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Crevasse Rescue class session

  • Start date: 06/15/2011

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 06/15/2011

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

This is the second of two class sessions for crevasse rescue. This class will focus on self-rescue techniques for getting out of a crevasse (prusiking out of a crevasse) and also on how to set up the basic rescue systems for pulling people out. This will be a hands-on session building from information learned in the previous class. Attendance at both the 6/8 and 6/15 sessions is required in order to participate in the field session on the weekend of 6/18.

  • Event Leader: Steve Still

  • Event Leader Phone: 541-344-7324

  • Event Leader Email: steve-still@comcast.net

  • Assistant Leader: Sue Sullivan

  • Event category: Climbs

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  • Departure Location: Obsidian Lodge

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  • Season: 2011

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Bring harness, helmet, personal prusiks and carabiners to this evening session.

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  • Member Fees: 1

  • Elevation Gain:

  • Non-Member Fees: 1

  • Committee: Climbs

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

Nineteen climbers gathered for this second part of Crevasse Rescue Training. The session was conducted outdoors at the lodge and thankfully we had dry weather. Folks were broken up into teams. While some practiced rope team tie-in, travel, and execution of the Z pulley system, rotating through the various positions on the rope, others practiced individual self rescue technique on the climbing wall using prussik loops. Teams rotated stations to be sure everyone had a chance to practice all the skills. These were "dry run" practices in preparation for the field session at Mt. Hood.