SELF RESCUE 2ED - Brossura

Clelland

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0762755334 ISBN 13: 9780762755332

Casa editrice: RL, 2018

Riassunto

The must-have handbook on rescue techniques for serious climbers Whether you need to assist your partner past a difficult section of a climb or rappel down a multipitch route with an injured climber, you owe it to yourself and your fellow climbers to be prepared. How to Climb™: Self-Rescue fully describes and illustrates a variety of techniques that every climber needs to know for safety and self-reliance. The first edition of this book was the authority on rescue techniques for rock climbers. Now completely updated and revised with the latest techniques―and accompanied by Mike Clelland's clear, detailed illustrations―David Fasulo's How to Climb™: Self-Rescue remains the definitive resource on the topic. Contents1. Transition Model 2. Self-Rescue Concepts: Terrain, Technical Ledges, Baseline and Belay Escapes 3. Tools and Primary Systems for Self-Rescue4. Knots and Hitches5. Anchors and Belays6. Patient Assessment7. Terrain Assessment8. Hands Free 9. Course of Action – Descend10. Course of Action – Ascend11. Course of Action – Stabilize/Shelter in Place12. Top-Rope Rescue13. Second Rescue14. Leader Rescue 15. Search and Rescue16. Analysis of Select Rescues and Accidents 17. Skills Assessment

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Informazioni sull'autore

David Fasulo has been a member of the American Mountain Guide Association since 1989 and is currently an AMGA-certified single-pitch instructor and New York State licensed guide specializing in self-rescue courses. In 1996 David wrote the first edition of Self-Rescue. The first edition was well received, being used as reference material for a number of technical climbing books and manuals, as well as recommended reading for classes on self-rescue. David is also the author of Rock Climbing Connecticut as well as articles on climbing and sea kayaking. Aside from climbing adventures, David is a full-time educator, certified American Canoe Association sea kayak instructor, certified emergency medical technician, and experienced ocean sailor and racer.

Dalla quarta di copertina

Whether you need to assist your partner past a difficult section of a climb or rappel down a multipitch route with an injured climber, you owe it to yourself and your fellow climbers to be prepared. Self-Rescue fully describes and illustrates a variety of techniques that every climber needs to know for safety and self-reliance.
Now completely updated and revised with the latest techniques—and accompanied by Mike Clelland’s clear, detailed illustrations—David Fasulo’s Self-Rescue remains the definitive resource on the topic.

 

Look inside to find:
• A new approach to self-rescue concepts: terrain, technical ledges, baseline, and belay escapes
• Tools and primary systems
• Knots and hitches
• Anchors and belays
• Patient assessment
• Terrain assessment
• Hands free
• Course of action—descend
• Course of action—ascend
• Course of action—stabilize/shelter in place
• Toprope rescue
• Second rescue
• Leader rescue
• Search and rescue

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: RL
• Data di pubblicazione: 2018
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0762755334
• ISBN 13: 9780762755332
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 256
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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