Jeunesse à l'ombre de la lumière (édition de luxe)

Résumé du livre

Klappentext The fully up-to-date guide to climbing practices and equipmentOther mountaineering guides are built around fifth-class climbing--the most advanced and technical climbing, involving belays and intermediate anchors. Yet the world's great peaks--the Rockies, Sierras, Cascades, even Everest--can be summited without fifth-class routes. "Mountaineering Handboo"k is the first instructional guide to focus on the third- and fourth-class climbing practiced and aspired to by most climbers, presenting the best modern practices in a single, user-friendly source.Craig Connally shows beginning to intermediate climbers how to: Select rope, boots, crampons, protection hardware, shelter, ice axes, etc. Navigate the approach hike (including river and crevasse crossings) Avoid avalanches, rockfalls, altitude sickness, and other hazards Belay, set up anchors, and place appropriate protection Climb rock and ice and traverse glaciers