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Mountaineers Books Glacier Travel and Crevasse Rescue

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Mountaineers Books' 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  Andy Selters
 Edition/Date Published  1999, 2nd Ed.
 Soft/Hard Cover  Soft
 ISBN #  978-0-89886-658-2