the gate opens)
Hike into practice area (30 minutes)
Demonstrate and practice ice axe arrest (150 minutes)
Crevasse rescue (120 minutes)
Hike out to cars (30 minutes)
Debrief (10 minutes)
Ice Axe Arrest
Ice Axe Arrest
You will learn to self-arrest from 4 different positions. Read this REI article's section called "Self-Arrest From Four Different Positions" (scroll to bottom of article).
On stomach, head uphill
On back, head uphill
On back, head downhill
On stomach, head downhill
Upcoming Checkpoints
Upcoming Checkpoints
You will be asked to demonstrate proficiency at Crevasse Rescue and Ice Axe Arrest at FT 6. Please review FT4 material regarding crevasse rescue.
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