I’ve been wondering, that’s where Kurtz and team were trapped, trying to get back across the traverse. How did he get across that in the first place? I’ve read about the “tension traverse”. Did he just free climb sideways with a little help from the side tension of a belay? Seems nuts. And then they “took the rope” after crossing the first time. I’m trying to envision how that worked. How could they if it was attached at the other end? This stuff fascinates me 🤷♂️ Great video! Thanks for posting it.
@@cwang6951 Yes, it’s unbelievable what Kurtz in particular went through. I’ve thought about how he could’ve gotten out of that mess, just as a thought experiment in the comfort of my own home. As he approached the knot, he could have pulled it up, untied it, ran the rope through his carabiner and tied a Blake’s hitch above his carabiner right in front of him. Then lower himself so his weight was on the Blake hitch, pull the end of the first rope thru and tie a stopper in case the Blake slipped. Then continue his rappel. They didn’t know about the Blake’s hitch back then and no disrespect to him intended. I’m sure with his experience he was very worried about that knot but he felt like he had no choice.
Picture it as a hybrid pendulum/tension traverse. With an anchor point high on the right, Hinterstoisser was able to use counteracting force to “lean” away from the rope and make his way across. Once everyone was across, the rope was pulled from the anchor, (it was a belay rope, not a fixed rope I.e. it was not tied to the anchor…only clipped through a ‘biner) meaning that there was no rope fixed across the traverse when they had to retreat. Without adequate spots for anchors on the left to enable them to reverse the moves, the well-known tragedy commenced..
@@twocyclediesel1280 Well, the taught-line hitch and prussik were both well known in Kurtz’ time (and function very similarly to a Blake’s) but by the time Kurtz was dealing with his problem knot, he was so far gone with hypothermia and frostbite he likely could neither think rationally nor physically function well enough to take the relatively easy steps (for those of us sitting in our living rooms) to get himself out of the situation.
Bravo! Zelo pogumno!
Saves having to go there and climb it! Absolutely unbelievable video.
283 armchair mountaineers like me, liked this!!!
Nice! I found 3. 2 blue and 1 yellow.
what camera been usedd??? Nikon coolpix 2700???
That's a lot of fixed rope
I’ve been wondering, that’s where Kurtz and team were trapped, trying to get back across the traverse. How did he get across that in the first place? I’ve read about the “tension traverse”. Did he just free climb sideways with a little help from the side tension of a belay? Seems nuts. And then they “took the rope” after crossing the first time. I’m trying to envision how that worked. How could they if it was attached at the other end? This stuff fascinates me 🤷♂️
Great video! Thanks for posting it.
I have no idea how they could have taken enough of it to make the return trip impossible.
Strangely enough all 4 of them died slightly differently.
@@cwang6951 Yes, it’s unbelievable what Kurtz in particular went through. I’ve thought about how he could’ve gotten out of that mess, just as a thought experiment in the comfort of my own home. As he approached the knot, he could have pulled it up, untied it, ran the rope through his carabiner and tied a Blake’s hitch above his carabiner right in front of him. Then lower himself so his weight was on the Blake hitch, pull the end of the first rope thru and tie a stopper in case the Blake slipped. Then continue his rappel. They didn’t know about the Blake’s hitch back then and no disrespect to him intended.
I’m sure with his experience he was very worried about that knot but he felt like he had no choice.
Picture it as a hybrid pendulum/tension traverse. With an anchor point high on the right, Hinterstoisser was able to use counteracting force to “lean” away from the rope and make his way across. Once everyone was across, the rope was pulled from the anchor, (it was a belay rope, not a fixed rope I.e. it was not tied to the anchor…only clipped through a ‘biner) meaning that there was no rope fixed across the traverse when they had to retreat. Without adequate spots for anchors on the left to enable them to reverse the moves, the well-known tragedy commenced..
@@twocyclediesel1280 Well, the taught-line hitch and prussik were both well known in Kurtz’ time (and function very similarly to a Blake’s) but by the time Kurtz was dealing with his problem knot, he was so far gone with hypothermia and frostbite he likely could neither think rationally nor physically function well enough to take the relatively easy steps (for those of us sitting in our living rooms) to get himself out of the situation.
Wow!!!! Amazing
Just One ,the blue
Ich habe 3 gefunden 🐇
There are 3 hidden eggs in the video.
Ich habe 3 Ostereier gesehen
Ich hab drei gesehen.
Super Idee👌🏽🧗🏔
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