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It's not just high-altitude tramping; it's carrying the equivalent of a Himalayan tahr on your back. Photo: Dan Slater
After years of tramping, Dan Slater decided to learn the ropes – in every sense of the word – by getting above the snowline Groove up, or groove down? I can’t quite remember which side of the belay device gives it higher friction. It doesn’t help that I’m hanging from an ice anchor halfway up […]

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