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The rope must be so snug at the waist as not to be pulled down over the hips in an upside-down fall. If the rope is long enough, a bowline on a coil or a double-loop butterfly will, in event of fall, provide a more comfortable distribution of weight than a single loop. An additional loop over the shoulder will keep the rope high, but is not advisable for that very reason. A man who has fallen will be unable to get the loop down and constriction of his chest may suffocate him—unless he can contrive a foot sling, quickly get into it while awkwardly suspended, and relieve that constriction. Roped skiing.—Speed and broader distribution of weight provided by skis will diminish the probability of the skier's dropping into hidden crevasses. But he can still drop in, especially if he falls, and should be roped. The self-arrest is aided by the anchor man's falling and placing his skis at right angles to the direction of pull. Hands should be out of the wrist loops of the poles, so |
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