by Deb » Mon Dec 12, 2011 11:42 pm
by Vitaliy M. » Tue Dec 13, 2011 12:08 am
by mrchad9 » Tue Dec 13, 2011 12:39 am
by Deb » Tue Dec 13, 2011 10:07 pm
mrchad9 wrote:I agree it is very doable on your own. However, I enjoyed my 6-day trip with American Alpine Institute on Mount Baker. Looks to be a bit more costly now than when I did it ($1190). Also, I wouldn't book a trip like that in PNW for the timeframe you are looking for... we had shitty weather the whole time. Paying that much you really don't want to deal with conditions.
If you head to Shasta for self-practice and need an addition to your group let me know...
by ExcitableBoy » Tue Dec 13, 2011 10:17 pm
by mrchad9 » Tue Dec 13, 2011 10:22 pm
by JHH60 » Thu Dec 15, 2011 12:59 am
by Deb » Sat Dec 17, 2011 12:53 am
JHH60 wrote:I've often noted the 10'+ high hard-packed vertical walls of plowed snow you see at Sno Parks, ski resorts, Lassen, Crane Flat in Yosemite, etc. and thought that it would be an ideal place to practice crevasse rescue. One guy could be at the bottom of the wall and be the victim, and one or more people up top could hold the fall, set up the snow anchor, build the z pulley, reinforce the lip of the "crevasse", haul, etc... Unlike many real crevasses the potential for the victim to get into trouble if the process is botched is limited. Of course, having noticed this I've never done it, and am very rusty in my crevasse rescue skills. If anyone in NoCal would like to set up a practice session some time this winter I'd be game. While at it, it wouldn't hurt to practice some avy rescue skills.
by nickmech » Sat Dec 17, 2011 6:44 am
Deb wrote:JHH60 wrote:I've often noted the 10'+ high hard-packed vertical walls of plowed snow you see at Sno Parks, ski resorts, Lassen, Crane Flat in Yosemite, etc. and thought that it would be an ideal place to practice crevasse rescue. One guy could be at the bottom of the wall and be the victim, and one or more people up top could hold the fall, set up the snow anchor, build the z pulley, reinforce the lip of the "crevasse", haul, etc... Unlike many real crevasses the potential for the victim to get into trouble if the process is botched is limited. Of course, having noticed this I've never done it, and am very rusty in my crevasse rescue skills. If anyone in NoCal would like to set up a practice session some time this winter I'd be game. While at it, it wouldn't hurt to practice some avy rescue skills.
Oh! That's a cool idea....BUT will there ever be enough snow to plow through to MAKE these walls?!
I'm good with avy skills, took a class in Feb during the worst snow storm in SoCal.
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