Product Description
Glacier Travel and Crevasse Rescue is a comprehensive course in understanding glaciers, crossing them, avoiding crevasses, and rescuing crevasse victims. Topics covered include: how glaciers form and how crevasses develop; basic principles of glacier travel; routefinding; knots and harnesses; holding a fall; rescue techniques, including self-belay and what a victim should do; and glacier skiing and sled hauling. New sidebars feature descriptions of accidents and near-accidents to emphasize the importance of the techniques presented. With b&w photos and illustrations.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 4 reviews)

Great for my reference collection. by Jason Quick (Melbourne, Australia)

3 Stars
June 17, 2008
As with many of these types of books, you read the whole thing, but only take away 'tid bits' of information. Those 'tid bits' are worth it, however thre rest of the book's information can be found in "Freedom of the Hills". Easy to read, covers essential knowledge for Glacier travel and rescue.

Concise, To The Point by Chan Joon Yee (Singapore)

4 Stars
August 31, 2006
You'll find all the toipcs in this book in any big reference book on mountaineering. However, adding this book to your library won't do any harm. The book starts off with a lesson on physical geography. Then, the various techniques on routefinding, team travel and anchors are covered. Unlike many of the bigger books on mountaineering, this book covers the essentials and does not confuse the novice. For instance, the knots and ropework are all pretty simplified. I have tried them out on the field and they all work fine. My only complaint is that the illustrations look a bit sketchy on some pages.

The Bible of Glacier Travel

5 Stars
November 20, 2000
Crevasses are one of those things that many of us who climb wish we didn't have to deal with. Unfortunately many people go out and climb while totally unprepared. Indeed they choose to not deal with it, and take enormous risks. In this book Andy will give you the scoop on everything you ever wanted to know related to glacier travel. He starts by explaining what glaciers are, then he gets more into detail on how to routefind, traveling as a group, and of course how to perform crevasse rescue. My honest opinion is that this book is not, by itself, going to make you an expert on the subject. I really don't think any book can. You need to get some training, be it with an experienced friend or established school but this book will show you all the techniques that you'll learn. Plus if you already know it can help you brush up and possibly show you new techniques. Great book, very typical high quality stuff from The Mountaineers.

A first-hand teacher by Sandor Coscia (Michigan)

4 Stars
April 18, 2000
As someone who is fairly new to mouutainering and glacier travel, I found the wonderfully helpfulmin explaining important technequies, that are crucial to any body finding their adventures leading them to the mountains. I found it extermly helpful when I actually set foot on the ice.

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