Progression sur Glacier

Rope is not to avoid fall but to avoid a fall inside a crevasse. Rope is usually around 50m.

  • Never leave alone
  • Good clothes adapted for the weather
  • Always wear the harness
  • Gear adapted for alpinism
  • Know how to rope yourself
  • Know how to orient yourself in fog
  • know the basic of rescue
  • Must be roped
  • Walk with "corde tendue" (see image)
  • Limit the number of sharp turns
  • Adapt speed to the person on the steepest part of the hill
  • Roping needed on “naked “glacier if risk of fall

what is the rope length between people in alpinisme?::36/nb of people.

The more the merrier: more people is safer in case of a fall.

Terrain rocheux/mix

  • Rocky terrain, easy = short rope (aka corde courte)
  • Roche, arrete = corde tendue with slings, and cam and nut (Coinceur in French)
  • Rocky terrain, hard = tire des longeurs

Rope techniques

  • Short rope is very dangerous.
  • Corde tendue = use the env for anchors

In alpinism we always use "corde a simple" (these can be doubled if it is long enough).

The challenge of a run is finding the optimal way to move forward based on the different technics.