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Who Needs This and What Goes Wrong Without It Every alpine climber knows the basics: pick a line, check the weather, pack your gear. But at high altit...
This guide presents a systems-engineering approach to alpine ascent planning, moving beyond generic advice to address the specific failure modes that ...
When deep snow transforms familiar terrain into a blank canvas of risk, standard route cards fail. Snowbound Vector Analysis (SVA) is a systematic met...
Most high-altitude climbers know the standard advice: ascend slowly, sleep low, hydrate. But for those who have already hit the ceiling of those basic...
A cornice is a snow wave frozen in the act of breaking. For most backcountry travelers, the rule is simple: stay off the ridge crest and treat the lip...