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Accidents in North American Mountaineering 2002: Number 2, Issue 55 by Jed Williamson |
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The classic source for information on climbing-related accidents, relied on by expert and beginning climbers for fifty years.
The classic source for information on climbing-related accidents, relied on by expert and beginning climbers for fifty years.
This annual investigative handbook offers detailed reports of more than sixty climbing accidents that occurred in 1998. Analyses of what went wrong in each situation give experienced and beginning mountaineers the opportunity to learn from other climbers' mistakes. From inadequate protection, clothing, or equipment to inexperience, poor judgment, or simple ignorance, the errors recorded in this book are invaluable safety lessons for all climbers.
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Founded in 1902, The American Alpine Club is the leading national organization devoted to mountaineering and rock climbing, to the conservation and study of mountainous regions, and to representing the interests of the American climbing community. The AAC is based in Golden, Colorado.
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On March 7 at 2200, Jasper wardens received a report of stranded ice climbers on the Weeping Wall. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
warden service, mountaineering ranger, injured climber, climbing rangers, rope team, belay device, rappel anchor, foot camp, rappel rope, belay ledge, descent route, ice screw, two climbers, avalanche hazard, ranger camp, climbing experience, trailing rope, ice climbers, snow slope, fixed rope, second rope, other climbers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Rocky Mountains, West Buttress, Parks Canada Warden Service, Mount Rainier, North Carolina, Yosemite National Park, Editor's Note, Heart Ledge, Grand Teton National Park, Red Rock, Yosemite Valley, John Dill, New Hampshire, Royal Arches, Steve Muelhauser, West Crater Rim, Aram Attarian, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Park Manager, Park Service, Roger Robinson, British Columbia, Conrad Bieniulis, John's Hospital, Lupine Meadows New!
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On March 7 at 2200, Jasper wardens received a report of stranded ice climbers on the Weeping Wall. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
warden service, mountaineering ranger, injured climber, climbing rangers, rope team, belay device, rappel anchor, foot camp, rappel rope, belay ledge, descent route, ice screw, two climbers, avalanche hazard, ranger camp, climbing experience, trailing rope, ice climbers, snow slope, fixed rope, second rope, other climbers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Rocky Mountains, West Buttress, Parks Canada Warden Service, Mount Rainier, North Carolina, Yosemite National Park, Editor's Note, Heart Ledge, Grand Teton National Park, Red Rock, Yosemite Valley, John Dill, New Hampshire, Royal Arches, Steve Muelhauser, West Crater Rim, Aram Attarian, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Park Manager, Park Service, Roger Robinson, British Columbia, Conrad Bieniulis, John's Hospital, Lupine Meadows New!
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- Tunnel Vision by James Laurence on page 54, and page 55
- New Hampshire (Thompson, Kathleen. Portrait of America.) by Kathleen Thompson on page 57, and page 58
- San Bernardino County by Automobile Club of Southern California in Back Matter
- Mount Rainier: The Story Behind the Scenery by Ray S. Snow on page 72
- New Hampshire (States of the nation, 17) by Elizabeth Yates on page 57
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