CLIMBING SELF RESCUE: Improvising Solutions for Serious Situations

Self-rescue procedures for teams of two-the most common climbing party size
– Techniques equally effective on rock, snow, and ice
– Utilizes gear climbers already carry in their rack
– Includes 40 one-page rescue scenarios and solutions for analysis

The rope is stuck-or too short. A crucial piece of gear is MIA. You’ve
wandered off route into dicey terrain. An injury leaves you or your partner in
need of help. Climb long enough and finding yourself in a jam far from help is
inevitable. In Climbing: Self Rescue, two longtime climbing instructors and
guides teach how to improvise your own solutions, calling for outside help
only when necessary.

Because few climbers carry fancy (and expensive) search and rescue gear, all
skills taught in this book use the items typically found on a climbing rack:
rope, carabiners, slings, and cord. Text, illustrations, and photos explain
knots, belaying and hauling systems, rappelling, ascension, passing knots, how
to safely assist and rig an injured climber, and more. Roughly half of the
book is devoted to real-life climbing scenarios and solutions ranging from
moderate to severe. Because real-life situations rarely unfold as they do in
practice, Climbing Self-Rescue teaches how to analyze and improvise your way
out of a crisis.