Customer Reviews

Glacier Mountaineering: An Illustrated Guide to Glacier Travel and Crevasse Rescue (How To Climb Series)

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As a mountaineering instructor, this book is the clear favorite among students. The text is clearly and concisely written and the illustrations make the information accessible and simple for anyone to understand. And the cartoons are so dang cute! The book also offers a number of expert tips learned from years of experience. I highly recommend this over all of the other options out there.

In my opinion a good book must be informative and it needs to keep your interest. This book does both. 90 percent of this book is illustrated with cartoon figures with arrows pointing to all the details (actually more detailed that a photo could be). At first glance you might think this book doesn't offer much in the way of knowledge. Nothing could be farther from the truth. This is one of the best books I have read. It is the type of book that you will refer to often and should be read by anyone looking to venture onto glaciers. Nice job guys.

Very useful book. Don't let the cartoons fool you. Each one illustrates at least one important point and usually many points. This book is a delight to read and will help keep you safe and alive. Climb on!

I have used this book since 2003 for a Mountaineering Class that I teach. I use it along with Freedom of the Hills and it is great. The diagrams are easy to understand and gets the point across.

Hands-down the best written guide/reference out there. Far better/more accurate/more practical than the competition. I keep coming back to it over and over again when I've forgotten something or anticipate a situation I haven't come across before. Kudos to Falcon for re-publishing this!!!

this is the best, most complete book on glacier travel i have found. well written, and includes detailed (and sometimes humorous) illustrations. i'd definately recommend this book to anyone who intends to travel on glaciers, beginners and more experienced mountaineers alike.