When a crevasse is unavoidable and must be crossed on your glaciated mountain climb, the technique you and your team employ will often be dictated by circumstances. This video gets into three different procedures to be chosen and applied based on terrain slopes and crevasse sizes.
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This video references a number of other videos that might be of interest:
Glacier Travel series:
• Glacier Travel Series
Glacier navigation video:
• Avoiding Crevasse Fall...
Fundamentals of rope management as a glacier travel team:
• Fundamentals of Moving...
Roping up as a glacier travel team:
• Spacing, Coils, and Br...
6:1 "drop loop" crevasse rescue system:
• Building a 6:1 Drop Lo...
Basic snow anchors:
• How to Build Basic Sno...
0:00 Intro
0:10 Bumper
0:19 Glacier Travel Series
0:34 When We Can't Avoid Crossing a Crevasse
0:57 Marking the Danger
1:18 Stepping Across
2:02 Belaying Across: Pros and Cons
4:17 Belaying Across: Traveling Uphill
5:56 Belaying Across: Traveling Downhill
7:13 Three Options
7:53 Outro
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