Contents

Nutrition ..................................................................................................................... 2-2
Personal Hygiene and Sanitation .............................................................................. 2-6
Section II. ACCLIMATIZATION AND CONDITIONING ........................................... 2-7
Symptoms and Adjustments ...................................................................................... 2-7
Physical and Psychological Conditioning .................................................................. 2-8
Section III. MEDICAL CONSIDERATIONS ........................................................... 2-10
Illness and Injury ...................................................................................................... 2-10
Treatment and Evacuation ...................................................................................... 2-10
Solar Injuries ............................................................................................................ 2-10
Cold-Weather Injuries .............................................................................................. 2-11
Heat Injuries ............................................................................................................ 2-21
Acute Mountain Sickness ........................................................................................ 2-23
Chronic Mountain Sickness ..................................................................................... 2-23
Understanding High-Altitude Illnesses .................................................................... 2-23
High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema ............................................................................. 2-24
High-Altitude Cerebral Edema ................................................................................. 2-25
Hydration in HAPE and HACE ................................................................................ 2-26
Chapter 3

MOUNTAINEERING EQUIPMENT ........................................................................... 3-1
Section I. EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION AND MAINTENANCE .............................. 3-1
Footwear .................................................................................................................... 3-1
Clothing...................................................................................................................... 3-2
Climbing Software ..................................................................................................... 3-8
Climbing Hardware .................................................................................................. 3-11
Snow and Ice Climbing Hardware ........................................................................... 3-20
Sustainability Equipment ......................................................................................... 3-24
Section II. EQUIPMENT PACKING ....................................................................... 3-28
Choice of Equipment ............................................................................................... 3-28
Tips on Packing ....................................................................................................... 3-32

Chapter 4

ROPE MANAGEMENT AND KNOTS....................................................................... 4-1
SECTION I. PREPARATION, MAINTENANCE, INSPECTION,
TERMINOLOGY ........................................................................................................ 4-1
Preparation ................................................................................................................ 4-1
Care and Maintenance .............................................................................................. 4-1
Inspection .................................................................................................................. 4-3
Terminology ............................................................................................................... 4-3
Section II. COILING, CARRYING, THROWING ...................................................... 4-5
Coiling and Carrying the Rope .................................................................................. 4-5
Throwing the Rope .................................................................................................... 4-7
SECTION III. KNOTS ................................................................................................ 4-8
Square Knot ............................................................................................................... 4-8
Fisherman’s Knot....................................................................................................... 4-9
Double Fisherman’s Knot .......................................................................................... 4-9
Figure-Eight Bend.................................................................................................... 4-10
Water Knot ............................................................................................................... 4-11
Bowline .................................................................................................................... 4-11
Round Turn and Two Half Hitches .......................................................................... 4-12

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TC 3-97.61

26 July 2012