Crevasse Rescue Practice with Skis (May 1997)
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Dawn on Mount Rainier
Mount Rainier from Nisqually
Nisqually Glacier Panorama
Skier Fallen into Crevasse
Looking into the Depths
Crevasse Bridge
A Leaning Serac
Mt St Helens from Crevasse
Help from Above
Climbing Out of Crevasse
Heading Home
After shedding pack, poles, and skis, I waited for the skiers on the surface to anchor the 'accident rope' (now also serving as the 'rescue rope'). Once they yelled down to me that the rope was solid, I ascended several feet up it using prussik loops, one attached to my climbing harness and the other providing a pair of leg loops to stand in. This view looks downhill along the crevasse (opposite direction from the previous photo), with me about 30 feet below the snow surface. The large block in the center of the photo is a serac, a column of the glacier isolated by crevasses on all sides and now slowly collapsing.
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