by
Andy Selters
Book Details
Format: EPUB
Page count: 144 pages
File size: 6.8 MB
Protection: DRM
Language: English
- Includes expanded and updated information on technical improvements and safety
- New sidebars provide extra lessons on techniques presented
- Larger format with more photographs
Glacier Travel and Crevasse Rescue is a comprehensive course in understanding glaciers, crossing them, avoiding crevasses, and rescuing crevasse victims. Topics covered include: how glaciers form and how crevasses develop; basic principles of glacier travel; route finding; knots and harnesses; holding a fall; rescue techniques, including self-belay and what a victim should do; and glacier skiing and sled hauling. Sidebars feature descriptions of accidents and near-accidents to emphasize the importance of the techniques presented.
For more information about the author, visit his web site at www.home.earthlink.net/~wndhorse/Vision%20Quest/.
- Includes expanded and updated information on technical improvements and safety
- New sidebars provide extra lessons on techniques presented
- Larger format with more photographs
Glacier Travel and Crevasse Rescue is a comprehensive course in understanding glaciers, crossing them, avoiding crevasses, and rescuing crevasse victims. Topics covered include: how glaciers form and how crevasses develop; basic principles of glacier travel; route finding; knots and harnesses;… (more)
- Includes expanded and updated information on technical improvements and safety
- New sidebars provide extra lessons on techniques presented
- Larger format with more photographs
Glacier Travel and Crevasse Rescue is a comprehensive course in understanding glaciers, crossing them, avoiding crevasses, and rescuing crevasse victims. Topics covered include: how glaciers form and how crevasses develop; basic principles of glacier travel; route finding; knots and harnesses; holding a fall; rescue techniques, including self-belay and what a victim should do; and glacier skiing and sled hauling. Sidebars feature descriptions of accidents and near-accidents to emphasize the importance of the techniques presented.
For more information about the author, visit his web site at www.home.earthlink.net/~wndhorse/Vision%20Quest/.
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