mountains and athleticism
Running down is fun. Technical downhills are the funniest if you have a good technique, is like a dance with the elements. There’s no big secret, if you want to be a good downhill runner you need to train in the mountains, because is not about the strenght but about the feet and the vision.…
Read MoreSome times when we are on mountains we have not the possibility to find a good place for a sure abseiling anchorage. When we have not rocks to place a belay or we have not many equipment we can recourse to other techniques for abseiling or roping down a mate. When is compact snow we can use a…
Read MoreIs never 100% safe when you speed climb alone but here some techniques to be “safer” when you climb alone and want to have some protection in some meters: 1) 2 daisy or slings. Climb with a harmess with 2 daisy or long slings with one carabinner / cam on each one. On the hard…
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What to do if you’re skiing down and you have not a rope or you want to save time or to full ski a route? Vivian Bruchez is a master on Dry ski, he develop techniques to down ski (climb) in rocky sections. 1. Back on the rock: when is narrow between rocks, put the…
Read MoreYou are skiing down on a couloir and is a too steep part, or completely ice, and you can not ski for some meters? You don’t have the equipment (or time) to make a rappel, here a solution to change ski to climb mode (also can be good if you climb up a couloir and…
Read MoreFONT: http://fcorpet.free.fr/Denis/Solo-En.html Mountain is hazardous. Rock climbing is dangerous. Climbing alone is even more dangerous (e.g., Serious Accident. I use to climb integral solo without belaying, with two gold rules : being able to climb-down every step, and no objective hazard (no stones falling, solid rock). 2008 I decided to test auto-belaying. To climb harder…
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