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Gloves are recommended for practice arrests on hard snow and ice. Traverses on steep slopes. Snow texture and the self-arrest technique it requires will dictate how the ax shouldbe held in traverses, so long as the climber bears in mindthat an ax held on the downhill side may be fallen on beforeit can be controlled, and an ax head held too high abovehim on the uphill side may be out of reach if he suddenlyfalls. The most used position on a traverse: point to theslope, shaft nearly horizontal, inside hand on middle ofshaft, outside hand on head at shaft, pick down. For stillsteeper traverses the shaft is driven deep into the slope foreach step, and the ax head is held by both hands while thenext step is kicked. |
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