Climbing Self Rescue

 

Climbing Self Rescue
Page Type Gear Review
Object Title Climbing Self Rescue
Manufacturer Andy Tyson & Molly Loomis (Mountaineers)
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Page Type Mar 28, 2010 / Mar 28, 2010
Object ID 6980
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Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Mountaineers Books (May 1, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 089886772X
ISBN-13: 978-0898867725
Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 6.8 x 0.6 inches

Amazon.com Editorial Review

When your climbing team is in trouble on the mountain—how to get yourself out of a jam without calling 911. Self-rescue procedures for teams of two—the most common climbing party size. Techniques equally effective on rock, snow, and ice. Utilizes gear climbers already carry in their rack. Includes 40 one-page rescue scenarios and solutions for analysis The rope is stuck—or too short. A crucial piece of gear is MIA. You’ve wandered off route into dicey terrain. An injury leaves you or your partner in need of help. Climb long enough and finding yourself in a jam far from help is inevitable. In Climbing: Self Rescue, two longtime climbing instructors and guides teach how to improvise your own solutions, calling for outside help only when necessary.

Because few climbers carry fancy (and expensive) search and rescue gear, all skills taught in this book use the items typically found on a climbing rack: rope, carabiners, slings, and cord. Text, illustrations, and photos explain knots, belaying and hauling systems, rappelling, ascension, passing knots, how to safely assist and rig an injured climber, and more. Roughly half of the book is devoted to real-life climbing scenarios and solutions ranging from moderate to severe. Because real-life situations rarely unfold as they do in practice, Climbing Self-Rescue teaches how to analyze and improvise your way out of a crisis.

ANDY TYSON is a guide for Alpine Ascents, Exum and Antarctic-logistics and Expeditions. MOLLY LOOMIS is an instructor for the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS), Alpine Ascents and Prescott College. Tyson is the author of Glacier Mountaineering; Loomis has written for Rock & Ice, Climbing, She Sends, and other publications.

"A must-read..Those with a working knowledge of rope management and anchor systems can understand the techniques." -- Rock & Ice

"Gem of a book...Its backpack-suitable size and laminated cover make it appropriate for field or armchair use." -- Wilderness Medicine magazine

"Should be on the shelves of any serious, regular climber." -- Midwest Book Review



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