2. 2011

Rigging For Rescue Seminar

One week in the mountains with fellow rescuers, honing our rope skills in steep terrain.
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Alyson handles some ropes during re-rigging.
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Alyson handles some ropes during re-rigging.

Alaska2011Eklutna ValleyRigging For Rescue

  • Team members gear up for an approach to Eklutna Glacier.
  • A lone subjects gets a lift from the rest of the team to get back out of a crevasse.
  • Eric keeps his gear organized during the exercises.
  • Eeva manages some rope between rescues.
  • Almost out of the crevasse, Greg finally gains eye contact with his team.
  • A view from Eklutna Glacier under the towering peaks that surround.
  • Glacier ice with a light dusting of snow.
  • Brian gets lowered into a crevasse in preparation for a rescue.
  • The blue glacier ice surrounds Brian as he waits for rescue.
  • Scott works some rigging during a cliff transition exercise.
  • Alyson handles some ropes during re-rigging.
  • Teams fall away below Mark as we prepare for a long lower with the litter.
  • A panorama of Eklutna Glacier Valley from our vantage at our high point.
  • Teams pass the litter downhill alongside Eklutna Glacier.
  • Eklutna Valley falls away under the rescue crew as they work at passing a knot during a long lower.
  • Evening entertainment at the cabin playing "ten thousand."
  • Greg leads a massive chain of rescuers out onto the blue ice of the glacier.
  • Alyson stands by, waiting her turn to head up onto the glacier ice.
  • Alyson stands by, waiting her turn to head up onto the glacier ice.
  • Greg watches the crew rigging to lower him down the glacier.
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