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The Mountaineering Handbook
Modern Tools and Techniques That Will Take You to the Top
Taschenbuch von Craig Connally
Sprache: Englisch

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Modern Mountaineering on Alpine Rock, Snow, and Ice

If your experience as a backpacker or rock climber is drawing you higher; if the cold, remote alpine environment calls you nearer, this book is for you. The Mountaineering Handbook will teach you the skills that will take you to the top. Even if you're already an experienced mountaineer, you'll find detailed descriptions of the newest and most effective techniques to refine and organize your methods and equipment. The Mountaineering Handbook isn't mired in outdated traditionalism; its new-school techniques are safer, more effective, and more fun for mountaineers at every level. With constant emphasis on light, fast, and efficient mountaineering, Craig Connally 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 according to the most up-to-date science• Understand the human factors of mountaineering--the social and psychological forces that influence critical decisions

Connally's passion for mountaineering is evident in his writing--The Mountaineering Handbook is clever, insightful, and entertaining. He intends to move mountaineering into the twenty-first century, but he's also determined to turn the traditional how-to book on its ear by injecting personality, humor, and thoughtfulness into every page.

Modern Mountaineering on Alpine Rock, Snow, and Ice

If your experience as a backpacker or rock climber is drawing you higher; if the cold, remote alpine environment calls you nearer, this book is for you. The Mountaineering Handbook will teach you the skills that will take you to the top. Even if you're already an experienced mountaineer, you'll find detailed descriptions of the newest and most effective techniques to refine and organize your methods and equipment. The Mountaineering Handbook isn't mired in outdated traditionalism; its new-school techniques are safer, more effective, and more fun for mountaineers at every level. With constant emphasis on light, fast, and efficient mountaineering, Craig Connally 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 according to the most up-to-date science• Understand the human factors of mountaineering--the social and psychological forces that influence critical decisions

Connally's passion for mountaineering is evident in his writing--The Mountaineering Handbook is clever, insightful, and entertaining. He intends to move mountaineering into the twenty-first century, but he's also determined to turn the traditional how-to book on its ear by injecting personality, humor, and thoughtfulness into every page.

Über den Autor
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
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
Genre: Importe
Rubrik: Schule & Lernen
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780071430104
ISBN-10: 0071430105
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Connally, Craig
Hersteller: McGraw Hill LLC
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Produktsicherheitsverantwortliche/r, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 235 x 187 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Craig Connally
Erscheinungsdatum: 31.12.2004
Gewicht: 0,755 kg
Artikel-ID: 102453639
Über den Autor
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
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
Genre: Importe
Rubrik: Schule & Lernen
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780071430104
ISBN-10: 0071430105
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Connally, Craig
Hersteller: McGraw Hill LLC
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Produktsicherheitsverantwortliche/r, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 235 x 187 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Craig Connally
Erscheinungsdatum: 31.12.2004
Gewicht: 0,755 kg
Artikel-ID: 102453639
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