Crevasse

Glacier Travel and Crevasse Rescue is a comprehensive course in understanding glaciers, crossing them, avoiding crevasses, and rescuing crevasse victims. Sidebars feature descriptions of accidents and near-accidents to emphasize the importance of the techniques presented.

* Technical advice for traveling safely on glaciers and how to perform a rescue should the worst happen * Sidebars provide extra lessons on techniques presented * Large format with photographs showing the techniques discussed 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; route finding; knots and harnesses; holding a fall; rescue techniques, including self-belay and what a victim should do; and glacier skiing and sled hauling. Sidebars feature descriptions of accidents and near-accidents to emphasize the importance of the techniques presented.

'Nicholas Wong is a poet and teacher and even a "fire-starter," according to Time Out: Hong Kong. His poetry collection Crevasse, which Tarfia Faizullah described as "poetry that is unashamed to be relentless" and Ocean Vuong called "a book of seared seeking, a restlessness that opens," is Kaya's most recent release. In celebration of this book, Kaya asked him a few questions about language, poetry, and writing. Nicholas Wong has has been a finalist for the New Letters Poetry Award and the Wabash Prize for Poetry, and he received his MFA from City University of Hong Kong.--

Learn how to: - Tie into the rope with chest coils - Move efficiently on snow - Make snow and ice anchors - Perform a crevasse rescue - Prusik out of a crevasse Plus much more. Further information: * New for April 2020 * 80 pages * 100+ detailed illustrations and photographs * Everything you need to know to get across a glacier safely