Avalanche Aware: The Essential Guide to Avalanche Safety (Kestrel) - Softcover

Moynier, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0762738030 ISBN 13: 9780762738038

Verlag: Falcon Guides, 2006

Inhaltsangabe

The concise and simple text explains the dangers associated with avalanches and how to avoid them. Revised to included information regarding the new digital avalanche transceivers and the changes in search patterns these have enabled, changes in terminology, and a small section on the hot topic of heuristics, which relate to psychological traps (i.e., decisions based on experience and not necessarily an objective assessment of the existing conditions).

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Living in the High Sierra of California since 1978, John Moynier is a freelance writer and photographer who works as a certified ski mountaineering guide, serves as an avalanche forecaster for the eastern Sierra region, and is a member of the American Association of Avalanche Professionals (AAAP). He regularly teaches avalanche courses and oversees the Mammoth Lakes Area's community avalanche awareness program.

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Learn the most common circumstances that cause avalanches, how to recognize if conditions are stable enough to allow safe travel, and how to avoid being the trigger that causes a potentially fatal snowslide. Packed with expert advice, Avalanche Aware is the essential guide for safe and enjoyable winter travel in the mountains.This guide is perfect for: skiers snowboarders mountaineers snowmobilersFeaturing: A checklist of essential equipment Warning signs of avalanche hazardSimple tests to determine snowpack stabilityRescue techniques for yourself and other

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Falcon Guides
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0762738030
• ISBN 13: 9780762738038
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 104
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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