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The Mountaineering Handbook
Craig Connally
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Description for The Mountaineering Handbook
Paperback. Shows you how to move quickly up and down rock, snow, and ice with appropriate safety systems; manage mountain hazards, including rockfall, avalanche, lightning, and high-altitude illness; select the best equipment for your personal style and objectives; maintain sound nutrition and training; and, understand the human factors of mountaineering. Num Pages: 384 pages, 175ill. BIC Classification: WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 186 x 15. Weight in Grams: 642.
The first mountaineering instructional guide to focus exclusively on the kind of mountaineering most climbers do, and to collect the best modern practices in one popular resource
The first mountaineering instructional guide to focus exclusively on the kind of mountaineering most climbers do, and to collect the best modern practices in one popular resource
Complete and up to date. Emphasizes the best modern practices for alpine rock, snow, and ice.Uniquely focused. Omits what is too basic such as camping and backpacking and what is too advanced, such as fifth-class climbing in its various forms and expeditionary climbing.
Product Details
Publisher
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United States
ISBN
9780071430104
SKU
V9780071430104
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
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99-4
About Craig Connally
Craig Connally is in his third decade of mountaineering, ski mountaineering, and climbing rock and ice. He climbs with instructors and guides and has mentored beginning climbers. A contributor to the Sierra Clubs Leader Reference Book, he has given presentations on GPS, ski mountaineering, avalanche avoidance and rescue, map and compass use, and other trekking and mountaineering topics. An engineering ... Read more
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