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-“Mountains have a way of dealing with overconfidence.”-
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-Hermann Buhl-
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-My belief is that Companion Rescue is a necessary skill that demands a high level of proficiency to enter the backcountry…as a stand alone skill, it’s not a right of passage.-
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-Companion rescue falls into what I refer to as “disaster relief”. Meaning, when a lot of other systems have failed, this is the last resort. “System B”. –
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-For me “System A” includes:
- Understanding and applying the forecast to the terrain.
- Creating a tour plan around those perimeters with options, bailouts and rescue plan.
- Discussing the plan with partners and agreeing on it or some variation to meet the needs of the group.
- Engaging in the terrain while continued discussion and execution of the plan.
- Ground-truthing conditions and error correcting while in route.
- Reassess the execution of the agreed upon option.
- Execution an option or bailout.
- Debrief.
- Integration of lessons learned into new plans and objectives.-
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-This methodical process leaves me with 7 mandatory steps prior to the potential need to implement “System B”. And that’s if I decide to engage in avalanche terrain.-
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-What’s your method of creating margins and managing risk in and around avalanche terrain? If you don’t have one…start with education.
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