Razmere v gorah

RSS podatki
Vseh zadnjih 20 prispevkov
Iskanje po bazi podatkov

Novejši prispevki: (30)

Note 44.475 MOUNT-L 475 of 517 CUPIDO::STRITAR "Andrej Stritar, IJS,(61)-1885-450" 84 lines 16-DEC-1994 10:09
CUPIDO::STRITAR "Andrej Stritar, IJS,(61)-1885-450" 84 lines 16-DEC-1994 10:09
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: STENAR::STENAR::MRGATE::"X400::1=de::2=d400::3=tr::5=edu::4=metu::4=cc::4=knidos::6=mountainee
To: CUPIDO::STRITAR
CC:
Subj:

From: FUNC: edu
NAME: mountaineering <6=mountaineering@4=KNIDOS@4=CC@4=METU@5=EDU@3=TR@2=D400@1=DE@X400@STENAR>
To: NAME: Multiple recipients of list
FUNC: edu <6=mountaineering@4=KNIDOS@4=CC@4=METU@5=EDU@3=TR@2=D400@1=DE@X400@STENAR>

RFC-822-HEADERS:
Errors-To: metin@knidos.cc.metu.edu.tr
Originator: mountaineering@knidos.cc.metu.edu.tr
Precedence: bulk
X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas

Date: 13-Dec-1994
Posted-date: 13-Dec-1994

From: PO3::"mountaineering@knidos.cc.metu.edu.tr" 12-DEC-1994 17:10:28.03
To: Multiple recipients of list
CC:
Subj: Line up your backup\support

To add to the recent note below about battling hypothermia and other mishaps:

***********************************************************************

> Our defenses against hypothermia (and many other mountaineering mishaps)
> rank as such:

> 1. behavior
> 2. physiological resilience
> 3. equipment, equipment, equipment

************************************************************************

I would add a fourth category:

4. 'backup\support' for notifying responsible people or agencies who can alert
rescuers and direct them where to find you. Might be significant others,
friends, park rangers, or even the guy who operates the gas station near to
where you will leave your car. The key is notifying a RESPONSIBLE PERSON.

You should leave oral and written instructions about where you are going, how
long you intend to be, how much time is permitted to pass before calling in
the rescue parties or helicopters, etc. And you should STICK TO THE ITINERARY.

Years ago, my brother-in-law and I climbed Mount Blanc on the French/Italian
border. We summited in early morning and were descending before noon when he
tripped and fell off a snow-field trail. He cartwheeled down several hundred
feet before a boulder stopped him. Ouch! I had to rappel down our 35 meter
rope, tie off, rappel, tie, etc. until I reached him. That was the easy part.

Did the emergency first aid drill to stabilize him (bad head lacerations, lost
a lot of blood, had a concussion, was in shock--all at 12,500 feet, alone). I
then carried him piggy-back style back up to the trail, a challenge in itself.
Carried him another half-mile to a radio-equipped alpine mountain refuge where
I radioed down to Chamonix for a helicopter. They waited six hours due to bad
weather so I did more first aid and treated the guy for shock. Luckily the
copter made it to the refuge just before dark and transported him to the
hospital where he received over 40 stitches for 5 deep gashes in his scalp. As
for me? I was left alone on the mountain, exhausted. Both our packs were back
up that trail--no, I didn't want to leave all my climbing stuff. Went up and
retrieved both packs, tying one on top of the other producing a 90 pound load.
I just had to know how he was so I ran--literally RAN--down the glacier that
descends most of the way down to the town of Chamonix, taking the risk of
tripping and hurting myself, or falling into a crevasse with those heavy
packs, or twisting an ankle or spraining a knee. But I made it in a few hours.
I found Jean, my bro-in-law, comatose in the hospital intensive care unit, in
stable condition due to having been helicopter evacuated from Mount Blanc. He
would have died without that life-saving backup system of the radio-telephone.
Naturally, he wouldn't have gotten hurt if we'd stayed home that weekend, but
then staying home does not a climber/adventurer make. Right, Charlie Houston?

Still, in the end the best precaution is respecting your own skill & ability.

All the best,

Rich Carl

East Lansing, Michigan

---gora
3.128.199.210(0)
1135105 (635520,194,499391)
1097884 (615207,66,482611)
razmere.e-gora.si