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The Mountaineering Handbook: Modern Tools and Techniques That Will Take You to the Top | 
 enlarge | Author: Craig Connally
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Contemporary
Category: Book
List Price: £11.99
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 49641
Media: Paperback
Pages: 384
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.8
ISBN: 0071430105
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.522
EAN: 9780071430104
ASIN: 0071430105
Publication Date: January 1, 2005
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 Quirky October 26, 2008
C. Banham (UK)
A quirky book, tells you how the author does it, not neccessarily textbook stuff. He has clearly researched the science behind this in detail. Especially, memorable is how he argues coventional glacier rescue techniqes, don't actually work very well.
Interesting stuff, but not necessarily what you are looking for in mountaineering text book. He refers to the climber as 'she' throughout..!
American style January 19, 2008
oyster (uk)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Im sure this is all good modern info but just be aware that it is in a very American style. For example, there is the usual mix-up of units: oz of gel and lbs of water per pound of body weight. The section on foods is about all gels and powders and is actually quite funny because the author is so serious about 'performance'. If you use a figure of eight descender and eat GORP (good ol raisins and peanuts apparently) then this is not the book for you.
 Useful, provokative and funny September 8, 2007
Hans Erik Oskar Axelsson
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book contain lots of useful stuff and the author does a good job in not just listing lots of different options (like another famous book he loves to bash) but actually giving recommedations on what works. The author has very strong opinions about certain things that perhaps are less emotional to others but it adds some flavour to the text. If he were more balanced it would have been a duller read. Especially, read his calculations about forces acting on protection and climbers. Some disturbing news about the first piece of protection! This is good stuff and this is the only book where I have seen it done properly. Well done Craig!
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