Alun Richardson

Rucksack Guide - Ski Mountaineering and Snowshoeing (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Rucksack Guide - Ski Mountaineering and Snowshoeing is your essential handbook for when on the mountain.

It offers concise guidance and support for whatever situations you might find yourself in, including:
- Technical skills: tips and reminders on the key techniques
- Equipment: choosing the right skis and looking after them
- Finding the best snow: testing for weak spots and crossing crevasses
- Safety: essential procedures to ensure the safety of yourself, your party and others on the mountain
- Emergencies: guidance on what to do in extreme situations

The book is colour-coded for easy reference and all information is presented in lists and tables, making it simple to understand in testing conditions.

The Rucksack Guide series is adapted from Mountaineering: The essential skills for mountain walkers and climbers, the definitive handbook for hill walkers, climbers and mountaineers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. April 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781408125960
• Artikelnr.: 42366781

Autorenporträt

Alun Richardson is an International Mountain Guide, the highest qualification for worldwide climbing, mountaineering and exploration. He is an experienced guide and tutor and regularly teaches at the National Mountaineering Centres, and internationally. He is also secretary of the British Mountain Guides Association.