Author name: Elara Voskian
Elara Voskian is a certified AMGA Rock Guide and mechanical engineer specializing in passive protection systems. With 18 years of field testing across alpine cracks from the Dolomites to Patagonia, she co-developed the Tricam Load Dynamics Protocol used by three major gear manufacturers. She holds a PhD in fracture mechanics applied to aluminum alloy deformation and teaches tricam placement biomechanics at the Boulder Mountain Institute.