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Survival Skillset

Lesson 3 of 10

Storms high on big mountains: Aoraki, Siula Grande and Everest

40 min

You will probably never stand on the summit ridge of a high glaciated mountain in a storm. Most people who take this course never will. These three cases are here anyway, because what happened on them is the same problem you meet on a British hill, magnified: weather that pins you down, a companion who cannot move, a goal that pulls you past your turnaround time, and decisions that have…

In this lesson

  • Aoraki / Mount Cook, 1982: thirteen days in an ice cave
  • What happened
  • The decisions
  • What the land offered
  • What we can learn
  • Siula Grande, 1985: the rope
  • Everest, 1996: the storm on summit day
  • The three cases together
  • Check yourself
  • Key points

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