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Survival Skillset

Lesson 6 of 15

Steep grass, scrambling, scree and rockfall

40 min

It has drizzled all afternoon. You are on the way down and the path doubles back on itself in a long zigzag round a spur. Straight below you, a grassy slope drops directly towards the valley and the car park. It does not look very steep. It would save an hour. Someone in the group has already stepped off the path.

In this lesson

  • Descending steep grass
  • First choice: do not be there
  • If you must descend it
  • Common mistakes
  • Ascending and traversing steep ground
  • How
  • Scrambling basics: three points of contact
  • Scree: ascent, traverse and descent
  • Scree running and why to avoid it
  • Why not
  • Rockfall: avoiding it and warning others
  • Check yourself

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