Avalanche Aware
The Essential Guide to Avalanche Safety
Moynier, John
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BOOK SUMMARY
With this handy guide, winter recreationists can reduce the risk of accident and injury. The concise and simple text explains the dangers associated with avalanches and how to avoid them.
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The concise and simple text explains the dangers associated with avalanches and how to avoid them. Revised to included information regarding the new digital avalanche transceivers and the changes in search patterns these have enabled, changes in terminology, and a small section on the hot topic of heuristics, which relate to psychological traps (i.e., decisions based on experience and not necessarily an objective assessment of the existing conditions).
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Learn the most common circumstances that cause avalanches, how to recognize if conditions are stable enough to allow safe travel, and how to avoid being the trigger that causes a potentially fatal snowslide.
Packed with expert advice, Avalanche Aware is the essential guide for safe and enjoyable winter travel in the mountains.
This guide is perfect for: skiers snowboarders mountaineers snowmobilers
Featuring:
A checklist of essential equipment
Warning signs of avalanche hazard
Simple tests to determine snowpack stability
Rescue techniques for yourself and others
AUTHOR BIO
Living in the High Sierra of California since 1978, John Moynier is a freelance writer and photographer who works as a certified ski mountaineering guide, serves as an avalanche forecaster for the eastern Sierra region, and is a member of the American Association of Avalanche Professionals (AAAP). He regularly teaches avalanche courses and oversees the Mammoth Lakes Area's community avalanche awareness program.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1) Avalanche Basics 2) Avalanche Preparedness 3) Avalanche Terrain 4) Weather Considerations 5) Getting to Know the Snowpack 6) Testing the Snow 7) The Human Factor 8) Avalanche Rescue Techniques 9) Points to Ponder
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0762738030
ISBN(13-digit): 9780762738038
Dewey Decimal: 796.52/2
Library of Congress: 2006043543
Book Publisher: Globe Pequot Pr
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 90
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