Safety Plan Update – V4.0

It was time for my annual review of our safety plan — no major changes, but it is good to go through everything that we encountered over the past year and see if anything could be done to improve the situation.

Maybe the biggest change that has come from this was the observation that many clients could benefit from being able to rent boots – especially when ice climbing, where the rigidity of a full-blown mountaineering boot vs. softness of normal hiking footwear can make or break a great climbing experience. So I just ordered a number of B2-class boots (rigid soles, compatible with stiff, lever-lock crampons).

Otherwise, most changes were clarifications where I felt like certain sections were a bit unclear, or where experience showed that some additional steps were warranted. But overall, the safety plan has served us well over the past year.

As always our safety plan is of course public. You can find it here.