In this episode of into the mountains, I learn and practise important skills for ski mountaineering, such as how to rappel into a couloir, also known as "abseiling". The word is german for "ab" meaning down and seil translates to rope which gives the lovely word abseil "to down rope". I also had the pleasure to practise the scary skill of making a snow anchor to abseil off down an ice fall into a lovely little couloir. The last skill I was pleased to get to practise was how to ski cut (to try to release an avalanche to make the couloir safer afterwards). Enjoy.

Daniel Perret Mountain Guide Engelberg, Switzerland
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00:00 Planning the day over the phone
02:07 Into the Mountains
03:25 Meeting Daniel in Engelberg
04:28 Learning how to rappel on skis (abseil)
17:38 Learning how to build a snow anchor to abseil from
26:09 Learning how to ski cut ( Don´t go low, too slow, with nowhere to go)
29:29 Daniel´s Advice for Jens to prepare for skiing his first 6000m mountain