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Eric Carter
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เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 14 ม.ค. 2013
Follow along with my days in the mountains ski mountaineering, trail running, and climbing. Hope you enjoy!
Repair and Medical Kit for Ski Mountaineering
Here's the emergency kit I carry for ski mountaineering. This goes with me every day I'm touring from old growth powder skiing to steep alpine descents. I also describe the bigger kit I keep on my snowmobile when I'm using it for ski access.
Some critical components:
Blackburn Big Switch Tool - www.amazon.ca/Blackburn-Switch-Ratchet-Multi-Tool/dp/B07VKCTX27?th=1
RAB Sil Tarp - www.amazon.ca/RAB-SilTarp-Tarp-Horizon-Red/dp/B09PRS765K/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=rab+siltarp+2&qid=1670162786&sprefix=RAB+Sil%2Caps%2C122&sr=8-5
SOL Escape Bivy - www.amazon.ca/S-L-Survive-Outdoors-Longer/dp/B00EZEXCBG/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3NYC7YLPIKV47&keywords=sol+escape+bi&qid=1670162825&sprefix=sol+escape+bi%2Caps%2C121&sr=8-1
Contents:
:20 - Intro
1:11 - Repair Kit
5:02 - Medical Kit
8:01 - Extra Gear
10:50 - Sled Kit
Some critical components:
Blackburn Big Switch Tool - www.amazon.ca/Blackburn-Switch-Ratchet-Multi-Tool/dp/B07VKCTX27?th=1
RAB Sil Tarp - www.amazon.ca/RAB-SilTarp-Tarp-Horizon-Red/dp/B09PRS765K/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=rab+siltarp+2&qid=1670162786&sprefix=RAB+Sil%2Caps%2C122&sr=8-5
SOL Escape Bivy - www.amazon.ca/S-L-Survive-Outdoors-Longer/dp/B00EZEXCBG/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3NYC7YLPIKV47&keywords=sol+escape+bi&qid=1670162825&sprefix=sol+escape+bi%2Caps%2C121&sr=8-1
Contents:
:20 - Intro
1:11 - Repair Kit
5:02 - Medical Kit
8:01 - Extra Gear
10:50 - Sled Kit
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Excellent overview & tutorial! Thank you 👍
Nice to have these rope compared. Thank you
Can you download a offline map of the area you know your going and still use the track me feature as I travel in an area. Note I will not have a route prior to my walk because I’ll be traveling areas I’ve never been. Just wondering if it will drop a breadcrumb trail as I walk
this is sick!!
That was not Liberty Ridge.
👀 Where were we then? Must have been off route!
@@skiericcarter I don't know. I've climbed Liberty Ridge on Rainier and did not recognize any of the slopes. I did not see the Carbon Glacier, Thumb Rock, Willis Wall, all of which are usually pretty centrally visible in any climb of Liberty Ridge
@@russelldevaney7001 admittedly it’s crappy video quality but if you looked closely you’ll see the Carbon and Willis Wall. Things change a bit between ski season and climbing season. Here’s the route we took though if you want to give it a closer look: www.strava.com/activities/1002493333
Really nice and comprehensive video! Just a clarification about using the Edelrid rope for climbing: It's not designed to catch a leader fall, it's meant to be used for top belaying. Source: avs.edelrid.com/images/attribut/54581_GAL_Rap-Line-Protect-Pro-Dry_ANSICHT.pdf Now how do the fall forces of a top rope fall compare to those of a fall you might take on a steep snow or ice pitch? 🤷♂ but like Eric mentions in another comment, if you're belaying on the Edelrid rope it's probably best to do so on "low angle snow slopes or alpine terrain where fall forces are low and friction helps."
Fantastic video Eric! Thanks for sharing the experience! 😃
I suggest you add inflatable air splints. Also use ski poles that have wrist loops, so that the poles can made into a traction splint. This might require using your other partners ski poles as well.
What size are those zipper pouches you're using? Thanks! This is great!
They’re about 4x6in made from Arc’teryx offcut material
@@skiericcarter Thanks!
You mentioned the RAD line is good for glacier travel, but NOT for using a fixed anchor over a crevasse snow bridge. Would you take two ropes then?
It depends on the situation. If you expected extensive fixed anchor belaying, a half rope would be more appropriate. Ideally though, you’d just use a dynamic belay with the RAD line (standard glacier travel mode tied together) with people moving together to approach the bridge.
A kinda weird thing I’m never without in the woods is strips of rubber cut from old bicycle inner tubes. They tie securely and untie easily. I use them for all kinds of things like tying off tarps, repairing gear, securing a splint, wrapping on gauze, a makeshift belt, even starting a fire. I find them to be super useful.
Cool stuff. I was a mountaineering ranger at Camp Schurman in summer of 1991. Equipment was a bit different back then. ;-) Very impressive.
A good idea for lighters is to wrap it with a strip of bike inner tube. It lights in wet or cold and has a good burn time to get your kindling heated, dried and burning. Starting a fire with cold and/or damp tinder is difficult. Alternately, consider what you can burn that you are already carrying (and test it at home).
Sick video! Hay, Why did you approaching the Siberian express from the west side?
amazing video
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For others, would not recommend a regular mylar blanket for use as emergency shelter. I would instead recommend replacing the space blanket with a SOL emergency bivy or similarly robust/durable product (similar to the entire kit here). Those mylar blankets shred and become tinsel with even a little bit of wind. SOL bags are durable enough that they will last a night in most cases, cheap enough not to cry over, and light enough to justify IMO. My own kit contains two 3-5mm contractor trash bags to use as shelters instead due to their even lower cost, comparable (or even lower) weight, slightly smaller packed foot print, arguably wider use range. For Steri-Strips to work well you need a skin adhesive for the wound edges. You can use tincture of benzoin or a cyanoacrylate based adhesive (dermabond or super/crazy glue) Regarding saline for irrigation, potable water is appropriate for irrigation. no need for sterile liquids. Tap water is good enough to be used for dirty wound irrigation even in hospital (ED/ER/A&E) settings with enough volume of irrigant. Those small ampules will not provide nearly enough volume for any meaningful irrigation. Only use case would be for irrigating eyes, but then again you would need more volume unless you are irrigating for a small amount of dirt, sand, or to flush out a small foreign body.
There’s a SOL lite bivy in the daily kit and a SOL burly bivy in the sled kit! Pretty sure I show both of those in the video. Emerg blankets are added as they’re so thin and still useful. I basically think every pack should have one no matter what. Even if you’re trail running with no FA kit whatsoever, a blanket in the waist belt is nothing. Interesting about the Steri-Strips! I’ll look into that one. Fair enough on the irrigation. That was a friend paramedic inclusion. I’d certainly use water if nothing else.
What's your take on bothi bags instead of the siltarp?
A few things in mine that I think are pretty critical: -A real tourniquet. Makeshift ones can actually make things worse, and when you actually need one, you need one FAST. -A quick laminated "cheat sheet." One side is a checklist for major trauma, the other side is other less urgent info. I've been a first responder in a few pretty bad incidents, and you'd be amazed how quickly all that classroom knowledge gets messy in your head when SHTF and your buddy is dying in front of you.
Brilliant. Thank you.
What antenna is on your Baofeng? Thanks
I just found the NA810 2.5 inch nubby and it’s been awesome this season! www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/B00M8QVJ5O/ref=ox_sc_act_image_2?smid=AA3MGRC7F9EI2&psc=1
Three things worth adding would be: 1. A cpr mask (mentioned below). You can get fold up clear ones for protection that have the added benefit of giving a good seal in the event of facial trauma or someone with a heavy beard (makes it very difficult, trust me) 2. A tourniquet. Penetrating injuries and extremity injuries with significant blood loss do happen. Despite what one may think, it is extremely difficult to make an adequate make-shift tourniquet out of ski straps/poles/etc. This also takes time and time is blood loss. 3. A very lightweight inflatable pad to keep an injured person off the snow. This makes a huge difference in preventing hypothermia which is a common cause of morbidity/mortality in prolonged rescues. Even a super lightweight backpacking one with cut outs helps quite a bit. I have not taken a WFR course but I am a military physician with a fair amount of real world experience in these sorts of scenarios. Really appreciate the video!
Great suggestions. Usually a mat is part of the team kit. I’m split on the pocket mask but obviously it’s not a bad idea. This kit is my recreational, skiing with my buddies kit. Guiding, expedition, or group stuff would certainly be much different.
If you’re bringing a nasal airway, you ought to bring lube. Especially if there’s trauma to the face and blood in the nose or larynx, you’re gonna want lube to get that thing down there without causing more trauma to the area.
Oh there’s always lube. (It’s taped to the airway)
Blood is a good enough lubricant. If they are obtunded enough I am placing an NPA, a little bit of mucosal damage is low down on the list of concerns in an austere environment. Also, please reconsider placing a nasal airway on a patient with significant facial trauma. This is at minimum a relative contraindication due to the risk of basilar skull fracture and introducing the airway through a fracture and into the skull. In many circles, facial trauma is considered an absolute contraindication to a nasal airway placement. If you need to maintain a patent airway through use of a hand free device then either use an oral adjunct (OPA), or pin their tongue to the lower lip or jacket.
@@kylenorder8683 interesting about the skull fracture. Both situations I’ve seen trauma with significant facial injuries and wished I had an airway, I hadn’t considered that it could lead to further damage like that. Good thought!
Nice. thanks for sharing.
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Any suggestions as to where one could find the ratchet system in Squamish?
It’s a bike tool from Blackburn so perhaps a few of the shops have it! Amazon was easy though…
Nice one Eric! Really interesting to see what other folk in other areas are using. Thanks.
just went thru it yesterday; en reach mini, 2 voile straps, mini leatherman, zip ties, gorilla tape, SOL survival mini bivi , space blanket, nun tabs, headlamp, mini candle (for waxing skins), 2 larabars.thats it! the first aid kit is the tape, the ski straps, the zips ties and the clothes in my pack. not the kitchen sink approach thats for sure
its worth binging the kitchen sink on the sled, cos you dont need to carry it. an electric chainsaw is money
Nice! Not too much different there!
@@skiericcarter every gram counts. Lol
The one thing I would consider ‘missing’ is a CPR mask. I can’t I Imagine that I’d be able to do rescue breathing on an avalanche victim who is still mostly buried in the snow, so you can’t get your head in a perfect position relative to theirs for rescue breaths. And then there is the protection it provides to both victim and rescuer.
Yeah that’s fair. Generally I’m recreating with folks I feel comfortable without “protection”. That being said, the two times I’ve given CPR, it was another party we encountered. In both cases, there was significant trauma that made rescue breaths not feasible. A mask probably would help in some situations but in my recreational kit, it doesn’t meet the weight:benefit ratio requirement.
@@skiericcarter yeah, same here, the protection part is secondary for me. The main reason for me to carry it is allowing me access to someone positioned in such a way as to make it hard to get good contact mouth to mouth. Luckily I have never seen an avalanche rescue in real life though, so it’s all conjecture!
Nicely put together video. Always useful information as always.
Really enjoy these types of videos! Would love to see the rest of the gear you are bringing along for a typical ski mountaineering day. Have you considered adding a hemostatic dressing? Would help to control/minimize blood loss in the event of a more serious bleed.
I’ll slowly add more! I just have the one specific dressing but generally we carry so much clothing, I kind of assume we’d be using the jackets and space blankets as a supplement.
WFR so high value! Amazed at the quality of those courses. Between more yrs of touring, first aid practice, and winter SAR response reflections, I have moved towards preventing or managing hypothermia as the priority first aid treatment. My traditional first aid kit has both shrunk and grown post WFR (now pretty minimal and sustainable for every day pack) but my keep-warm overnight gear has expanded. Especially in shorter and colder months and poor weather or long bushwacks (all factors leading to extended wait for evac support), our partner group has started consistently sharing a sil tarp (modified to work like Alpine Threadworks), insulated air mat, and small stove and pot.
Yep - similar situation for me. It gets cold fast and if you’re not moving, you’re probably fucked…
At a minimum, I want everyone in my group to have a small seat sized closed cell foam mat, either extra, or as part of their backpack frame. Comes in handy for lunch breaks, but also padding for a splint, and, as you mention, in winter/spring, insulating a stationary person (whether injured or not), is key, and clothing and space blankets do (almost) nothing on the bottom.
Super interesting, thanks for sharing. Definitely makes me want to bring a little more gear with me for the "what if" moments. 👌
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Nice one Eric, thanks.
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Super helpful & pithy. Thank you.
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Thanks for the awesome video ! Question: You said you can upload the route to your watch, does it have to be a certain type of watch? I'm assuming this wouldn't work with an iPhone
You can sync your FATMAP account (& routes) with Suunto and Garmin watches. Or if you don't have a watch with navigation capabilities, you can always follow your route and track directly in the FATMAP app too. Make sure to download the area off line though before you go!
I use a Coros and it’s quite easy to export a GPX file from Fatmap and load it into the watch. Other watches should be similar but exactly how it works depends on the watch. Google import GPX and whatever brand/model you use and you’ll have your answer.
Sick!!
Thank you Eric, great video
Just a friendly reminder, Grivel just launched the Scream belay device. It is rated for use down to 5mm cords and up to 8mm, covering a super wide range of ropes and use cases when thinking about SkiMo. It’s a simple stitching plate/placcette, so it’s about as light and simple as these things get. And for like $30 a great deal
Best ski mountaineering ropes video I’ve seen so far. Easy to understand for a more beginner level person. Nice work
Outstanding video, thanks for posting!
Hey i know this was a while ago but would you mind describing the time line a bit? Also was the road closed when you did this?
We timed it for the first weekend of the season that the road had opened. It was also a year with a bigger snowpack so we knew there would be fewer climbing difficulties throughout. Basically just watched weather and road updates obsessively for a few years until it all lined up just right. I can't remember exact timing but we started by headlamp and hit St. Elmo's pass just as the sun came over the horizon.
@@skiericcarter Hey thanks so much! Ive been dreaming of a single push lib ridge for a while now. Looks so fun. Obviously you gotta be fit, but the logistics are a big part of it! Thanks again
Arcteryx is CCP slave labor. You must be real proud.
The Grivel Scream is rated for 5-8mm ropes as a rappel/belay plate
Great video! Would you trust the rad line or edelrid cords for a fully freehanging rappel where all of your weight is on the rope (as opposed to just walking backwards down a steep slope where a significant part of your weight is still on the slope itself)? Or in that scenario would you only use that as a tagline with a thicker rope for the rappel itself?
For sure - all these lines are rated for rappel including a full overhanging rappel. No problems there.
@@skiericcarter Cool, thanks for the reply! Another silly question but... if tying into the (doubled up) edelrid line for an emergency lead, would you have the climber tie into the end with the two loose strands (like a twin/half rope) or into the loop at the middle marker (and in this case, what knot would you use on that end)? Cheers!
@@skiericcarter and @fallineJP same question as above, after viewing this video, it seems like an Edelrid Rap Line Protect Pro would be ideal for climbing around me. Mostly for rappels, but able to lead climbs in a pinch when I need it. Would you use a 60m and double the rope on lead, and tie into the loose ends? or at the midway mark with butterfly knot or something? or would you take two 30mm ropes like a double rope? Thanks!
@@dfishdesign531185 yeah - the RAD is not suitable for climbing so that makes it pretty simple. Edelrid RLP is technically rated for ascent but I’d still use it pretty cautiously. Low angle snow slopes or alpine terrain where fall forces are low and friction helps, yep. Super steep or around sharp edges, maybe not. If you have a 60, you can have one person girth hitch to the middle of the rope (pass a bight through their belay loop and then step through it) with the other ties to both ends. If you cut it in half and have 2x 30m that’s definitely better for glacier travel and you can both tie to both ends.
bomber video. looking to pick stuff up for next season while off-season sales are on. Thanks for the great info mate
Great video. Try AustriAlpin Nemo (Ø6mm) or/and Grivel Scream Belayer (Ø5-8mm).
I haven’t seen the Nemo but I have the scream and it’s perfect!
Excellent video. Perfect and covered everything.
Really good video Eric!