Alun Richardson

Rucksack Guide - Mountain Walking and Trekking (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Rucksack Guide: Mountain Walking and Trekking is your essential handbook for when on the mountain.

It offers concise guidance and support for whatever situations you might find yourself in, including:
- Technical skills - tips and reminders on the key techniques
- Weather - from interpreting weather maps to dealing with thunderstorms
- Navigation - various techniques including using a compass the setting the map
- Safety - essential procedures to ensure the safety of yourself, your party and others on the mountain
- Emergencies - guidance on what to do in extreme situations.

The book is colour-coded for easy reference and all information is presented in lists and tables, making it simple to understand in testing conditions.

The Rucksack Guide series is taken from Mountaineering: The essential skills for mountain walkers and climbers - the definitive handbook for hill walkers, climbers and mountaineers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 1
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. März 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472908117
• Artikelnr.: 40480294

Autorenporträt

Alun Richardson is an International Mountain Guide, the highest qualification for worldwide climbing, mountaineering and exploration. He is an experienced guide and tutor and regularly teaches at the National Mountaineering Centres, and internationally. He is also secretary of the British Mountain Guides Association.