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2. Self rescue (climbing) - Wikipedia

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   Self-rescue (or self-extraction) is a group of techniques in climbing and mountaineering where the climber(s) – sometimes having just been severely injured – use their equipment to retreat from dangerous or difficult situations on a given climbing route without calling on third party search and rescue (SAR) or mountain rescue services for help.

3. Mountain Locator Unit - Wikipedia

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   A Mountain Locator Unit or MLU was a radio transmitter for use by mountain climbers as an emergency locator beacon when the wearer needs rescue.. The MLUs were simple radio beacons, and thus required search and rescuers to use traditional radio direction finding (RDF or DF) equipment to obtain a bearing, but not a precise location, to the beacon.

4. Rock-climbing equipment - Wikipedia

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   The rock-climbing equipment needed varies materially depending on the type of rock climbing being undertaken. Starting from the least equipment-intensive type of climbing, the general equipment needs are as follows: [1] Free solo climbing, and its deep-water soloing variant, require the least equipment as no climbing protection or ropes are used.

5. Watch: Rescue crews save climber injured in ice caves near ...

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   State police said the hoist rescue happened just after 1 p.m. on Jan. 24. ... New York fell while climbing without a rope at Greene County's Buttermilk Falls in a rugged part of the Catskill ...

6. Crevasse rescue - Wikipedia

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   Crevasse rescue (or crevasse-extraction) is a set of techniques in mountaineering where climbers use their equipment to pull a climber, who has just fallen into a crevasse, to safety. [1] Crevasse rescue is considered a core skill set in alpine climbing, but difficult to do efficiently. [1] [2] It is typically encountered by rope teams on ...

7. Mountain rescue in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The Mountain Rescue Association (also called the MRA) is an organization of teams dedicated to saving lives through rescue and mountain safety education. The association was founded in 1959. [ 6 ] As of 2007 [update] , the association is made up of over two thousand volunteers, divided in several dozen units. [ 7 ]