An essay by the late Marv Dean about an adventurous February day in the Canadian Rockies at a time before ice climbing became a mainstream sport
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A new short film was just dropped featuring the American sending the route nearly a decade ago
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The local rescue group has had a busy week on the Mont Blanc Massif
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The “Swiss cheese” model is a metaphor for how risk can be reduced through overlapping and redundant safety systems.
https://www.alpinesavvy.com/blog/the-swiss-cheese-model-of-risk-mitigation