Stances in mountaineering and climbing activities: an analysis and a proposal for an improved equalized anchoring

• Published in: Sports Engineering
• Main Authors: Bedogni, Vittorio, Bressan, Giuliano, Zanantoni, Carlo, MELCHIORRI, CLAUDIO
• Other Authors: Melchiorri, Claudio
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Mountaineering; Stances; Anchor point connection; Long Rock; Anchor Point
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11585/522749; https://doi.org/10.1007/s12283-015-0177-3

In climbing on a long rock or ice route, mountaineers are tied by means of a rope. The climb is subdivided into “pitches” by “stances”, i.e. places where anchoring points are available for security and for the mutual belay of the partners. In this paper, the problem of setting up a stance by connect...