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This document discusses snow anchors, including: 1) Fifty-one tests of snow anchors were conducted in New Zealand to examine current techniques and ideas from international research. 2) Snow anchor strength depends on the snow strength, anchor material strength, attachment system strength and placement, and how the anchor is used. 3) For rescue situations, anchors should withstand a load of at least 20kN (10 times the expected rescue load). For climbing, anchors may see loads from 4kN to 12kN depending

Author

Iacopo Corti

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EN