[pct-l] Re: Ice Axe self-arrest training?

[PTODDF@aol.com (PTODDF@aol.com)]

Carl said:

> On the descent, one of the guys in our group slipped on a
> steep slope, lost his axe partway down, and slid to his death right before
> our eyes. I was in high school, and I gained a whole lot of respect for the
> mountains that day.
> 

Yikes, makes me a believer. Think I'll be doing a self arrest class before I 
take too many more chances. The etrekking.com site seems to have a bunch of 
leads.

Thanks, Todd in Tarzana.


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