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When we use ropes and other technical gear while going to summits, we call it "climbing". (For non-technical summits, see Alpine Scrambling. You do not need to take Scrambling before Climbing, but some do). Climbing involves varied technical terrain, including rock, glaciers and ice.
We have two levels of climbs: Basic and Intermediate.
Our Basic course gives you all the technical skills you need to climb our Cascade volcanos like Mt. Rainier and Mt. Baker, with a competent leader. You'll learn to use tools like an ice axe, crampons, snow pickets, and wands. And you'll be able to follow on rock climbs like The Tooth and Ingalls Peak. You'll be belaying your partner, rapelling down, and using tools like carabiners, belay device, and harness. We also include camping on snow.
For more information, see: Climbing Courses
Our Intermediate course will forge you into a competent leader. You'll learn to what it's like on the "sharp end" of the rope. You will be setting pro, leading on rock and glacier, climbing ice, rescue techniques, and a lot more. It's a tough course that will change your climbing life, due to newfound confidence and skills.
The course is a series of modules which you can take separately:
For more information, see: Climbing Courses
Students of our course who have passed classroom and field trip requirements can sign up. Graduates are welcome too. Also you can petition for climbing equivalency if you have training outside The Mountaineers.
All trips are posted on Mountaineers.org
The Everett Mountaineers have had a peak award system for many decades. The Mountaineers Peak Pin set has the Everett group in their list.
We welcome your help on our committee. Give back to your branch! The Climbing Committee meets irregularly approximately every two months at Snohomish PUD in Everett. For more information, contact email@example.com.
The Ken Nelson Memorial Climbing Award honors an outstanding Climbing Committee leader each year.
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WEDNESDAY, Sept. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists report early progress in efforts to create better robotic legs that will sense nerve signals and know how their users want to move.
Last fall, one such "smart limb" helped 31-year-old Zac Vawter climb 103 floors of Chicago's Willis Tower.
Vawter, who lost his right leg after a motorcycle accident, was trying out a state-of-the-art prosthetic prototype, now the subject of a new report published in the Sept. 26 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
Vawter "can do many normal activities like walking up and down stairs," said Levi Hargrove, a research scientist at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and lead author of the study. "He can even reposition the prosthesis by thinking about it."
The mind-controlled prosthetics are still in development and far from ready for prime time. It's also not clear how much they might cost or if they'll be appropriate for most amputees, according to the study.
But demand is there, Hargrove believes.
Modern leg prostheses have numerous limitations. Some are simple, unsophisticated devices that enable walking on level ground, but lack a power boost to help users do anything more challenging, Hargrove said. Artificial legs can also be difficult to use on stairs and slopes.
Some people who've lost a leg, such as an older person with diabetes, may simply want to walk around the house and return to the community, said Dr. Howard Gilmer, an attending physician at MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital in Washington, D.C., who was not involved in the study.
But war veterans and accident survivors who've lost limbs may want to return to a much higher level of activity, he said. That's where artificial limbs that allow people to run or spend time in water come in.
In the new study, researchers examine a kind of technology designed to give more control to amputees who have a powered prosthesis.
The technology detects so-called "electromyographic" signals in the thigh muscles that normally tell the muscles of the lower leg what to do. The brain continues to send the signals to the leg even when the actual leg is gone, Hargrove said.
If all goes according to plan, the technology picks up the signals and moves the robotic leg in the way the user intends, said Hargrove, whose work is being supported by an $8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense. More than 1,200 American service members have lost limbs in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
But there are some caveats. The report pointed out that it will be a challenge to design a prosthesis that will pick up the proper signals yet be comfortable to wear. Also, the devices "must be made more reliable, quieter, smaller, and lighter to benefit larger numbers of amputees," the study authors noted.
Gilmer mentioned other challenges. The weight of a prosthesis is a significant issue, he said, as is its reaction to moisture from sweat. He said manufacturers will also have to figure out how to power the device without needing too much recharging. And, the unique anatomy of the stump remaining after amputation may create challenges, he added.
There's another issue: cost. Prostheses can cost tens of thousands of dollars. Still, Gilmer said, the potential for improved prostheses is a "big deal."
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For more about prostheses, visit the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
SOURCES: Levi Hargrove, Ph.D., research scientist, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago; Howard Gilmer, D.O., attending physician, MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital, Washington D.C.; Sept. 26, 2013, New England Journal of Medicine
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