The Avalanche Handbook David McClung

Name: The Avalanche Handbook By David McClung
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The Avalanche Handbook by David McClung

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An exhaustive avalanche text, with detailed snow and snowpack explanations and information for safe backcountry play

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The Avalanche Handbook by David McClung

*The text used by search and rescue professionals, ski patrol groups, and outdoor education programs Technical yet accessible, The Avalanche Handbook, 3rd Edition, covers the formation, character, effects, and control of avalanches; rescue techniques; and research on understanding and surviving avalanches. Illustrated with nearly 200 updated illustrations, photos and examples, this updated edition offers exhaustive information on contributing weather and climate factors, snowpack analysis, the newest transceiver search techniques, and preventative and protective measures, including avalanche zoning and control.

The Avalanche Handbook Reviews

Perhaps the definitive book on snow science and avalanche mechanics...The authors' credentials are impeccable.-- Off Piste The revised third edition of 'The Avalanche Handbook'... could well save your life-- Pittsburgh Tribune

About David McClung

With more than 40 years experience studying avalanches, PETER SCHAERER spent most of his career as a senior research officer and head of the Avalanche Research Center of the National Research Council of Canada. He was instrumental in forming the Canadian Avalanche Association and in setting up professional avalanche training programs in western Canada. DAVID McCLUNG is a professor in the Department of Geography and leader of the avalanche research group at the University of British Columbia. He has 35 winters of field experience and has published more than 150 technical articles on alpine snow and avalanches.

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Sku

GOR007199080

ISBN 13

9780898868098

ISBN 10

0898868092

Title

The Avalanche Handbook by David McClung

Author

David McClung

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Mountaineers Books

Year published

2006-10-15

Number of pages

288

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This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us