Treatment typically includes administered oxygen, rapid descent and steroids. Used as a walking stick, for balance, for belays, anchors, self-arrests, and for climbs. A mountaineer on steep snow or ice should never be without an ice axe. Helicopter used in search and rescue efforts on Denali. Rocks, silt, and boulders deposited along the sides of alpine glaciers.
Presence indicates very high winds aloft.
Rocks, silt, and boulders deposited on top of existing glaciers. Results when two alpine glaciers flow together. Affects the amount of calcium found in your heart and muscle cells. Relaxes blood vessels, which in turn relieves the work load placed upon the heart. Dangers that are out of the immediate control of the climbers.