Shows you how to move quickly up and down rock, snow, and ice with appropriate safety systems; manage mountain hazards, including rockfall, avalanche, lightning, and high-altitude illness; select the best equipment for your personal style and objectives; maintain sound nutrition and training; and, understand the human factors of mountaineering.
Shows you how to move quickly up and down rock, snow, and ice with appropriate safety systems; manage mountain hazards, including rockfall, avalanche, lightning, and high-altitude illness; select the best equipment for your personal style and objectives; maintain sound nutrition and training; and, understand the human factors of mountaineering.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Craig Connally is in his third decade of mountaineering, ski mountaineering, and climbing rock and ice. He climbs with instructors and guides and has mentored beginning climbers. A contributor to the Sierra Club's Leader Reference Book, he has given presentations on GPS, ski mountaineering, avalanche avoidance and rescue, map and compass use, and other trekking and mountaineering topics. An engineering manager in the entertainment industry, he brings an analytical eye and a clear and entertaining writing style to this handbook of mountaineering. Hometown: Alhambra, CA
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Part 1: Mountaineering1. Introduction Who's It For? 2. Let's Go Climbing Together Get Your Head Ready Get Your Skills Ready Fast and Light Get Your Body Ready Get Your Gear Ready Get Started Base Camp The Alpine Start The Approach The Climb Onto the Rock Retreat Be Resourceful Be Tough Have Fun Part 2: The Approach3. Moving Fast on the Trail On the Approach On the Climb 4. Wilderness Navigation Navigation with Maps Handy Navigation Features Resorting to Your Compass Altimeters New-School Mapping GPS and UTM Estimating Travel Time Lost Another Way of Navigating 5. Mountain Hazards Rockfall and Icefall Rain River Crossings Lightning Avalanche Altitude Heat and Cold Sun and UV 6. Mountain Weather What You Already Know Clouding the Picture When Weather Gets a Lift Climatology Predicting Mountain Weather Using Local Observations Lifting the Fog 7. The Alpine Start Why Start Early Morning Begins at Sundown Turning Off the Lights The Dread Bivouac Part 3: Rock8. Climb Rating Systems Climb with Class The YDS Ice with That? Making the Grade What Does All This Mean to Mountaineers? 9. Your Climbing Rope The Basics Single, Half, Twin What Specs Are Unimportant? What Specs Matter? Recommendations for Mountaineering Ropes Handling and Caring for Your Rope 10. Equipment for Rock Climbing Climbing Harness Belay/Rappel Brakes Helmet Carabiners Runners and Slings Cordelette Protection Hardware Nut Tool Rap Ring Knife 11. Climbing Forces Physics 001 Static Forces Dynamic Forces and Leader Falls Real-World Influences on Fall Forces Strength of Safety-System Components Force Multiplication 12. Anchors Tying In Simple Anchors Complex Anchors What's a Mountaineer to Do? 13. Rappelling Get Connected Rappel Anchors Getting Started Joining Two Ropes for Rappelling Final Preparations Self-Belay While Rappelling Cast Off As You Alight Last Is Best Freeing a Stuck Rope 14. Climbing on Rock Preliminaries Belaying the Leader Leading Climbing Placing Pro Belaying the Second Seconding Changeover Moving Fast on Rock Part 4: Snow and Ice15. Equipment for Snow and Ice Climbing Mountaineering Ax Crampons Snowshoes Trekking Poles Pulkke Goggles Shovel Protection Hardware and Personal Gear 16. Climbing Snow and Ice Ascending Snow Crampon Techniques Mountaineering Ax Techniques Descending Roped Travel on Snow Climbing with Protection Moving Fast on Snow Climbing Ice Part 5: Base Camp Basics17. Lightweight Mountaineering Step Lightly 18. Equipment for Base Camp Boots and Shoes Backpacks Clothing Systems Shelter Systems Sleeping Systems Fuel and Stoves Ten Essentials Retho
Part 1: Mountaineering1. Introduction Who's It For? 2. Let's Go Climbing Together Get Your Head Ready Get Your Skills Ready Fast and Light Get Your Body Ready Get Your Gear Ready Get Started Base Camp The Alpine Start The Approach The Climb Onto the Rock Retreat Be Resourceful Be Tough Have Fun Part 2: The Approach3. Moving Fast on the Trail On the Approach On the Climb 4. Wilderness Navigation Navigation with Maps Handy Navigation Features Resorting to Your Compass Altimeters New-School Mapping GPS and UTM Estimating Travel Time Lost Another Way of Navigating 5. Mountain Hazards Rockfall and Icefall Rain River Crossings Lightning Avalanche Altitude Heat and Cold Sun and UV 6. Mountain Weather What You Already Know Clouding the Picture When Weather Gets a Lift Climatology Predicting Mountain Weather Using Local Observations Lifting the Fog 7. The Alpine Start Why Start Early Morning Begins at Sundown Turning Off the Lights The Dread Bivouac Part 3: Rock8. Climb Rating Systems Climb with Class The YDS Ice with That? Making the Grade What Does All This Mean to Mountaineers? 9. Your Climbing Rope The Basics Single, Half, Twin What Specs Are Unimportant? What Specs Matter? Recommendations for Mountaineering Ropes Handling and Caring for Your Rope 10. Equipment for Rock Climbing Climbing Harness Belay/Rappel Brakes Helmet Carabiners Runners and Slings Cordelette Protection Hardware Nut Tool Rap Ring Knife 11. Climbing Forces Physics 001 Static Forces Dynamic Forces and Leader Falls Real-World Influences on Fall Forces Strength of Safety-System Components Force Multiplication 12. Anchors Tying In Simple Anchors Complex Anchors What's a Mountaineer to Do? 13. Rappelling Get Connected Rappel Anchors Getting Started Joining Two Ropes for Rappelling Final Preparations Self-Belay While Rappelling Cast Off As You Alight Last Is Best Freeing a Stuck Rope 14. Climbing on Rock Preliminaries Belaying the Leader Leading Climbing Placing Pro Belaying the Second Seconding Changeover Moving Fast on Rock Part 4: Snow and Ice15. Equipment for Snow and Ice Climbing Mountaineering Ax Crampons Snowshoes Trekking Poles Pulkke Goggles Shovel Protection Hardware and Personal Gear 16. Climbing Snow and Ice Ascending Snow Crampon Techniques Mountaineering Ax Techniques Descending Roped Travel on Snow Climbing with Protection Moving Fast on Snow Climbing Ice Part 5: Base Camp Basics17. Lightweight Mountaineering Step Lightly 18. Equipment for Base Camp Boots and Shoes Backpacks Clothing Systems Shelter Systems Sleeping Systems Fuel and Stoves Ten Essentials Retho
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