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Lecture 2

Lecture 2

material covered:

The second lecture goes into mechanics of crevasse rescue, and takes into consideration nutrition, health, and hygiene while on a climb. Please scroll to the bottom of the page to access the L2 quiz, and take the quiz as soon as you can within one week after it is posted.

handouts, resources, and other materials:

Lecture 2 - ANAM Scenarios

Lecture 2 - Manual Section

Pulleys, Hauling Systems, and How They Work - Slides (Powerpoint presentation)

Crevasse Rescue:

z-pulley diagram.png

The z-pulley is a crevasse rescue system with which you will be required to demonstrate proficiency. The diagram above becomes clearer once you've seen it in action, and walked through it a few times yourself. You will see it demonstrated at L2, and be tested on it in the snow at FT6.

Please see Freedom of the Hills for more information about situations in which crevasse rescue becomes necessary, and when you might choose to use this system in particular. 

The Seattle branch has recorded an excellent walk-through of this system. However, they use a few different knots and hitches than the way we teach it through Tacoma. Both methods are safe and effective. See the video below.

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The Seattle Mountaineers' Z-pulley demo is below. Please note that this video shows some different hitches/knots than the way you will be doing it with the Tacoma branch (prusik instead of Bachmann, etc.). Both systems are safe.

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 Nutrition on a climb:

Calorie requirements for a day hike are quite a bit different than climbs in which you are gaining 3000-5000 feet in a day! Additionally, your body burns more fuel to keep itself warm when it is cold out. All that food can get expensive (and heavy!). Here are some resources:

  • Mountaineers Promotive (ExpertVoice): Sign up for the Mountaineers team page to get solid discounts on a lot of brands, including Mountain House (tasty freeze-dried, high-calorie meals), ProBar, and others.
  • "A Week of Backpacking Meals": This meticulously-detailed photoblog goes through preparations for putting together a week's worth of nutrition for a moderately high-intensity backpacking trip. Calorie-dense and lightweight foods are important considerations that backpacking and climbing share.
  • "Moose Goo" and other high-calorie homemade treats, another resource from an ultralight backpacker.
  • Trader Joe's has a pretty strong selection of dried, packaged, calorie-dense, and other good choices.

no dieting in the mountains

This chart ranks some calorie-dense foods and lists specific numbers for folks who calculate their loadout precisely. As you heard in the lecture, macronutrients are an important consideration for when you eat different foods. You will be at your strongest eating carbs, fats, and proteins when your body needs them and can utilize them best.

top-10-hiking-foods.pdf

 some examples:

Do a Google Image search for "backpacking food" or "climbing food" for many more examples.

Rainier, DC Route nutrition (everyone will have different caloric needs! This is just an example.)

 Rainier, DC Route nutrition (everyone will have different caloric needs! This is just an example.)

Four days' backpacking food (everyone will have different caloric needs! This is just an example.)

 Four days' backpacking food (everyone will have different caloric needs! This is just an example.)

Lecture 2 quiz

Please take this quiz as soon as possible after the lecture. Feel free to refer to your notes, FOTH, manual, etc.

CLICK HERE TO TAKE THE QUIZ for lecture 2

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