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Glacier Mountaineering
An Illustrated Guide to Glacier Travel and Crevasse Rescue
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eBook - ePub
Glacier Mountaineering
An Illustrated Guide to Glacier Travel and Crevasse Rescue
About this book
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.
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.
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Information
Publisher
Falcon GuidesYear
2009eBook ISBN
9780762757664Table of contents
- Introduction
- 1 Anatomy of a Glacier
- 2 Basic Equipment & Knots
- 3 Ice and Snow Protection
- 4 Roping Up
- 5 Moving, Self-Belay, Self-Arrest, and Protection
- 6 Route Finding
- 7 Glacier Camping
- 8 Crevasse Rescue
- 9 Hauling Systems
- 10 Finally
- Bibliography and Resources