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Post by mod-gregg on May 28, 2013 14:53:08 GMT -8
Okay. Alpine climbing is any climbing done in an alpine setting. It includes hiking and camping, off trail travel and navigation, snow and glacier climbing, scrambling and rock climbing, even ice climbing. Yes it can be more committing than rock climbing (sport climbing and crag climbing, but not more than rock climbs with long approaches, many pitches or big walls) but what skills/ hazards, safety issues are truly unique to an alpine climbing environment vis a vis other climbing settings? Aside from sport climbing and crag climbing are there any climbs in the basic or intermediate climbs that are not alpine climbs? The Tooth: rock climb or alpine climb? Dome Peak: Glacier climb or alpine climb? Mt. Olympus: Glacier climb or alpine climb. Kangaroo Temple (Washington Pass in general in the Spring): rock climb or alpine climb?
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Post by nicklyle on May 30, 2013 7:39:41 GMT -8
This is somewhat subjective, but for me an alpine climb is one that is likely to require fast and efficient movement over a variety of terrains, snow, rock, glacier by mountaineers who are self-sufficient and who carry all their own gear. In order to accomplish this the essential skills involve being able to negotiate the widest variety of obstacles with the least specialized gear that is practical. In this sense climbing style becomes a tool and not just an expression of an ethical position.
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