Crevasse

Author : Andy Selters
Publisher : The Mountaineers Books
ISBN 13 : 1594851875
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Glacier Travel & Crevasse Rescue written by Andy Selters and published by The Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 1999-11-30 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * 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.

Author : Nicholas Wong
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781885030207
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Crevasse written by Nicholas Wong and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Nicholas Wong is a poet and teacher and even a "fire-starter," according to Time Out: Hong Kong. His poetry collection Crevasse, which Tarfia Faizullah described as "poetry that is unashamed to be relentless" and Ocean Vuong called "a book of seared seeking, a restlessness that opens," is Kaya's most recent release. In celebration of this book, Kaya asked him a few questions about language, poetry, and writing. Nicholas Wong has has been a finalist for the New Letters Poetry Award and the Wabash Prize for Poetry, and he received his MFA from City University of Hong Kong.--

Author : Andrew Selters
Publisher : The Mountaineers Books
ISBN 13 : 9780898866582
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Glacier Travel and Crevasse Rescue written by Andrew Selters and published by The Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 1999 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Glacier Travel and Crevasse Rescue is a comprehensive course in understanding glaciers, crossing them, avoiding crevasses, and rescuing crevasse victims. Sidebars feature descriptions of accidents and near-accidents to emphasize the importance of the techniques presented.

Author : Andy Tyson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0762757663
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Glacier Mountaineering written by Andy Tyson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2009-06-02 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Glacier Mountaineering provides the knowledge and skills needed to safely and self-sufficiently navigate over glacier terrain. Hundreds of hilarious and helpful illustrations by Mike Clelland complement the clear and concise text by Andy Tyson. Providing critical instruction for anyone planning to travel over glacier country—from the Cascades to the Rockies to Denali—this book will guide and entertain readers through glacier anatomy, equipment, route finding, and rescue techniques.

Author : Mike Thomas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Glacier Travel and Crevasse Rescue written by Mike Thomas and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-29 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to: - Tie into the rope with chest coils - Move efficiently on snow - Make snow and ice anchors - Perform a crevasse rescue - Prusik out of a crevasse Plus much more. Further information: * New for April 2020 * 80 pages * 100+ detailed illustrations and photographs * Everything you need to know to get across a glacier safely

Author : Joe Simpson
Publisher : Direct Authors
ISBN 13 : 0957519303
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Touching the Void written by Joe Simpson and published by Direct Authors. This book was released on 2012-12-12 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 25th Anniversary ebook, now with more than 50 images. 'Touching the Void' is the tale of two mountaineer’s harrowing ordeal in the Peruvian Andes. In the summer of 1985, two young, headstrong mountaineers set off to conquer an unclimbed route. They had triumphantly reached the summit, when a horrific accident mid-descent forced one friend to leave another for dead. Ambition, morality, fear and camaraderie are explored in this electronic edition of the mountaineering classic, with never before seen colour photographs taken during the trip itself.

Author : Jon Stephenson
Publisher : Rosenberg Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781877058660
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Crevasse Roulette written by Jon Stephenson and published by Rosenberg Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British Commonwealth-sponsored Trans-Antarctic Expedition (TAE) of 1957-58, under the leadership of Dr Vivian Fuchs, completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole.

Author : W Wallace Wagner, Jr
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Crossing the Crevasse written by W Wallace Wagner, Jr and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-09 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before you get started on Crossing the Crevasse would you take a few minutes and find a quiet corner.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 840 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 806 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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