Improvised Rescue at Milestone Buttress..

I joined Allan and Danny today to look at improvised rescue and problem solving. As experienced climbers they have a number of trips planned to some of the more adventurous crags in Britain and the Alps.

They chose to have a private day of instruction looking at self rescue and solving problems on the crag, as well as a refresher on crevasse rescue.

Milestone Buttress on Tryfan gave a suitable venue to practice hauling, lowering past a knot, abseiling past a knot, assisted abseils, counter balance rescues, escaping the system etc, with a few tricks thrown in. Finally the large boulder field at the base of the crag yielded some impressive makeshift crevasse slots!

Coincidentally, I have recently written an article for BMC Summit Magazine explaining some of these skills. Keep your eye out for it in the autumn..