Climbing Self Rescue: Improvising Solutions for Serious Situations (Mountaineers Outdoor Expert)
by Andy Tyson, Molly Loomis
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Author: Andy Tyson, Molly LoomisBrand: The Mountaineers Books
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-05
ISBN: 089886772X
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
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Summary: 3 Stars
This book does a great job of teaching all the minimalist tricks climbers use to complete the tasks industrial rope workers would use mechanical devices for.
While most of the information will be familiar to experienced rope workers there are a few bits of information which are real gems. It belongs on every climbers/rat's bookshelf for this reason.
Criticisms:
1) The illustrations are great, the pictures are useless and as a result some knot techniques are indecipherable.
2) There are many scenarios used to hone your skills, seems more like filler.
3) On a artistic note the reverse gender specific format is so contrived and over the top that by the time I was finished the book I was sick of the authors sexism! I suppose using exclusionary language is an attempt at revenge but in the case of all the rescues it suggests women spend a lot of time needing rescue. If you're a male expect to roll your eyes a lot! Also there was some unprofessional jargon, such as differentiating anchors as being "bomber" or not. oh well, thats climbers for ya.
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