Winter skills 4.4: climbing and protecting steeper mixed ground. Expert tips for winter climbing. Climbing and protecting steeper mixed ground.
Climbing steep ice – tactics and placing screws
Expert tips for winter climbing. Climbing steep ice – tactics and placing ice screws. This is one of a series of instructional films produced exclusively for BMC TV in association with AMI (the Association of Mountaineering Instructors), Lowe Alpine and DMM.
The Place of the Gaels
Rab has always been inextricably linked to Scotland. It is our founder’s place of birth and while he built his company in the heart of industrial Sheffield, it is Scotland that has always inspired our work.
Using a V thread/Abalakov anchor for belaying
Glenmore Lodge Head of Mountaineering Jon Jones demonstrates how to use a V thread or Abalakov anchor as part of a belay.
Using a V thread/Abalakov anchor for abseiling
Glenmore Lodge Head of Mountaineering Jon Jones demonstrates how to use a V thread or Abalakov anchor for abseiling.
Making a V thread/Abalakov anchor for belaying or abseiling
Glenmore Lodge Head of Mountaineering Jon Jones demonstrates how to make a V thread or Abalakov anchor. Enabling you to create a belay or abseil position on ice.
Making an ice screw belay
Glenmore Lodge Head of Mountaineering Jon Jones demonstrates how to make an ice screw belay.
Placing an ice screw
Glenmore Lodge Head of Mountaineering Jon Jones demonstrates how to place an ice screw for lead climbing.
‘Jeff Lowe’s Metanoia’ – Official Trailer
Jeff Lowe’s Metanoia is the story of a legendary athlete’s rise to the top of his sport before a devastating fall from grace that precipitates perhaps the boldest solo mountain climb in history: Metanoia, on the North Face of the Eiger.