Ice axe arrest / self arrest

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  • čas přidán 19. 03. 2013
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    Glenmore Lodge instructor Mark Chaddwick runs through the important winter skill of self arrest, stopping a slide when in a variety of slide positions. Glenmore Lodge offer a range of winter skills courses from December to April, based in the heart of the Cairngorms National Park, Aviemore.
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Komentáře • 239

  • @JesusChristIsLord__
    @JesusChristIsLord__ Před 6 lety +1106

    The technique you taught saved me two years ago on Mt Shasta. And I was able to make summit. Thank you.

    • @airicaxoxo
      @airicaxoxo Před 5 lety +12

      If you don't mind may I hear the story?

    • @Lo-wy2iw
      @Lo-wy2iw Před 4 lety +8

      Let’s hear the story

    • @sndmurderer
      @sndmurderer Před 3 lety +181

      @@Lo-wy2iw He slipped and self-arrested. There you go.

    • @Shastavalleyoutdoorsman
      @Shastavalleyoutdoorsman Před 3 lety +8

      Wow it really is the most summitted mountain. Apparently even Jesus has been to the top.

    • @cgon4284
      @cgon4284 Před 3 lety +10

      I thought Jesus could walk on water or anything... so no need for ice axe...

  • @andyx2000x
    @andyx2000x Před 4 lety +209

    Just want to say a big thank you for this video. I watched it the week before I climbed great end via cust gully. I was 10 metres from the top then the snow gave way. And I fell two thirds of the way down. I thought I wasn't going to stop. Very scary. But believed in the technique. Thanks again. My climb was in Feb 2020.

  • @Ateszika
    @Ateszika Před 2 lety +287

    The technique you taught saved me two years ago in the kitchen. And I was able to make it to the fridge. Thank you

    • @goldiewulf8152
      @goldiewulf8152 Před 2 lety +5

      lmao, shout out to that other guy for being able to summit though

    • @jarnold1789
      @jarnold1789 Před 2 lety +13

      Lmao I started reading your comment and thought "oh the devil's kitchen on Mt. Hood, bad place to fall" then I kept reading 😂

    • @Doomer_Optimist
      @Doomer_Optimist Před rokem

      ​@@jarnold1789 same lol

    • @silvermediastudio
      @silvermediastudio Před 11 měsíci +1

      Thank you for your service.

  • @dylanleeevins
    @dylanleeevins Před 2 lety +39

    Never been on a mountain outside of the Ozarks but planning my first trip now. Cut and clear videos of lifesaving skills like this are critical. Thanks for it.

  • @nacholibre1962
    @nacholibre1962 Před 2 lety +6

    Good skills! 0:48 I wish someone had told our Royal Marine Mountain Leader instructor that in 1987. There was a decidedly steep drop-off of a couple of hundred feet of you didn't get the ice axe arrest right first time. A hell of an incentive!

  • @jonathanw4591
    @jonathanw4591 Před 4 lety +9

    GREAT video. Informative, to the point, and obviously a seasoned expert... This will be required viewing for my mountaineering wife who is to be receiving a Petzl Glacier 60 for Christmas. Thanks so much!

  • @talhahashmi2533
    @talhahashmi2533 Před 8 lety +5

    highly appreciated and very valuable information. Thank you Glenmore Lodge!

  • @YuriDomnikov
    @YuriDomnikov Před 10 lety +8

    Best videos on the subject. Thank you and keep posting!

  • @hectorjcm800
    @hectorjcm800 Před rokem

    This video saved me after slipping down a very steep slope on Iztaccihuatl in Mexico. Thank you!!!!

  • @CharlestonChronicles
    @CharlestonChronicles Před 2 lety +1

    This video saved my life this past weekend at Mt Adams, thank you so much!

  • @jessicaSmash
    @jessicaSmash Před 7 lety +22

    Great video instruction. The slow mo is very helpful!!

  • @tinamarconi
    @tinamarconi Před 2 lety

    Thank you thank you thank you! The slow motion was excellent! I have watched this a dozen times and your instruction is so wonderful! Now I know how to use my ax!

  • @Blackie78kg
    @Blackie78kg Před 10 lety +31

    Thank you so much for these lessons...I am absolute mountaineering begginer and they are really really valuable for me...Keep up doing the great work.

    • @mahma1067
      @mahma1067 Před 2 lety +3

      how ya doing now?

    • @lindsaybc2192
      @lindsaybc2192 Před 11 měsíci +1

      @Blackie78kg Hey! How are you doing now? Did you become an expert mountaineer within the past decade?

    • @Blackie78kg
      @Blackie78kg Před 11 měsíci +6

      @@lindsaybc2192 @mahma1067 Hey guys, noticed replies just now.Ast the matter of fact I have managed to achieve a lot of my personal goals. Mostly climbing mountains from 2-3000 meters high, in all seasons. Finished course for alpinism , both winter and summer climbing dry rock, but havent reached for some goals and routes. I hvae clomber more than 100 peaks, did few summer sky races (D +2200, 22.5km), seen some cool places in Alps Italian and Slovenian , Prokletije Mountains in Montenegro and Albania and other places alike on Balkans and Eastern Europe. .Mostly higher grade mountaineering, which was my aim. Thx again for asking and wish you all the health and luck!

  • @robertosupertramp9322
    @robertosupertramp9322 Před 2 lety +3

    I'm so grateful for this video. This just saved my girlfriend and me in Mount Fuji. Thank you so much!!

  • @cyphen21
    @cyphen21 Před 10 lety +58

    Your videos are great. I will practice this until I can do it as smoothly as you.

    • @glenmorelodge
      @glenmorelodge  Před 10 lety +26

      Always worth practising until you have it nailed, you never know when it might save your life

  • @SeanBannister
    @SeanBannister Před 2 lety +2

    I've never hiked up a snowy mountain in my life and the closest is 17 hours drive.... but when I saw the video pop up I figured I shouldn't take any chances. I'm gonna have all the moves at the next slip-n-slide.

  • @williambowen8456
    @williambowen8456 Před 11 měsíci

    Another +1 thanks for this video. It probably saved my life a few days ago climbing Middle Teton. I slipped coming down the couloir with my cramp-ons still on. Fell a long way and luckily missed all the rocks before I was eventually able to arrest.

  • @Ali-sf7kc
    @Ali-sf7kc Před 2 lety +1

    It doesn't even snow in my city but still it's 4 AM and I like to watch survival tip videos.

  • @shaterproofblosm
    @shaterproofblosm Před 2 lety

    I feel like this is one of those videos that legitimately saved peoples lives.

  • @katanyajason3316
    @katanyajason3316 Před 2 lety

    Excellent presentation. So clear too!

  • @geraldberliner5260
    @geraldberliner5260 Před 5 lety +1

    Best demonstration I've seen. Thanks so much

  • @sergeantcrow
    @sergeantcrow Před 8 lety

    Excellent demonstration and presentation... I can't wait to practice this...

  •  Před 8 lety +9

    It is alway appreciated this kind of information.

  • @TfearWasHere
    @TfearWasHere Před 2 lety +1

    i am now immune to falling off damage when equipped with an axe, thanks

  • @landrover4444
    @landrover4444 Před 6 lety +2

    Excellent. Intelligent and informative.

  • @GarethDanks
    @GarethDanks Před 5 lety +2

    Fantastic video. Just what I needed thank you 😊👏🏻

  • @BAK87
    @BAK87 Před 8 lety +1

    Excellent demo

  • @EarlyDawnTravels
    @EarlyDawnTravels Před 4 lety +30

    This is awesome. We just hiked to Everest Base Camp, and it peaked my interest in more technical climbing. Not sure where I can practice this in Pittsburgh PA (it rarely snows here anymore even in the winter), but I'm going to research! :)

    • @jameson1239
      @jameson1239 Před 2 lety

      Maine or Vermont maybe? I know there’s some stuff in Alaska and The northwest but that’s rather far

    • @TheDonBoston
      @TheDonBoston Před rokem

      That's wild! Getting to Everest basecamp is a feat in and of itself, I'm already into mountaineering and that one seems far off to me.

  • @Android480
    @Android480 Před 2 lety

    This dude has the best manner of speaking

  • @dougsholly9323
    @dougsholly9323 Před 2 lety +4

    CZcams: Wanna learn how to stop yourself from sliding on ice with an ice axe?
    Me: I never hike on snow...
    CZcams: So you wanna?
    Me: ok...

  • @cameronmcnall9862
    @cameronmcnall9862 Před 6 lety +2

    Nicely done, slow-motion is informative.

  • @lovegarbage
    @lovegarbage Před 2 lety +1

    The theory is great and training is never wasted but... This has happened to me twice: 1. Disorientation traversing slope in a bad weather and white-out and 2. Avalanched from gully by a collapsed cornice (best part of 1000' in total including a 30 foot step out of the gully to the slope) - what a cruncher!.
    Real situations are not much like braking on snow on nursery slopes and I must say that the acceleration and sheer speed are what you need to be prepared for. The first time braking helped but I was so disoriented - I stopped eventually and climbed back up to my traverse line. The second time I tried but the pick snatched out and it was really very hard to get my weight on the pick. In the end I ended up using the brim of my fibreglass helmet as the brake and that was suprisingly effective.

  • @JohnnyIDive37
    @JohnnyIDive37 Před 2 lety

    excellent video, I find this very informative , thank you!

  • @sonnylong4308
    @sonnylong4308 Před 9 lety +1

    Great video !

  • @magicalmonke
    @magicalmonke Před 2 lety +1

    Thanks now I finally know how to react to situations that could happen if I leave my room! The video was really good though!

  • @STILLROLLINGFILMS
    @STILLROLLINGFILMS Před 3 lety

    Great explanation!

  • @davidw8988
    @davidw8988 Před 2 lety

    Great instructions and video. Thank you

  • @darhk2889
    @darhk2889 Před 2 lety

    I'm 9 years late, I'm not an ice climber, but I still watched

  • @I-Human
    @I-Human Před 2 lety

    I've never gone mountain climbing, nor do I intend to do so, but I still watched the whole video :D

  • @FreakNZ
    @FreakNZ Před 2 lety

    Watching this knowing im never going to use it but still loving every second

  • @SuperSneakySteve
    @SuperSneakySteve Před 2 lety +1

    As a jiu jitsu black belt who's never done any ice climbing this technique makes a lot of sense. It's very similar to getting power in a cross choke.

  • @Placeholder476
    @Placeholder476 Před 2 lety +1

    Just learned a valuable skill. Not sure when I'll get to use it since I don't have an ice axe. Also don't have ice.

  • @EthanoftheD30
    @EthanoftheD30 Před 4 lety +1

    Great instructional video. Thorough and straight to the point.

  • @oBuLLzEyEo1013
    @oBuLLzEyEo1013 Před 2 lety

    Absolutely brilliant...

  • @cracklypeach4801
    @cracklypeach4801 Před 2 lety

    This saved my life once, while climbing a Fourteener in Colorado (Wilson Peak, near Telluride). Without the ice axe I would've plummeted down a 1500 foot snowfield into a big pile of jagged rocks

  • @thonkingintensifies9510

    Great video

  • @Gipnomaster-Ra
    @Gipnomaster-Ra Před 6 lety +2

    Благодарю, всегда полезно узнать новые детали!

  • @kennyochoa9544
    @kennyochoa9544 Před 2 lety +1

    I tried to climb a very popular mountain in my country called Chimborazo, we had a fell, the guide died, was a horrible experience than I'm getting better day by day, if I had saw this video a month ago, another will be the history, thank you !!

    • @TunnelJumper
      @TunnelJumper Před rokem

      I'm picturing what you went through and I'm so sorry my friend.. I've been wanting so badly to come back to Ecuador to climb Chimborazo. I hope this hasn't discouraged you from climbing again.

  • @ishowyouapple
    @ishowyouapple Před 6 lety +1

    This guy is awesome man

  • @petraresilio
    @petraresilio Před 6 lety

    great video

  • @stevemahler7186
    @stevemahler7186 Před 3 lety

    Awesome info Thank you

  • @xavier007pl
    @xavier007pl Před 11 lety

    Really nice. Thanks for sharing that. Can you think of a good place to practice this technique in Brecon Beacons?

  • @SURVIVEINNORWAY
    @SURVIVEINNORWAY Před 8 lety +1

    Nice video , thanks.

  • @tomfrantz
    @tomfrantz Před 9 lety +1

    Thanks

  • @mebel_PRO_Kiev
    @mebel_PRO_Kiev Před 9 lety +2

    thanks for details and slow motion))

  • @gramgramsausages189
    @gramgramsausages189 Před 2 lety

    I don’t plan on mountaineering yet in my life, but while skiing I almost fell off the face of the mountain, from now on I plan to get an axe so I won’t have to worry about that so much

  • @smartpig2386
    @smartpig2386 Před 2 lety

    damn, you are quite good at this technique

  • @TrevorLindgren
    @TrevorLindgren Před 7 lety +1

    Thanks!

  • @AndrewHelgeCox
    @AndrewHelgeCox Před 2 lety

    We did this with crampons on at your winter skills course in 2010 with lots of emphasis on keeping your crampons up. IIRC keeping your crampons out of contact with the ground was one of the things we were trying to learn by practising with them on. It makes sense to me that you would want to find out that your feet need to come up during training on a modest slope rather than at that instant of entering a cartwheel when trying to employee these techniques for real for the first time.
    Did you find that an unacceptable number of injuries were happening when you did the training with crampons on and were forced to switch?

  • @joshuamoore1091
    @joshuamoore1091 Před 3 lety

    This is great. Thanks a ton!!

  • @elinformaticomontanero9834

    Veri good video, tanks

  • @horizont6883
    @horizont6883 Před 2 lety

    even though this is an informational video from nearly 10 years ago, that slope looks really fun to slide down on just by yourself with no sleds

  • @LOL_V8
    @LOL_V8 Před 2 lety

    Litterally never seen more than one inch of snow in my life and probably will never need to use this but this tutorial seemed great and I guess I know now!

  • @leontrotsky531
    @leontrotsky531 Před 2 lety

    Excellent.

  • @ernestb.3523
    @ernestb.3523 Před 8 lety +1

    thanks

  • @SpaceMissile
    @SpaceMissile Před 2 lety +2

    "don't run with scissors!"
    yeah, but falling down a mountain with a large, metal spike is okay

  • @aleksitjvladica.
    @aleksitjvladica. Před 2 lety

    Wow, thank you!

  • @Shanemo007
    @Shanemo007 Před rokem

    thanks for sharing

  • @benmacdui9328
    @benmacdui9328 Před rokem

    Learning all this stuff yourself is more fun and fullfilling. Forget these do-good "guides" and "experts" at Glenmore , most are inexperienced Englishers barely in their 20s.

  • @lifeintheriver342
    @lifeintheriver342 Před 2 lety

    very helpful and eas to understand video

  • @thomaseaves132
    @thomaseaves132 Před 8 lety +1

    What did that guy use to wrap his axe near the top? Looks like a grip tape.

  • @joshuar622
    @joshuar622 Před 2 lety

    Ive never even seen snow but im sure this video will come in handy

  • @thehindukushheights
    @thehindukushheights Před 3 lety

    I just want to know where do the mountaineers take their training while coming to climb mountains in Pakistan? And what tools play the most important role beside oxygen erc,, Rope or crampons?

  • @souldipper
    @souldipper Před 2 lety

    ah yes. midnight youtube content

  • @qrs_tuv1925
    @qrs_tuv1925 Před 3 lety

    Excellent

  • @zeghetti595
    @zeghetti595 Před 2 lety

    as a kid i loved doing this

  • @madelinesavage735
    @madelinesavage735 Před 5 lety

    Wonderful

  • @beefyogurt
    @beefyogurt Před 2 lety

    very nice slow-mos

  • @jaypolas4136
    @jaypolas4136 Před rokem

    The technique you taught saved me two years ago in the bathroom. And I was able to make it to the toilet again. Thank you.

  • @razdan16
    @razdan16 Před 2 lety

    Gracias por compartir ¡¡

  • @yxhankun
    @yxhankun Před 5 lety

    Real survival skill!

  • @Emlif
    @Emlif Před 2 lety

    Im not an ice climber nor am i planning on becoming one. But its 3 am so nothings out of question.

  • @baldcarrots
    @baldcarrots Před 2 lety

    It's 3am, I've never ice climbed and never will - why am I here?

  • @SevenRavens007
    @SevenRavens007 Před 2 lety

    How Mallory was killed (ice axe to forehead). Made me wonder if his leg was broken in a fall or because of not keeping his feet up during arrest

  • @WiseOldRafikiYT
    @WiseOldRafikiYT Před 2 lety

    never been up a mountain and i hate the cold, i dont know why im watching this

  • @IlIlIlllIlIlIllli
    @IlIlIlllIlIlIllli Před 2 lety

    This is great when I ever leave my bedroom

  • @Swarm561
    @Swarm561 Před 2 lety

    I live in florida and I dont plan on doing any mountain climbing but I watched this whole video just in case

  • @ziko317
    @ziko317 Před 2 lety +12

    This video saved my life. I was skydiving with my friends and both of my parachutes failed, so I used this technique and eventually stopped on the ground.

  • @smockytubers1188
    @smockytubers1188 Před 2 lety

    Maybe this is a dumb question: When you press down with your shoulder onto the axe why doesn't it... hurt?

  • @MrDara1952
    @MrDara1952 Před 8 lety +1

    Thanks for the video. As we go to the TGO we will be careful. We will not be bringing crampons or axes as we will take low routes. It is good to know at least though. What would you do if you had no axe? Roll on belly I suppose.

    • @ELtercermundista82
      @ELtercermundista82 Před 8 lety

      use your elbows and knees

    • @zk2611
      @zk2611 Před 7 lety +1

      Use a trekking pole. Try googling 'trekking pole self arrest'

    • @danstheman33
      @danstheman33 Před 6 lety +1

      Yeah trekking pole is probably your next best option. If you're not wearing crampons you can try kicking your toes in, on really soft snow that might work, but you're probably screwed. If you are wearing crampons, you might decide that braking your ankles is better than sliding off the mountain and giving that a try..
      Short answer, be prepared with the appropriate equipment and skills for your environment, if you need an ice ax bring an ice ax.

  • @user-fi4yd2kf6g
    @user-fi4yd2kf6g Před 2 lety

    I nearly died this way on Elbrus, very bad memories....
    I think I will leave it to more experienced ones....

  • @davekirkwood9076
    @davekirkwood9076 Před rokem

    Why do you have to remove the leash from your axe?

  • @semperoccultus
    @semperoccultus Před 3 lety

    thank for video.a lot.i just think hillay step or bottleneck.many climber are over,exausted.from 7/8000meter and 15/20kg rucksac,is hard to made this.but not all case.thank

  • @WegrennerX
    @WegrennerX Před 2 lety

    I’m never gonna do this, but now I know how.

  •  Před 2 lety +6

    Good to know the mentioned techniques, however it's clearly visible that Mark also uses the spike for arresting (sometimes the pick doesn't even touch the ice) and he's also driving his elbow into the snow. It's not always possible to do those, but they seem useful for him in these clips.

    • @hunterra217
      @hunterra217 Před 2 lety +7

      Well I'm honestly not sure we're watching the same video, the spike may have contributed incidentally, but just from how much ice that pick is throwing it's clear he's using the pick, and his elbow is not doing the stopping, his elbow is a fulcrum to put as much force on that pick as possible. Are you talking about the part where he is spinning from headfirst? Because he explains how and why he picks up the pick during that section. Or maybe I've missed something, but I've looked a couple times now after seeing your comment, and I'm just not seeing it.

  • @BobABooey.
    @BobABooey. Před 2 lety

    I will never need any of this information.

  • @phb6795
    @phb6795 Před 5 lety +1

    très bien sur des pentes faibles (

  • @Foxyfreedom
    @Foxyfreedom Před 3 lety

    Why can’t you use your crampons as slow brakes as they help create drag and slow you down? I’m talking about just dragging them. Thanks!

  • @Wheresmarz.
    @Wheresmarz. Před 2 lety

    idk when ill need to know this but at least now i know

  • @RubSomefastOnIt
    @RubSomefastOnIt Před 2 lety

    sure you want to point the back end directly at your jugular? seems like bad news if you catch a rock...