Mountaineers Books, 2015. — 328 p. — ISBN: 978-1594859595, ISBN: 978-1594859601 (ebook). Before dawn on August 12, 2000, four of America’s best young rock climbers―Tommy Caldwell, Beth Rodden, Jason “Singer” Smith, and John Dickey―were asleep in their portaledges high on the Yellow Wall in the Pamir-Alai mountain range of Kyrgyzstan. At daybreak, they would be kidnapped at...
Good Books, 2017. — 234 p. — ISBN: 978-1680993691 (print), ISBN: 978-1680993707 (ebook). In this riveting first-person account, former Olympian and professional hockey player Eric LeMarque tells a harrowing tale of survival―of how, with only a lightweight jacket and thin wool hat, he survived eight days stranded in the frozen wilderness after a snowboarding trip gone horribly...
Falcon Guides, 2016. — 136 p. — ISBN: 978-1-4930-1564-1, 978-1-4930-1565-8. Lightweight and small enough to fit in your pocket or tucked into your backpack, Survive Mountains is the must-have item to keep with you in case you find yourself in a mountainous survival situation. Including topics on administering basic first-aid, finding food and water, building shelter, and mental...
FalconGuides, 2016. — 135 p. — ISBN: 978-1-4930-1564-1, 978-1-4930-1565-8. Lightweight and small enough to fit in your pocket or tucked into your backpack, Survive Mountains is the must-have item to keep with you in case you find yourself in a mountainous survival situation. Including topics on administering basic first-aid, finding food and water, building shelter, and mental...
Mammoth Books. — Constable & Robinson Ltd, 2003. — 512 p. — ISBN: 978-1841196756 (paperback), eISBN 978-1780332697. From the Appalachians to Mount Cook, from Peak Lenin to Siula Grande, the thirty-five gripping first-hand accounts of incredible rescues at the top of the world in this mammoth volume span five continents and feature an international cast of mountaineers,...
Crown Publishing Group, 2006. — 320 p. — eISBN 978-0307347022. In the first hours there was nothing, no fear or sadness, just a black and perfect silence. Nando Parrado was unconscious for three days before he woke to discover that the plane carrying his rugby team, as well as their family members and supporters, to an exhibition game in Chile had crashed somewhere deep in the...
Open Road Media, 2016. — 320 p. — ISBN: 978-1504039123. The #1 New York Times bestseller and the true story behind the film: A rugby team resorts to the unthinkable after a plane crash in the Andes. Spirits were high when the Fairchild F-227 took off from Mendoza, Argentina, and headed for Santiago, Chile. On board were forty-five people, including an amateur rugby team from...
Enslow, 2011. — 48 p. The chilly climate and thin air of the mountain biome adds an extra layer of danger to mishaps that occur at high altitudes. Shocking and triumphant true accounts of railroad wrecks, plane and helicopter crashes, and mountaineers who nearly met their maker are featured in this collection. Additional resources include sidebars about mountain safety and the...
Amazon Crossing, 2019. — 178 p. — ISBN: 978-1542042956 (paperback). A personal story of survival, hope, and spiritual awakening in the face of unspeakable tragedy. It’s the unfathomable modern legend that has become a testament to the resilience of the human spirit: the 1972 Andes plane crash and the Uruguayan rugby teammates who suffered seventy-two days among the dead and...
Arrow Books, 2001. — 237 p. — ISBN 978-0099279068 (paperback), ISBN 978-1446493595 (EPUB). Stephen Venables and three companions made the first ascent of Panchu Chuli V—a remote Himalayan peak on the borders of India, Nepal and Tibet. A rappel anchor failed on the descent, pitching Venables into a 300-foot fall. Crashing through the black night, flung from rock to rock, he...
Villard Books, a division of Random House, Inc., 2000 — 317 p. — ISBN: 978-0-375-50588-1. In 1996 Beck Weathers and a climbing team pushed toward the summit of Mount Everest. Then a storm exploded on the mountain, ripping the team to shreds, forcing brave men to scratch and crawl for their lives. Rescuers who reached Weathers saw that he was dying, and left him. Twelve hours...
М. : ТВТ Дивизион, 2015. — 264 с. — ISBN: 978-5-98724-077-9. В монографии рассматриваются основные психологические принципы функционирования малой группы, действующей в экстремальных условиях горной среды, и механизмы обеспечивающие ее надежность и успешность. В основу работы легли материалы многолетних исследований высококвалифицированных команд альпинистов и практический опыт...
Методическое пособие. — М.:ФАР, 2014. — 127 с. Вступление Термины Особенности организации ПСР в малой группе Опасности и ограничения при использовании подручных средств Снаряжение Рекомендованные узлы Применяемые технические приемы Организация самостраховки
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