olyclimber Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Interesting stuff: http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/13201212568/Danger-Zones-Mt-Rainier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScaredSilly Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 I am not really seeing anything that enlightening. The author seems to be stating the mostly the obvious and emphasizing the basics. He did not even get into a discussion on probably the biggest issue facing climbers on Rainier - rope up and place gear or not. On Liberty he barely mentions that many climbers end up with a high bivy and unprepared for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted October 10, 2014 Author Share Posted October 10, 2014 Well i think there is information there that could lead you to draw your own conclusions. It definitely could have been done better (like plot all the accidents on a web map that allows you to look at topography) and other better data visualizations. But nothing wrong with showing the basics, there are new climbers born every day, everyone's gotta learn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Steph Abegg's Website goes into much finer detail and analysis: http://www.stephabegg.com/home/projects/rainierstatistics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted October 15, 2014 Author Share Posted October 15, 2014 No doubt, Steph slays it, just like pretty much everything else she does! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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