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The Amazon Store at MillionDollarPetPix.com ( In association with Amazon.com )Climbing Self Rescue: Improvising Solutions for Serious Situations (Mountaineers Outdoor Expert) List Price: $18.95 Amazon.com's Price: $12.89 You Save: $6.06 (32%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 796.5220289 EAN: 9780898867725 ISBN: 089886772X Label: Mountaineers Books Manufacturer: Mountaineers Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 256 Publication Date: 2006-05 Publisher: Mountaineers Books Studio: Mountaineers Books Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: CLIMBING SELF RESCUE Average Rating:
 Rating:  - First rate informationThis book does a great job of teaching all the minimalist tricks climbers use to complete the tasks industrial rope workers would use mechanical devices for. While most of the information will be familiar to experienced rope workers there are a few bits of information which are real gems. It belongs on every climbers/rat's bookshelf for this reason. Criticisms: 1) The illustrations are great, the pictures are useless and as a result some knot techniques are indecipherable. Read More Rating:  - Should be on the shelves of any serious, regular climber.How best to respond when your climbing team gets into difficulty? First, read CLIMBING SELF-RESCUE: IMPROVISING SOLUTIONS FOR SERIOUS SITUATIONS from cover to cover. It holds the keys to using the team's abilities to effect self-rescue, pairing illustrated techniques with insights on using them in all conditions, from rock to snow and ice. Nearly thirty rescue scenarios are outlined with solutions involving as few as two climbers. No other book holds the solution-oriented scenarios of CLIMBING SELF ... Read More Rating: - Best Self-Rescue Book Money Can BuyI concur with the previous review. Excellent detail and a plethora of photographs to illustrate each point. This book includes a section on ascending out of a glacier crevasse as well. Andy Tyson and Molly Loomis have done a lot of research and work to put this book together to include such detail as a flow chart for you to methodically determine which rescue scenario to persue. Not only do they give qualitative data, but they included quantitative data compiled from various sources to help you ... Read More Rating: - Essential reading for trad climbersThis is currently the best book on self rescue. Tyson and Loomis provide clear instructions that are understandable to climbers new to leading and detailed enough for long-timers. There's a lot of information, so it can be a bit overwhelming, but you can quickly glean the important stuff. The final chapter offers 29 realistic scenarios with discussion on solutions that provide good food for thought. Like first aid, even if you think you know all this stuff, it's important to refresh your ... Read More 
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