Mt Whitney Zone Forums General Discussion Ice Axes and Crampons

Bob, I think you have a good idea to add safety information specific to steep slopes on snow/ice somewhere here. It's a good opportunity to provide information to thoughtful people who want education and a better sense of what they're getting into. There will always be a lot of people think they already know everything, but even a few of them will secretly appreciate it. If it helps even just a few people over the years, then its worth it.

The heavy lifting is to gather the information, which could be as simple as links to things like: mountaineering guide services, courses/training opportunities, books, accident reports, rescue stories, even videos, etc.

If Steve is considering this, perhaps there could be a thread posted to solicit such links, take some of the burden off Steve. People could comment on the quality of the information as a sort of "peer review" to filter it.