Accidents in North American Mountaineering 1997

Accidents in North American Mountaineering 1997
Title Accidents in North American Mountaineering 1997 PDF eBook
Author
Publisher The Mountaineers Books
Pages 84
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ISBN 9781933056555

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Accidents in North American Mountaineering 1998

Accidents in North American Mountaineering 1998
Title Accidents in North American Mountaineering 1998 PDF eBook
Author
Publisher The Mountaineers Books
Pages 100
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ISBN 9781933056562

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Accidents in North American Mountaineering 1999

Accidents in North American Mountaineering 1999
Title Accidents in North American Mountaineering 1999 PDF eBook
Author
Publisher The Mountaineers Books
Pages 100
Release
Genre Mountaineering accidents
ISBN 9781933056579

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Accidents in North American Mountaineering 2000

Accidents in North American Mountaineering 2000
Title Accidents in North American Mountaineering 2000 PDF eBook
Author
Publisher The Mountaineers Books
Pages 100
Release
Genre
ISBN 9781933056586

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This annual investigative handbook offers detailed reports on more than eighty climbing accidents that occurred in the United States and Canada in 1999. Produced jointly by the Safety Committees of the American Alpine Club and the Alpine Club of Canada, Accidents analyzes what went wrong in each situation to give experienced and beginning mountaineers the opportunity to learn from other climbers' mistakes. From inadequate protection, clothing, or equipment to inexperience, errors in judgment, and exceeding abilities, the mistakes recorded in this book are invaluable safety lessons for all climbers.Founded in 1902, the American Alpine Club is the leading national organization devoted to mountaineering and rock climbing, the conservation and study of mountainous regions, and representing the interests of the American climbing community. The AAC is based in Golden, Colorado.

Preventing Fatal Incidents in School and Youth Group Camps and Excursions

Preventing Fatal Incidents in School and Youth Group Camps and Excursions
Title Preventing Fatal Incidents in School and Youth Group Camps and Excursions PDF eBook
Author Andrew Brookes
Publisher Springer
Pages 258
Release 2018-05-07
Genre Education
ISBN 3319898825

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This book approaches the prevention of fatal incidents in outdoor education and related fields through detailed study of past tragedies. Although safety in many fields is built on accumulated lessons from past incidents, tragedies on school or youth group camps and excursions are so infrequent and so widely scattered that knowledge from previous incidents can elude those who would benefit. Nevertheless, the emergence of unlearned lessons from the past weighs heavily when those affected by a tragedy judge whether an incident should have been prevented. This book provides a foundation for a detailed and comprehensive understanding of fatality prevention in outdoor education, and in youth camps and excursions. It compiles, examines, and analyses information on fatal incidents that have occurred over many decades, involving many kinds of groups and endeavours, from around the globe. No previous work has attempted this task.

Accidents in North American Mountaineering 2006

Accidents in North American Mountaineering 2006
Title Accidents in North American Mountaineering 2006 PDF eBook
Author
Publisher The Mountaineers Books
Pages 118
Release 2006
Genre Mountaineering accidents
ISBN 9781933056029

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Provides summary accounts of mountaineering accidents reported in 2005, arranged by province and state, followed by statistical tables and a listing of mountain rescue units in North America.

Continental Divide: A History of American Mountaineering

Continental Divide: A History of American Mountaineering
Title Continental Divide: A History of American Mountaineering PDF eBook
Author Maurice Isserman
Publisher W. W. Norton & Company
Pages 448
Release 2016-04-25
Genre Sports & Recreation
ISBN 0393292525

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This magesterial and thrilling history argues that the story of American mountaineering is the story of America itself. In Continental Divide, Maurice Isserman tells the history of American mountaineering through four centuries of landmark climbs and first ascents. Mountains were originally seen as obstacles to civilization; over time they came to be viewed as places of redemption and renewal. The White Mountains stirred the transcendentalists; the Rockies and Sierras pulled explorers westward toward Manifest Destiny; Yosemite inspired the early environmental conservationists. Climbing began in North America as a pursuit for lone eccentrics but grew to become a mass-participation sport. Beginning with Darby Field in 1642, the first person to climb a mountain in North America, Isserman describes the exploration and first ascents of the major American mountain ranges, from the Appalachians to Alaska. He also profiles the most important American mountaineers, including such figures as John C. Frémont, John Muir, Annie Peck, Bradford Washburn, Charlie Houston, and Bob Bates, relating their exploits both at home and abroad. Isserman traces the evolving social, cultural, and political roles mountains played in shaping the country. He describes how American mountaineers forged a "brotherhood of the rope," modeled on America’s unique democratic self-image that characterized climbing in the years leading up to and immediately following World War II. And he underscores the impact of the postwar "rucksack revolution," including the advances in technique and style made by pioneering "dirtbag" rock climbers. A magnificent, deeply researched history, Continental Divide tells a story of adventure and aspiration in the high peaks that makes a vivid case for the importance of mountains to American national identity.