Modes of Travel

Climbing one rope length at a time, with the leader placing protection and building a belay before the second follows. Slower than simul-climbing but gives both climbers a static belay.

Moving as a team connected by a rope across glaciated terrain, with knots or coils taken up between climbers so a crevasse fall is arrested before the rope runs out.

Keeping only a few meters of rope between guide and client on exposed but moderate ground, so the leader can offer direct, hands-on control without stopping to place protection.

Both climbers moving at the same time, connected by a rope with protection placed between them, used on moderate terrain to move faster than belaying every pitch.

Moving without being tied into the rope at all, used on terrain easy enough, or with consequences low enough, that a rope would slow the party down more than it would protect them.