Accidents in North American Mountaineering: Volume 8 - Number 5 - Issue 58

Book Overview

This annual investigative handbook offers detailed reports on climbing accidents that occurred in the United States and Canada in 2004. Produced jointly by the Safety Committees of the American Alpine... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 093041098X
• ISBN13: 9780930410988
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: American Alpine Club
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

A good guide to reality

Each accident review is terse and to the point. Somewhat dry but very informative. The reality is most accidents are due to pretty simple screw-ups - I don't know how many times I counted people abseiling off the end of the rope ... but a more in-depth level of analysis would reveal this often happens due to an inability to control/stop your drop by friction alone while setting up your next anchor point. Simple misses like this stop me from giving this a 5. However this is one of the few books around that is helpful and informative and factual rather that conforming to pure rhetoric of what we perceive as accident causing situations.

Outstanding educational resource

This is the fifth report in this series I've read. It is the best resource for finding out what really hurts, cripples and kills people involved in mountaineering. You may read "On Rope", John Long, Craig Leubben, Craig Connelly, "Freedom of the Hills", etc., to find out what to do correctly, but the ANAM books will provide a strong sense of what can go wrong, when and where procedures should become your friend, and you'll read real case studies of how to avoid problematic issues when in the wilderness or mountainous terrain. Regarding practical mountaineering and climbing, I've learned at least as much from ANAM as I have from any other five titles. I believe it should be required reading for anyone transitioning from gym climbing to real rock. Or for those who seek the freedom of the hills.

A Prerequisite For Climbing

Sensational edjucation-the most important way to understand the frequency and causes of climbing misfortune.