Rauhen Kamm again and again.. ;)
I decided to go for the Rauhen Kamm again. This time more relaxed and with a good friend of mine. It took us 5 1/2 h up to the summit with many breaks, including hot noddle break!
Again, the weather and the mountain was beautiful and therefore it was possible to go without crampons. Now some impressions of this wonderful day.
Regarding our upcoming belay training event. ;)
Some helpful information about what I’ll talk about and further details about belay technics.
At first we will talk about THE belay (HMS). Further Details about this method can be found under the following link:
Later on we will talk about the so called “Gasswerk method” introduced by Britschgi, Buehler and Seitz called after the Swiss climbing hall “Gasswerk”. This method should be used for belaying the lead climber using the GriGri. Further details can be found on the following video:
Another topic will be belaying a taller person. In this case the weight difference should be at most 30% regarding the climber. If this is not the case you can increase the friction on the rope.
For the alpine climbing interested people we will also discuss what to consider for belaying from a fix point. For further information see:
We decided to go for the “Rauhen Kamm” this February. We had perfect weather conditions and therefore enjoyed the climb a lot.
The way up to the summit took us about 4 – 5h with breaks starting from Raneck. Only the way up to the “Rauhen Kamm” was strenuous the climb itself was beautiful and less hard as we thought it would be. However crampons and ice-pick are still recommended. Some impressions:
