Crevasse Rescue Response
A beginner-friendly training session. Active club members have priority.

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Location: Mt. Seymour.

Prerequisites: None

Session Fee: $0.00

First priority is given to those who

• Have participated in community-type trips (trail building etc.)
• Have been a club member for at least 1 year.
• Have been on at least three club outdoors trips in the past 12 months.
• Have zero bailing incidents on club's records.

Agenda

• Alpine knots (12).
• Fall factor and impact forces.
  
• Ultimate backup.
• About glacier travel gear: ropes, snow pickets, ice screws, prusiks, ascenders, ice axes, ski poles, backpack sling, crampons, anchor material.
• Glacier anchors: pickets, snow bollards, ice screws, v-threads. SRENE principle.
• Roping up for glacier travel: 2 and 3-climbers rope teams. Kiwi coil.
• Hauling systems 1:1, 2:1, 3:1 - standard rigging / using TIBLOC.
• Crevasse Rescue Response Protocol in a three-person rope team.

Personal Gear (crossed items are not necessary - this is a "dry" session without actual snow or ice)

• 30-70m 8mm half rope (or else)
• helmet
• harness + belay device (Reverso type)
• crampons
• ice axe with a (accordion) leash on a locker (ice tool hammer would be better)
• carabiners: 4 non-lockers + 4 lockers + 1 large pear shape
• anchor material: cords and slings (Nylon, Dyneema, Spectra)
• 2 5-mm prusiks + 1 short
• Mechanical ascender (e.g. Tiblock, Ropeman)
• Two 61-cm snow pickets with runners attached
• Two 16-cm ice screws
• personal emergency kit incl. medical
• headlamp with spare fresh batteries

B.N.

• if minimum safety levels are not met (because of weather, conditions, etc.) the trip will be canceled, last minute cancellations do occur.
• if you want to receive a response you must clearly answer  ALL "Trip Planning Questions"
• if you haven't received response, check your email in Spam folder (some eager service providers mark club's messages as such ).