Advanced Crevasse Rescue

Our very own Vern lead the Colorado Mountain Club's Advanced Crevasse Rescue Seminar. There were over 20 people who participated in the days exercises. There were three groups going to Denali this spring and a group going to Mt. Rainier this summer. Since there are no crevasses in Colorado, to practice crevasse rescue we went to a cornice above Loveland Pass.

The Crevasse Rescue group

Greg going over the edge of a "crevasse"

Video of climber "falling" and his rope team going into the "self-arrest" position. (4.8MB / 23 sec.)

Reynald in the self-arrest position

Video of Doug falling over the edge. (4.1MB / 22 sec.)

Climbers in "crevasse" (Steve M. is the one on the right)

Reynald hanging in the hole

Video (7.7MB / 52 sec.) of Reynald having problems while being pulled out of the "crevasse". While he was trying to prussik up, his team began pulling. His left leg was torqued because his foot prussik was higher than his waist.

Steve D. being pulled up

Video of the team pulling Steve D. over the "lip". (12.8MB / 44 sec.)

Rope work gone bad

Enjoy these videos of some Boarders launching off the cornice. Kids, these are professionals, don't try this yourself.

Snow border 1 jumping off the cornice. (1.9MB/12 sec.)

Snow border 2 jumping off the cornice. (1.8MB/19 sec.)

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