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Ben Wolf Demonstrates the Self Arrest - A Mountaineers Last Line of Defence

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009 by Ben Wolf

As a mountaineer half your life in the mountains is spent taking measures designed to prevent a fall. But on those occasions when one happens the “self arrest” can quickly become your last line of defence. Here are some excerpts from a gallery post where I demonstrate the self arrest maneuver near Caroline Hut in New Zealand.

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