AlpineInstitute
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The American Alpine Institute is a world-wide mountain school and guide service. It's mission is "to provide world class mountain education, exceptional guided experiences and to inspire natural preservation." www.alpineinstitute.com
Are ball nuts something that a teenage boy came up with as a punchline to a joke...? #climbing
Ropes and Dirt = Damaged Carabiners #climbing #rockclimbing Courses and Guided Experiences: www.alpineinstitute.com
Leave No Trace: Travel on Durable Surfaces & Leave What You Find. But educate in a way that people can hear...
Heat exhaustion can happen to anyone. But the internet is aflame attacking a young woman for a terrible reason...
At first glance, this anchor looks rough. The steel carabiners are thick, & there's redundancy, so it's probably okay—for now. But fixed hardware doesn't get safer with age. That's why we work with Washington Climbers Coalition and the American Safe Climbing Association to replace aging hardware.
Self arrest without an ice axe when glissading... Courses and Guided Experiences: www.alpineinstitute.com
What useless #mountaineering, #skiing, or #climbing facts do you carry in your head?
iPhone vs. inReach in Wilderness Rescue Courses and Guided Experiences: www.alpineinstitute.com
Assisted braking devices like the Petzl Gri Gri are not fool proof. #climbing #rockclimbing
There are four essential rules to glissading! #mountaineering
Congratulations to AAI Denali Team 5 on their recent summit of Denali! www.alpineinstitute.com/dispatches/2...
Birds that release the souls of dead mountaineers. #climbing #mountaineering
Congratulations to AAI Denali Team #4! They tagged the summit on Saturday and are now safely down. www.alpineinstitute.com/dispatches/
Congrats to AAI #Denali Team 3 for bagging the summit! www.alpineinstitute.com/dispatches/2...
GriGri Hands Free Failure Modes in #climbing. Full Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=We-n...
Generators in public #campgrounds are a real problem. People don't want to listen to machines when #camping.
Ladders over crevasses on #glaciers in #mountaineering. #mteverest
Firefighter's belay for #rappelling in #climbing and #rockclimbing
Using a counter balance rappel with a rope over your shoulder keeps an injured climber away from the wall. #climbing #mountainrescue
The mountaineer's rest step is an old school technique that works incredibly well to save energy for endurance #mountaineering. Courses and Guided Experiences: www.alpineinstitute.com
Piolet Ramasse is an old school #iceclimbing technique developed before crampons had front points. #mountaineering
