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In general, shelter should be taken in a cave only if it is deep in comparison with the vertical height. Again, the body should not touch the sides and the head should be as far from the top as possible. In a similar situation during the same storm, a party on Pidgeon Spire was subjected to numerous shocks and noted discharges between the head and the roof of a cave.
Representation of the cave on Bugaboo Spire. Seldom will there be similar situations from one mountain to the next and from one storm to the next, so some ingenuity will have to be applied, and the merits of one position weighed against those of another at the time. The isolated squatting position should be used in one form or another, as it affords the maximum protec- |
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