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Avalanche Essentials: A Step-By-Step System for Safety and Survival

Avalanche Essentials: A Step-By-Step System for Safety and Survival - Paperback

by Bruce Tremper
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Availability:In StockContributor:Bruce TremperPublish date:2013-11-12Pages:176
Language:EnglishPublisher:Mountaineers BooksISBN-13:9781594857171ISBN-10:1594857172UPC:9781594857171Book Category:Sports & RecreationBook Subcategory:Mountaineering, Winter SportsSize:7.10 x 5.20 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SC5GPWP909
Avalanche safety educator Bruce Tremper's recently published Avalanche Essentials is a terrific little tome that condenses the conventional wisdom into 189 pages. The book is profusely illustrated with numerous diagrams and real-life photos. A thorough index rounds things out, making the book useful for research or as a fulcrum during safety classes and seminars. -- Wildsnow.com

* Companion to Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain, the bestselling avalanche text in the U.S.

Winter athletes don't necessarily want to be snow scientists, but playing in avalanche country does require basic knowledge of the risks in order to stay safe. This new guide by renowned avalanche expert Bruce Tremper is simple, accessible, and offers just the basics -- an Everyman's guide to avalanche safety that won't overtax your average ski bums, but will keep them safe when they're going for 12 consecutive months of powder. Avalanche Essentials is for everyone who wants to learn the fundamentals of avalanche awareness, focusing on systems and checklists, step-by-step procedures, decision-making aids, visual terrain and weather cues, rescue techniques, gear, and more.

Avalanche Essentials is intended for broader use by skiers, snowboarders, snowmobilers, hikers, climbers, and snowshoers. Because it steers clear of more complex topics (e.g., snow metamorphism), it's perfect for generalists as well as anyone who has studied avalanche safety and likes to keep a pocket reference while in potentially dangerous terrain.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Mountaineers BooksISBN-13:9781594857171ISBN-10:1594857172UPC:9781594857171Book Category:Sports & RecreationBook Subcategory:Mountaineering, Winter SportsSize:7.10 x 5.20 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SC5GPWP909
Tremper, Bruce: - Bruce Tremper grew up skiing in the mountains of western Montana, where his father taught him the basics of avalanches at the age of ten. He was a member of the Junior National Ski Team and the US Ski Team Talent Squad; in 1973, he was NCAA Division Downhill Champion. Bruce's professional avalanche experience began in 1977 when he did avalanche control for Bridger Bowl Ski Area. He later was director of avalanche control at Big Sky Ski Area, an avalanche forecaster for the Alaska Avalanche Center, and director of the Forest Service Utah Avalanche Center where he worked for almost thirty years.
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