from SAIS Southern Cairngorms
Shovel, probe and avalanche transceiver are three pieces of avalanche safety equipment for travel in avalanche terrain. The shovel and probe have multiple uses. The probe is good for getting a sense of layers in the snowpack and depth of snow cover. The transceiver is worn (not as in the photo) under the outer layer of clothing, quickly accessible for immediate use if required. We showed briefly the knowledge and kit in Part 1 2, watch this space for Part 3.
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from The Adventure Blog
One of the things I love about testing out new gear is that occasionally I come across some really great items from a company that whose gear I've never used before. That's exactly the case with the new Supersoft Base Layers from Ortovox that I've had the pleasure of testing out over the past few weeks. Specifically, the Long Sleeve men's zipped top . I first got a look at the Ortovox line-up at Outdoor Retailer back in August, where I was very impressed with the design of their gear. Everything they had
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from The Adventure Blog
Before I start my review of the Mountain Hardwear Jovian Jacket , I have a disclaimer that I must get out. I'm a big fan of Mountain Hardwear gear. I mean a BIG fan. I have several pieces of their gear in my closet, and it has always performed above and beyond my expectations when I've needed it most. I've always found their equipment to be well designed, incredibly durable, and a good value for the money. I've always appreciated the company's attention to detail and obvious connection with their core ...
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from The Alpinist - newswire
Young British climbers Tom Ripley and Hamish Dunn established a new route on the previously-unclimbed south face of Chichicapac (5614m) in the Cordillera Carabaya massif in southern Peru. Dunn and Ripley completed their new, unnamed route (TD, 700m) on August 22, 2011. The Cordillera Carabaya massif comprises six summits over 5000m. The first exploration of the area occurred in the 1950s and 1960s. In 2005, the first commercially organized expedition to the area (headed by Scotland's John Biggar and local
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from The Adventure Blog
In an interview for 60 Minutes that is set to air on Sunday, retired professional cyclist Tyler Hamilton says that he witnessed seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong use EPO to preparation for the race in 1999, the year that Armstrong won his first Tour. Hamilton further alleges that the doping continued for the next two seasons as well, which was the length of his contract on the U.S. Postal Team. According to this story at ESPN.com , Hamilton is quoted as saying:"I saw (EPO) in his ...
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from B3bouldering.com
A few years ago I visited Leavenworth, WA. Leavenworth is a gorgeous canyon with granite outcrops and boulders throughout. Recently, a massive landslide not only engulfed the road with a layer of sticks and debris, but it deposited several new boulders, which local climbers were quick to advantage of. Here is a link to the [...]
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from Life in the Vertical
Snowdon has a long history, one that started life on the bottom of the sea, the evidence of this can still be found on the summit in a layer of limestone complete with marine fossils. Shortly after that in geologic time the area then became a massive volcanic caldera and layer upon layer of lava [...]
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from The Mountain Blogspot
I'm looking through the door in the basement of a hotel where I'm lying, with 4 other men, in a radon bath heated by the geothermal springs of Mt Damavand. Stood in the doorway is an overweight Iranian taxi driver in white baggy white Y fronts with a big rubber tube in his hand. Even after only a few days in Iran we were getting rapidly used to these contrasts but only a few hours ago it had been -25℃ and blowing about 40km/h as we clipped into our skis, 100m below the summit of Mt Damavand, the highest
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from SAIS Southern Cairngorms
A layer of slush in the snow pack indicated by the yellow pencil!
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from SAIS Southern Cairngorms
At today's profile site the air temperature was 6 degrees. In these conditions it is important after having dug the pit to run the shovel down the side wall exposing a new surface immediately prior to the observations being taken. In these warm temperatures the exposed face changes very quickly. Here the gloved hand tests for resistance. In this case "four finger" of "4F". Note the large melt freeze grains on the surface. These are typical of a spring snow pack. Far down in the snow profile today we found
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