The Illustrated Guide to Glacier Travel and Crevasse Rescue [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Andy Tyson (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Climbing Magazine; 1st edition (May 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1893682064
• ISBN-13: 978-1893682061
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,881,869 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book to "learn the ropes", September 2, 2003

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goscubadive "goscubadive" (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Illustrated Guide to Glacier Travel and Crevasse Rescue (Paperback)

This was a great book, short, concise and extremely descriptive. A lot of the descriptions for a knot or setup of a pulley system is covered in Freedom of the Hills and other books. But in any other book, you will be disappointed to only find a description, leaving the reader wondering...hmm..Now where would I use this? In the Illustrated Guide, not only do they provide great drawings and demonstrations for everything mentioned, but they also talk about when, and why. After reading this book I have felt so much more confidence in my level of knowledge about glacier travel. It's the perfect book for those wishing to learn or to teach others.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Book, May 23, 2001

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Michael T McCabe (Denver, CO United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Illustrated Guide to Glacier Travel and Crevasse Rescue (Paperback)

As a beginner/intermediate climber this book covers all the necessary glacier-related issues. The pictures are great and help make complex concepts very easy to understand. Much better than the traditional texts (e.g. Freedom of the Hills) for Glacier Travel.

3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Manditory reading for all glacier travelers!, January 4, 2001

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Mike Clelland! (Driggs Idaho) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Illustrated Guide to Glacier Travel and Crevasse Rescue (Paperback)

I am the illustrator and co-author of this instructional book. This may seem like shameless self promotion, and I guess it is - but I am really proud of this totally cool book! There's two years of hard work crammed into these pages. Besides the all the drawings, I've done a whole lot of hands on work on glaciers in Alaska, Canada & the Cascades. Both Andy and I teach glacier rescue skills for an outdoor school (NOLS), and we've spent a lot of time trouble shooting and simplifying the complex systems you'll need know before setting foot on a glacier. Here's the bottom line - GLACIERS ARE DANGEROUS! Make sure you are educated (with this up-to-date book) if you plan on any kind of glacier travel! If nothing else, there are over 200 easy to read, step by step, technical illustrations that are fun to look at - and very informative!