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Ice anchor workshop

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 Fidget 25 Jun 2007
Interesting video linked to in June's Climb mag.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1863958284744514965
Flaming_climber 25 Jun 2007
In reply to cider nut: Yes ive seen it before. It inspires confidence, i must say.
OP Fidget 25 Jun 2007
In reply to Flaming_climber:

Shame they don't give figures for when they fail. Or maybe I missed that bit?
Flaming_climber 25 Jun 2007
In reply to cider nut: No figures were mentioned. Only that the ice broken when it cam near to the maxium pull out strength.
 James Edwards 25 Jun 2007
In reply to cider nut:
I'd love to see a study done on cascade ice (i.e. not laboritory ice) with a shock load to simmulate a fall, rather than a static load as i'm wondering if the ice would behave differently from an engineering point of view...
answers on a post card please.

James e
 george mc 13 Jul 2007
In reply to James Edwards:

Hi James
Been done. Craig Leubben and Chris Harmston tested ice anchors outside at Ouray on 'real' ice. Murray Toft did a similar series of ice tests outside near Rifle (think it was on the ice near Pilsner). I've a heap of info if you are interested and can spare the team between DIY!

Cheers fur noo
George Mc
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