Testing anchors

September 2011

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September 2011

Destruction testing the vertical midclip snowstake. Photo: Fraser Crichton
Matt Bennett, Training Manager with the Sir Edmund Hilary Outdoor Pursuits Centre, coaches a group of New Zealand Alpine Club volunteer instructors in destruction-testing snow anchors. After the death of a student on an NZAC course last year at Whakapapa, the future of voluntary instruction is uncertain. Health and safety concerns are driving NZAC to […]

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