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Glacier Travel & Crevasse Rescue: Reading Glaciers, Team Travel, Crevasse Rescue Techniques, Routefi

Brand: Mountaineers Books
Model: Book:
ISBN 0898866588
EAN: 9780898866582
Category: #496022 in Paperback (Mountain Climbing)
List Price: $19.95
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Dimension: 8.40 x 6.80 x 0.40 inches
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Product Description



* Technical advice for traveling safely on glaciers and how to perform a rescue should the worst happen

* Sidebars provide extra lessons on techniques presented

* Large format with photographs showing the techniques discussed



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.


Features

  • Publisher: The Mountaineers Books
  • Jacket: paperback
  • ISBN#: 898866588
  • Publication Date: 2003
  • Author: Andy Selters

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