Avalanche Essentials
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Avalanche Essentials

A Step-by-Step System for Safety and Survival

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eBook - ePub

Avalanche Essentials

A Step-by-Step System for Safety and Survival

About this book


Avalanche safety educator Bruce Tremper's recently published Avalanche Essentials is a terrific little tome that condenses the conventional wisdom into 189 pages. The book is profusely illustrated with numerous diagrams and real-life photos. A thorough index rounds things out, making the book useful for research or as a fulcrum during safety classes and seminars. -- Wildsnow.com

CLICK HERE to download the first chapter on "How Dangerous Is The Brain" from Avalanche Essentials

* Easy-to-understand safety tips and checklists to help anyone stay safer in avalanche terrain
* Small, take-along resource to reference in the field and assist decision making
* Companion to Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain, the bestselling avalanche text in the U.S.

Winter athletes don't necessarily want to be snow scientists, but playing in avalanche country does require basic knowledge of the risks in order to stay safe. This new guide by renowned avalanche expert Bruce Tremper is simple, accessible, and offers just the basics — an Everyman's guide to avalanche safety that won't overtax your average ski bums, but will keep them safe when they're going for 12 consecutive months of powder. Avalanche Essentials is for everyone who wants to learn the fundamentals of avalanche awareness, focusing on systems and checklists, step-by-step procedures, decision-making aids, visual terrain and weather cues, rescue techniques, gear, and more.

Avalanche Essentials is intended for broader use by skiers, snowboarders, snowmobilers, hikers, climbers, and snowshoers. Because it steers clear of more complex topics (e.g., snow metamorphism), it's perfect for generalists as well as anyone who has studied avalanche safety and likes to keep a pocket reference while in potentially dangerous terrain.

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Information

Publisher
Mountaineers Books
Year
2013
eBook ISBN
9781594857188
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Avalanche Essentials
  2. Title
  3. Dedication
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction
  8. Chapter 1 How Dangerous Is The Brain?
  9. Chapter 2 How Dangerous Is The Terrain?
  10. Chapter 3 How Dangerous Is The Snowpack?
  11. Chapter 4 Will It Slide?
  12. Chapter 5 Low-Risk Travel Ritual
  13. Chapter 6 Oops—Survival Strategies
  14. Chapter 7 Rescue Techniques
  15. Chapter 8 Rescue Technology
  16. Chapter 9 Putting It All Together
  17. Resources
  18. Index
  19. About the Author