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.
Accidents in North American Mountaineering 1999
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Author(s)American Alpine Club
PublisherAmer Alpine Club
ISBN / ASIN0930410858
ISBN-139780930410858
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank2,472,108
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
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The classic source for information on climbing-related accidents, relied on by expert and beginning climbers for fifty years.