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Paperback. Condición: Good. Every year, novice climbers and experts are injured or killed by inadequate preparation and errors in judgment. Since 1948, the American Alpine Club has documented the year's most teachable climbing accidents, providing invaluable lessons to climbers. In Accidents in North American Climbing, each significant incident is carefully analyzed so climbers can avoid similar situations in the future. In the Know the Ropes section, professional mountain guides detail the best practices for traveling safely through low-angle, semi-technical mountain terrain (3rd and 4th class). Know the Ropes offers in-depth instruction and copious illustration to help prevent avoidable mountaineering accidents.…

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Hardback. Condición: Good. The AAJ goes beyond social media, video clips, and marketing copy with in-depth reports on major climbs, written by the climbers and carefully edited by a team of experts Recon sections cover the history, recent climbing activity, and new-route potential of a wild area. This year: the wild mountains of Tierra del Fuego 2020 edition includes a special report: the state-of-the-art of women's climbing Published annually since 1929, the American Alpine Journal (AAJ) is renowned as the world's journal of record for long new climbs of all kinds. The AAJ publishes each year's most compelling stories, told by the climbers themselves and carefully edited by a team of experts. Each year, many newly discovered climbing destinations are revealed, from Alaska to the Karakoram. …

Hardback. Condición: Very Good. The AAJ goes beyond social media, video clips, and marketing copy with in-depth reports on major climbs, written by the climbers and carefully edited by a team of experts Recon sections cover the history, recent climbing activity, and new-route potential of a wild area. This year: the wild mountains of Tierra del Fuego 2020 edition includes a special report: the state-of-the-art of women's climbing Published annually since 1929, the American Alpine Journal (AAJ) is renowned as the world's journal of record for long new climbs of all kinds. The AAJ publishes each year's most compelling stories, told by the climbers themselves and carefully edited by a team of experts. Each year, many newly discovered climbing destinations are revealed, from Alaska to the Karakoram.…

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Paperback. Condición: Good. * Helps expose long-time accident patterns so future climbers can avoid repeating these climbing mistakes on Denali In his preface, Dr. Peter Hackett writes of Jonathan Waterman's motivations for writing Surviving Denali, The motivation for writing this book is to dispel the myth of Denali as a cakewalk, and to help climbers prepare adequately for polar, high-altitude survival. By learning from the past, climbers can avoid similar problems; this is the goal of Surviving Denali. Waterman presents an in-depth analysis of altitude medical problems, frostbite, avalanche and fall injuries, and deaths on Denali in order to point out the mistakes that may have been made and methods that might have been used to prevent them. In further chapters Waterman also covers how to prepare properly for Denali.…

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Paperback. Condición: Good. Beginners and expert climbers alike rely on these stories and analysis to become safer climbers Articles written by certified guides and rescue professionals offer focused how-to advice throughout the book. This year, Know the Ropes describes the best practices for cleaning singlepitch climbs. Since 1948, the American Alpine Club has documented the year's most teachable climbing accidents, providing invaluable lessons to climbers. In Accidents in North American Climbing, each incident is thoroughly analyzed to help climbers avoid similar mistakes in the future. In our Know the Ropes and Essentials sections, professional guides and other experts offer in-depth instruction and copious illustration to help prevent avoidable accidents.…

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Paperback. Condición: Good. Every year, novice climbers and experts are injured or killed by inadequate preparation and errors in judgment. Since 1948, the American Alpine Club has been documenting the year's most significant and teachable climbing accidents, providing invaluable lessons to climbers. In Accidents' Know the Ropes section, professional mountain guides detail the best practices for snow climbing to avoid slips that all-too-quickly become dangerous accidents. Know the Ropes offers in-depth instruction and copious illustration to help prevent avoidable snow-climbing accidents.…

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Every year, novice climbers and experts are injured or killed by inadequate preparation and errors in judgment. Since 1948, the American Alpine Club has been documenting the year's most significant and teachable climbing accidents, providing invaluable lessons to climbers. In Accidents' Know the Ropes section, professional mountain guides detail the best practices for snow climbing to avoid slips that all-too-quickly become dangerous accidents. Know the Ropes offers in-depth instruction and copious illustration to help prevent avoidable snow-climbing accidents.…

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Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Beginners and expert climbers alike rely on these stories and analysis to become safer climbers Articles written by certified guides and rescue professionals offer focused how-to advice throughout the book. This year, Know the Ropes describes the best practices for cleaning singlepitch climbs. Since 1948, the American Alpine Club has documented the year's most teachable climbing accidents, providing invaluable lessons to climbers. In Accidents in North American Climbing, each incident is thoroughly analyzed to help climbers avoid similar mistakes in the future. In our Know the Ropes and Essentials sections, professional guides and other experts offer in-depth instruction and copious illustration to help prevent avoidable accidents.…

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Paperback. Condición: Good. Every year, novice climbers and experts alike are injured or killed by inadequate preparation and errors in judgment. Since 1948, the American Alpine Club has been documenting the year's most significant and teachable climbing accidents, providing invaluable lessons to climbers. Inside the pages of Accidents in North American Mountaineering, each accident is carefully analyzed so climbers can learn to avoid similar situations in the future. In Accidents' second annual Know the Ropes section, professional mountain guides describe common problems while lowering a climber from an anchor, a situation that all to frequently leads to injuries and fatalities. Know the Ropes offers in-depth instruction and copious illustration to help prevent such avoidable lowering accidents.…