Did you know that majority of mountaineering accidents happen during the descent? One way to cut out this risk would be to paraglide. But is it safe?
I guess it would be fair to admit first that even if I wanted to go to Mount Everest, I couldn’t simply because I couldn’t afford it. But there is more to this.
Have you ever lost balance on a steep downhill walk, and ended painfully on your bottom? If so, then you can guess what this text is about, so keep reading.
If you visit some of outdoors forums sites, you will notice various claims about effects of drinking tea at altitude, and some of them are contradictory. So what is the truth? Keep reading.
Those who claim that it is easier to walk uphill, should just check their ascend time and compare it with their descend time. This will tell it all.
In a natural environment you can have a variety of possible inclination angles, and this even on the same descending route. So it may be necessary to use different technics.
When you are on a glacier covered with snow, it may be difficult to visually detect crevasses. Just see the top picture above. Who would say that there are crevasses on that glacier?
Steep scree slopes are sometimes unavoidable when you are on a summit tour or just on a hiking or backpacking tour with cliffs around. Some care is needed when you pass such sections on your trail.
Descending a dry grass slope with serious inclination and exposure can be as dangerous as descending snow slopes. So the same technics should be used for self-arrest.
I have been mountaineering for decades in the same manner, and did not even know that there was a name for such a style. Well, it turns out that there is.