The Mountaineering Handbook

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The fully up-to-date guide to climbing practices and equipment

Other mountaineering guides are built around fifth-class climbing—the most advanced and technical climbing, involving belays and intermediate anchors. Yet the world’s great peaks—the Rockies, Sierras, Cascades, even Everest—can be summited without fifth-class routes. Mountaineering Handbook is the first instructional guide to focus on the third- and fourth-class climbing practiced and aspired to by most climbers, presenting the best modern practices in a single, user-friendly source.

Craig Connally shows beginning to intermediate climbers how to:

*Select rope, boots, crampons, protection hardware, shelter, ice axes, etc.
*Navigate the approach hike (including river and crevasse crossings)
*Avoid avalanches, rockfalls, altitude sickness, and other hazards
*Belay, set up anchors, and place appropriate protection
*Climb rock and ice and traverse glaciers

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ragged Mountain Pr
Publication date ‏ : ‎ 22 October 2004
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 376 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0071430105
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0071430104
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 kg 50 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 19.05 x 2.21 x 23.5 cm
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ India
Importer ‏ : ‎ Bookswagon, 2/13 Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi 110002, sales@bookswagon.com, 01140159253
Packer ‏ : ‎ Bookswagon, 2/13 Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi 110002, sales@bookswagon.com, 01140159253
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