Falcon Guide "Self Rescue" 2nd EditionThis must-have handbook on rescue techniques for serious climbers fully describes and illustrates a variety of techniques that every climber should know for safety and self-reliance.
Whether you need to assist your partner past a difficult section, or rappel down a multi-pitch route with an injured climber, you owe it to yourself and your fellow climbers to be prepared. Self-Rescue fully describes and illustrates techniques that every climber needs to know for safety and self-reliance. Revised with the latest techniques and accompanied by Mike Clelland's clear illustrations, this is the definitive resource on the topic. It includes self-rescue concepts: terrain, technical ledges, baseline and belay escapes, knots and hitches, anchors and belays, assessment of patients and terrain, top-rope rescue, leader rescue, and search and rescue.
Features
Contents
1. Transition Model
2. Self-Rescue Concepts: Terrain, Technical Ledges, Baseline and Belay Escapes
3. Tools and Primary Systems for Self-Rescue
4. Knots and Hitches
5. Anchors and Belays
6. Patient Assessment
7. Terrain Assessment
8. Hands Free
9. Course of Action – Descend
10. Course of Action – Ascend
11. Course of Action – Stabilize/Shelter in Place
12. Top-Rope Rescue
13. Second Rescue
14. Leader Rescue
15. Search and Rescue
16. Analysis of Select Rescues and Accidents
17. Skills Assessment
