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The latest edition of the classic guide to mountaineering describes fundamental climbing skills discusses rock, snow, and ice climbing techniques recommends clothing and equipment gives advice on safety and first aid and includes a new section on waterfall ice and mixed climbing Simultaneous. New Read Kindle ePUB Mountaineering author The Mountaineers Club – kino-fada.fr If you are not a climber and or are not interested in ever being a climber, then, for the love of God, do NOT buy this book You will be bored to tears But if you love the outdoors and backpacking into the high country or would like to improve your skills climbing rocks ice glaciers whatever, then this book is fantastic Written by a team of professional climbers and continuously revised, this book covers every aspect of climbing, from setting up camp, choosing the right gear, advanced climbing If you are not a climber and or are not interested in ever being a climber, then, for the love of God, do NOT buy this book You will be bored to tears But if you love the outdoors and backpacking into the high country or would like to improve your skills climbing rocks ice glaciers whatever, then this book is fantastic Written by a team of professional climbers and continuously revised, this book covers every aspect of climbing, from setting up camp, choosing the right gear, advanced climb...The one and only bible of mountaineering Reading this monster requires a huge investment of time, energy, and patience It is not only long, but too fucking verbose and the intonation is boring.Having said that, I am extremely happy that I went though it I now have the theoretical basics to do about anything on the mountains on this planet In practice, however, it s a different story The book will open your eyes and make you aware of the many skills you need to not die out there It takes se The one and only bible of mountainee...I learned so much from this book that I hesitate in taking off a star I do admit to skipping the sections on belaying, et cetera, since I ve no intention of advanced climbing The only issue I had with reading the book relates to the textbookish language that made for some tedious reading I m not sure how one could make itexciting, but there you have it.The material on hiking and or backpacking in harsh conditions was excellent, especially the chapter on traveling through snow and in a I learned so much from this book that I hesitate in taking off a star I do admit to skipping the sections on belaying, et cetera, since I ve no intention of advanced climbing The only issue I had with reading the b...This reference book is to mountaineering or just camping and hiking as Joy of Cooking is to the cooking world A must have for any outdoorsman or woman.The latest edition of the classic guide to mountaineering describes fundamental climbing skills discusses rock, snow, and ice climbing techniques recommends clothing and equipment gives advice on safety and first aid and includes a new section on waterfall ice and mixed climbing Simultaneous.Freedom of the hills is packed with knowledge and skills that are helpful in order to survive in the mountains As a mountaineer I am always pushing to increase my skills and knowledge in order to climbdifficult mountains I initially started out with an older edition of this book and purchased the new one as soon as I saw it The book covers anything from basic knowledge of gear toadvanced skills and techniques I found that this book is very thorough and is very fair in what it tea Freedom of the hills is packed with knowledge and skills that are...What can you say about a book that is six decades in the making, evolving and written by a whole group of experts from various parts of the sport It is simply the best text book for mountaineers It includes quite a bit of alpine climbing and very good basic rock climbing advice Lots of excellent illustrations I see the changes in the last 3 or so editions, but they are only modest improvements I happen to have editions dating back to the original Mountaineers Handbook Superior 1948 This What can you say about a book that is six decades in the making, evolving and written by a whole group of experts from various parts of the sport It is simply the best text book for mountaineers It includes quite a bit of alpine climbing and very good basic rock climbing advice Lots of excellent illustrations I see the changes in the last 3 or so editions, but the...Saying that this is the Bible of Mountaineering is an understatement Aaccurate comparison would be to say that this is the Bible plus everything that has ever been written on religion since that time, neatly summarized into less than 600 pages.Anyone willing to put in the time ...I am seriously reading this book for my WTC course with the Sierra Club Just started reading about navigation how to use a compass Besides supporting the Sierra Club I suggest supporting the Mountaineer s Books My sister works there they publish great hiking, mountaineering, camping guides.Hands down the best book on Mountaineering I have read The only other titles that rival it are the Mountaineers Outdoor Expert guides for the specific activity you are training for Make sure you pick up a current edition The first edition, published in 1961 is worth browsing for entertainment ...

Mountaineering
  • English
  • 21 April 2017
  • Paperback
  • 575 pages
  • 0898868289
  • The Mountaineers Club
  • Mountaineering