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Mountaineering : the freedom of the hills / edited by Ronald C. Eng.

By: Eng, Ronald C. [edt.] [editor.].
Contributor(s): Eng, Ronald C | Van Pelt, Julie.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Seattle : Mountaineers Books, c2010Edition: 8th ed./50th anniversery.Description: 596 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781594851377 (hardcover); 9781594851384 (trade paper); 9781594854088 (ebook).Subject(s): Mountaineering | Rock climbing | Snow and ice climbingDDC classification: 796.52/2
Contents:
Outdoor fundamentals -- First steps -- Clothing and equipment -- Camping and food -- Physical conditioning -- Navigation -- Wilderness travel -- Leave no trace -- Stewardship and access -- Climbing fundamentals -- Basic safety system -- Belaying -- Rappelling -- Rock climbing -- Alpine rock-climbing technique -- Rock protection -- Leading on rock -- Aid and big wall climbing -- Snow, ice, and alpine climbing -- Snow travel and climbing -- Glacier travel and crevasse rescue -- Alpine ice climbing -- Waterfall ice and mixed climbing -- Expedition climbing -- Emergency prevention and response -- Leadership -- Safety -- First aid -- Alpine search and rescue -- The mountain environment -- Mountain geology -- The cycle of snow -- Mountain weather -- Appendix a: rating systems -- Appendix b: wind chill temperature index -- Appendix c: heat index -- Appendix d: supplementary resources.
List(s) this item appears in: 2015-07-29
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Book Chennai Mathematical Institute
General Stacks 		796.522 ENG (Browse shelf) Available 9593
Total holds: 0

Gifted by K V Subrahmanyam.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 574-581) and index.

Outdoor fundamentals -- First steps -- Clothing and equipment -- Camping and food -- Physical conditioning -- Navigation -- Wilderness travel -- Leave no trace -- Stewardship and access -- Climbing fundamentals -- Basic safety system -- Belaying -- Rappelling -- Rock climbing -- Alpine rock-climbing technique -- Rock protection -- Leading on rock -- Aid and big wall climbing -- Snow, ice, and alpine climbing -- Snow travel and climbing -- Glacier travel and crevasse rescue -- Alpine ice climbing -- Waterfall ice and mixed climbing -- Expedition climbing -- Emergency prevention and response -- Leadership -- Safety -- First aid -- Alpine search and rescue -- The mountain environment -- Mountain geology -- The cycle of snow -- Mountain weather -- Appendix a: rating systems -- Appendix b: wind chill temperature index -- Appendix c: heat index -- Appendix d: supplementary resources.