Glacier Travel & Crevasse Rescue

✍ Scribed by Selters, Andy

• Book ID: 110431658
• Publisher: The Mountaineers Books
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 7 MB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN: 0898866588

✦ Synopsis

• Includes expanded and updated information on technical improvements and safety- New sidebars provide extra lessons on techniques presented- Larger format with more photographs

  *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.
  
  For more information about the author, visit his web site at home.earthlink.net/~wndhorse/Vision%20Quest.