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Post by kensmall on Jan 9, 2015 11:05:47 GMT -8
To continue my obsession with self-belay: There is only one sentence about using self-belay on descent in a section that called 'Facing out (Plunge Stepping)': "If the snow is too hard or steep for plunge-stepping, descend in a crouched position, planting the ax as low as possible in a self-belay [grasp?] with each step (fig. 16-22b)". I can think of two ways to interpret this. On one, before crouching down, you stand and lean way down, planting the ax near your lower foot (spooky), then go into a crouch and take two crouching steps down, then stand up and take the ice ax out , and repeat. On the other, you crouch down before planting the ax, then plant the ax lower than the lower foot (less spooky perhaps), take two crouching steps down, then without rising up, take the ax out and repeat. Instant quad burnout. Has anybody done this for more than 40 feet?
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