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The cold world of skimo & alpine climbing

The cold world of skimo & alpine climbing

Friday, November 25, 2011

Avi on route....and cowboy tough. .





Heal up quick!

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Balls of steel

Anonymous said...

indeed. This Boney M track made me smile - a clear citation from "Touching the Void"; those guys, they surely nave a fine humour feeling.
Hope his recovery will be fast.
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Mykhaylo, .ua

marcello said...

second only to"touching the void" thank you for posting.

Jimmy Hef said...

A great reminder to stay vigilant. Also, super inspiring how they cleaned up their own mess. If or when the time comes, I hope I can muster similar mettle.

noahhaber said...

This video is covered in detail and analysed by Will Gadd on his blog. It also includes a very lengthy response to the discussion by Ed Warren, the injured climber. Very worth reading and going through the comments, as well as Ed's response

Link to Will Gadd's analysis:
http://willgadd.com/?p=600

Link to Response by Ed on Will Gad's blog:
http://willgadd.com/?p=621

Daniel Rudmin said...

From personal experience trying to crawl and walk through snow on a broken ankle, I can recommend splinting with two ice axes (once on flatter terrain). The head sticks below the boot and makes a pretty good artificial foot, and if you bind it tightly below the knee it takes a great amount of weight off the ankle.

veronika said...

does anyone know what they were climbing?

sk said...

Wow..thanks for sharing. Nice to see a great self rescue in challenging conditions.

Anonymous said...

They were putting up a new route in the Snowy Range, WY.

Wyatt said...

Veronika, I would guess it is in the Snowy Range.

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