Mazamas — For the Love of Mountains
In this field session, instructors will cover how to properly build snow anchors and how to back these up to really make them bomber. After the group has anchors and a place to fix some ropes, students will move into crevasse self-rescue (usually the preferred and most common crevasse rescue option) by rapping off a small cornice and then ascending the rope back to the top. Students are encouraged to experiment here with combinations of various ascending knots (Prusik, klemheist, Bachman) to decide what works best for them.
The rest of the day will be spent in rope teams in different scenarios, including assisting another rope team with simple haul, and building 2:1 and 3:1 hauling systems. (This course will not be covering the more complex 5:1 and 6:1 hauling systems in this class.)
