Accidents in North American Mountaineering<\/a><\/span>, and how because of 60+ years of reported accidents and the case studies that accompany them, we are able to identify and learn from their common problems. Following my powerpoint, the other guest speakers presented on the same topic.\u00c2\u00a0 Of the Europeans, there was Dan, a guide and the Vice President of the International Commission for Alpine Rescue (ICAR) from Norway, and Pascal who is a guide and professional mountain rescuer from Switzerland.\u00c2\u00a0 It was fascinating to compare the statistics of the USA to Europe.\u00c2\u00a0 What I gathered from listening to all of the presentations was that accidents happen, and will continue to happen. What will continue to change and evolve is how we deal with these accidents.<\/p>\nThe second day of the seminar was originally going to focus on the structure of organized rescue in the various countries.\u00c2\u00a0 However, due to bad weather, we adjusted some things and decided to present a live demo. The scenario Aaron and I presented was \u00e2\u20ac\u0153how to rescue a lead climber as the belayer\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. \u00c2\u00a0Aaron and I demonstrated these skills three times to groups of 60. We didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t quite have the best set-up for this demo but if there is anything a guide is good at, it is adaptive thinking and problem solving.\u00c2\u00a0 Using our resources we decided that a 100ft tall light pole in the middle of a field would be our rescue scene.\u00c2\u00a0 This alone was a spectacle in itself.\u00c2\u00a0 The day was a success.<\/p>\n
Finally, on the third and last day of the seminar, each speaker presented their country\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s or provinces\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 newest and latest rescue gear and techniques.\u00c2\u00a0 Aaron took this opportunity to focus on companion rescue involving glaciated terrain.\u00c2\u00a0 His talk focused on the primary differences and similarities of “improvised” rescue vs. “organized” rescue, the gear that is involved, and how to use it.<\/p>\n
There were close to 200 people from all around the world. We all had one common purpose, sharing information so we can learn from our mistakes and work towards a worldwide standard in mountain rescue techniques.\u00c2\u00a0 It was a fun trip!<\/p>\n
Mike Haft<\/p>\n
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