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Tag Archives: mountaineering
High Misadventure by Paul Hersey (my thoughts)
I’m not sure how I’ve come to have a fascination with outdoor accidents, but possibly it’s to do with wanting to find out as much as I can about how things can go wrong. It’s a sensitive issue to discuss, … Continue reading
Benefits of self-arrest
A couple of very lucky people have been in the news in the last few days. Both involved slipping, sliding for hundreds of metres down icy mountain slopes, and unusually getting away with it. Reading about them both prompted a … Continue reading
I always knew they were crazy people
Not that it’s a bad thing. I was browsing Bob McKerrow’s weblog this morning, which is typically fascinating reading, and he’s pointed out a 2005 study by Erik Monasterio, a psychiatrist, who suggests that over a four year period, 8.2% … Continue reading
Trip: Climbing Mt Travers
Until now I hadn’t climbed a real mountain in any real sense, so I spent several weeks looking forward to tagging along on a trampey club alpine trip to Mt Travers, in Nelson Lakes, to see what was involved. The … Continue reading
Posted in tramping
Tagged bagged:coldwater hut, bagged:john tait hut, mountaineering, nelson lakes, tramping, wtmc, wtmc newsletter
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Good avalanche assesment
Glenn Pennycook has written an excellent article titled All about avalanches over at Mountainz. It looks like a good summary of the theory behind avalanches, and leads into what looks like some good guidelines about how to assess avalanche conditions. … Continue reading
Thoughts on the Barker Hut Trio
I’m often behind on current events. I don’t spend much time listening to New Zealand’s news media, and I don’t have much respect for a lot of it. (Some of National Radio is an exception.) Over the weekend, I’ve been … Continue reading
Posted in musing
Tagged department of conservation, media, mountaineering, musing, search and rescue, tramping
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