The Mountaineering Handbook - Sanjai Banerji

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Résumé :
'The Mountaineering Handbook' will be useful for the trekker or novice climber wanting to go higher or the veteran climber wanting to brush up on the technicalities in the wilderness. A wide spectrum of issues has been covered on mountaineering, like building climbing anchors, key belaying steps, rappelling, jumaring, rock-climbing, snow craft, ice craft, avalanches, glaciers, mountain ranges of India, tent-pitching, river-crossing and the map as a navigation tool. The safety and risk factors have been covered in detail under high-altitude acclimatization, avalanche rescue, survival techniques, preventing accidents, cold injuries and first-aid. There is a conscious effort to spread awareness to the reader on maintaining the pristine beauty of the hills and forests in the wilderness through the principles of leaving no trace, the do's and don'ts of mountaineering, selection of campsite, climate change, camp sanitation and hygiene. One of the salient features of the book is the emphasis on the physical training exercises required for mountaineering.

Biographie:
Sanjai Banerji is the author of a previous book, 'Crossing the Finish Line, and a regular contributor on fitness as an expert panellist in, Finisher Magazine. He is an ultra-marathon runner, who has run in the forests, on hills, deserts, roads and high-altitude mountain ranges. In 2019, he was one of the oldest Indians to have completed the big three Asian Marathons in Mumbai, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. A gold-medalist in journalism in his post-graduate studies, with 36 years experience in the corporate sector, Sanjai also completed the special Basic Mountaineering Course with an A Grade at the age of 61. He is an ardent advocate of tackling global warming challenges by managing climate risks in and beyond the mountain regions. Sanjai has travelled extensively in different parts of the country and has had several articles, photo features and short stories published in newspapers and magazines....

Sommaire:
'The Mountaineering Handbook' will be useful for the trekker or novice climber wanting to go higher or the veteran climber wanting to brush up on the technicalities in the wilderness. A wide spectrum of issues has been covered on mountaineering, like building climbing anchors, key belaying steps, rappelling, jumaring, rock-climbing, snow craft, ice craft, avalanches, glaciers, mountain ranges of India, tent-pitching, river-crossing and the map as a navigation tool. The safety and risk factors have been covered in detail under high-altitude acclimatization, avalanche rescue, survival techniques, preventing accidents, cold injuries and first-aid. There is a conscious effort to spread awareness to the reader on maintaining the pristine beauty of the hills and forests in the wilderness through the principles of leaving no trace, the do's and don'ts of mountaineering, selection of campsite, climate change, camp sanitation and hygiene. One of the salient features of the book is the emphasis on the physical training exercises required for mountaineering....