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Author : Paul Kropp
Publisher : High Interest Publishing Inc.
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Avalanches
ISBN : 1897039077
A group of teens is trapped by an avalanche in British Columbia--not all of them survive.
Author : Bruce Tremper
Publisher : The Mountaineers Books
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0898868343
Winter recreation in the mountains has increased steadily over the past few years, and so has the number of deaths and injuries caused by avalanches. Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain covers everything you need to know to avoid trouble in avalanche terrain: what avalanches are and how they work, common myths, human activities that lead to avalanche trouble, what happens to victims when an avalanche occurs, and rescue techniques. Provides step- by-step instruction for determining avalanche hazards, using safe travel technique, and making effective rescues.
Author : Frieda Wishinsky
Publisher : Scholastic Canada
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09
Category : Avalanches
ISBN : 9781443146388
From avalanches to shipwrecks, this brand-new fiction series hurtles its characters into dangerous situations, leaving them with only their wits and courage to survive! Eleven-year-old Alex Mason has just moved from Toronto to Glory, British Columbia, and he's having a tough time. Friendless, he is teased by his classmate Owen for being from "out East", and for his lack of skill on the ski slopes. But when a new boy, Ben, moves to town, the boys bond over their love of building and quickly make plans to construct an epic snow fort together. When a freak avalanche strikes and traps Alex, Ben and Owen in deep, immobilizing snow, Alex must keep it together enough to free himself and save the other boys. Will they survive?
Author : Mike Clelland,Allen O'bannon
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-04
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780762792375
With more and more people heading into the winter backcountry on skis, snowshoes, and snowmobiles, avalanche safety is of paramount importance. Allen & Mike's Really Cool Avalanche Safety Book distills the sometimes overly technical information of snow science into a user-friendly format with helpful illustrations and easy-to-understand text. With years of experience as NOLS instructors to draw on, Allen O'Bannon and Mike Clelland team up to give winter recreationists the information they need to stay safe in the backcountry, including how to prepare for your trip, proper equipment and how to use it, snowpack assessment, choosing safe travel routes, decision making, and rescue scenarios. Written for both aspriring winter backcountry travelers and experts alike, this book is a must-read for anybody who loves to experience the solitude and beauty of the snowy mountains.
Author : Arthur Roth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Antarctica
ISBN : 0731217160
Author : Julia Leigh
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780393292732
An intensely personal narrative of loss, hope, and longing for a child. In this brave and lucid account, Julia Leigh broaches a challenging life event often left undiscussed: how the struggle to have a child can take an agonizing toll. Leigh’s experience at the vanguard of medical science is acutely rendered, physically and emotionally, transmitting what it feels like to so desperately wish for a child while knowing that the odds are stacked against you. From the daily shots she puts herself through at home, to hopes raised and dashed, and finally to the decision to stop treatment, Avalanche bears witness to Leigh’s raw desire, suffering, strength, and, in the end, transformation—a shift to a different kind of love. The reader looks behind the scenes of a clinic and discovers how things really work: reality is a far cry from the slick marketing of the billion-dollar infertility industry. As for so many women, Leigh’s treatment failed, but her ghost child lingers in memory.
Author : Lee Thompson,Marial Shea
Publisher : Bruce Kay
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780994892904
What are our survival odds in avalanche country? Author Bruce Kay explores this puzzle in Autonomy, Mastery and Purpose. Drawing from the experiences of his peers and his own 35 years as a climber, skier and avalanche professional, Kay explains why avalanche country demands a unique mindset of managing risk by consideration of the unknown as much as the known. He explores related topics, including: - The Siren Song of Culture - Intuition and Bias - what is the difference? - Optimism and Luck - do we roll the dice or calculate risk? - The Expert Illusion - Strategic Mindset Using the work of Ian McCammon, Gary Klein and the Nobel Prize winning Kahnemen, Kay shows how the avalanche problem is nearly perfectly designed to produce errors in judgement, yet still provide opportunity for solution. This is brought to life using case studies and adrenaline - pumping stories from fellow professionals and recreationists. He warns that his book may at times "demand a bit more of the reader than the average ski video," but if truly interested in surviving to ski another day, this book is for you.
Author : Ken Wylie
Publisher : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-07
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781771600286
On January 20, 2003, at 10:45 a.m., a massive avalanche in the Selkirk Range of British Columbia struck three members of two guided backcountry skiing groups and buried them. After a frantic hour of digging by those still standing, an unthinkable outcome became reality: seven people were dead. The tragedy made international news, splashing photos of the seven dead Canadian and US skiers on television screens and newspaper pages. The official analysis was that guide error was not a contributing factor in the accident. This interpretation was insufficient for some of the victims’ families, the public and some members of the guiding community. Buried is the assistant guide’s story. It renders an answerable truth about what happened by delving deep into the human factors that played into putting people in harm’s way as well as the peace that comes from accountability and the personal growth that results from understanding.
Author : Frieda Wishinsky
Publisher : Scholastic Canada
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2017-12-27
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781443146487
Caught in the vicious ice storm of 1998, would you survive? A severe ice storm hits Montreal and parts of eastern Canada. Ethan’s dad is in Toronto on business and his step-mom, Sylvie, is is going to have a baby. The weather is so bad his dad can’t fly home. When the power goes off in their building, they try to adjust, but it’s cold despite all the blankets, and it’s dark despite candles and flashlights. Sylvie suddenly feels unwell and his elderly neighbour, Mrs. Greenbaum, has been hurt. Is the baby coming early? Can he get help for Mrs. Greenbaum in time? How will they survive?
Author : Ellen Schwartz
Publisher : Tundra Books
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2010-10-12
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781770492295
Gwen lives for dancing. When she has the chance to take an intensive - and expensive - course far from home, she knows her parents will object. She also knows that she can usually convince her father to support her. She raises the subject when they're together skiing, but the discussion turns into an angry confrontation that is cut short by a sudden dreadful avalanche that almost kills her dad. The avalanche leaves terrible damage in its wake. Gwen is left wracked with guilt and injuries that may end her career as a dancer. Her life is complicated by her best friend, Molly. Molly has her own demons, and may either be a danger to Gwen or part of her salvation. Gwen must find a way to make peace with Molly, with her family, and with her own conscience if she is ever again going to experience the freedom that dancing brought her.
Author : Vivien Bowers
Publisher : Greystone Books
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-06
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781926685250
On a clear, cold morning in January 1998, in the Selkirk Mountains of southeastern British Columbia, a massive avalanche buried six experienced back-country skiers. They didn’t have a chance. Thus began the worst day for avalanche deaths in Canadian history and one of the most tragic in North America. This book is the biography of a deadly avalanche, detailing how a combination of factors—steep, open terrain, an unstable winter snow pack primed to slide, aggravating weather conditions, and a trigger provided by a handful of back-country skiers—resulted in human tragedy. It is the story of a particular avalanche, but it illustrates a natural phenomenon that has threatened human endeavours throughout the world since people first ventured within the reach of steep snow slopes.
Author : Alexis Alloway
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1734176148
Author : Patrick Merrick
Publisher : Child's World
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Avalanches
ISBN : 1631437623
Looks at avalanches, examining their causes and their results.
Author : Ray Walker
Publisher : Hrp House
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-20
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1953563287
Aiming to become top dog in Colorado Avalanche trivia at the neighborhood pub?Then pick up this complete fact/trivia book on the NHL franchise!You'll find titillating facts and anecdotes from the team's beginnings as the Quebec Nordiques to the concluding days of the 2019-20 NHL regular season. The organization's biggest names are all included here, such as Dale Hunter, Mats Sundin, Joe Sakic, Rob Blake, Patrick Roy, Gabriel Landeskog, Nathan MacKinnon, and Mikko Rantanen. The book covers all the bases from the days as a small-market Canadian team in 1972 to the move to Colorado in 1995 and a pair of Stanley Cup banners. Challenge your Avalanche IQ with demanding questions such as:?The Avalanche played their first three seasons in which division??How many consecutive seasons did the club make the playoffs after moving to Colorado??How many power-play goals did Joe Sakic score in 2000-01 to set an Avalanche record??Who led the team with 365 shots on goal in 2018-19??Who did Colorado trade to Los Angeles for Rob Blake and Steve Reinprecht?You'll find 300 intriguing questions regarding the Avalanche organization in 15 separate quizzes, with another 150 fascinating facts in the "Did You Know?" sections. There's no better way to re-live the team's history and prepare yourself for the next neighborhood quiz. You'll be second to none in Avalanche knowledge after reading this book from cover to cover.
Author : Bruce Tremper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10
Category : Avalanches
ISBN : 1594857199
12 panel laminated pocket guide Waterproof, pocket-sized, quick reference for evaluating and managing avalanche danger while you're in the backcountry. Full-color fold-out guide with the most critical quick info that skiers, snowboarders, and other mountain enthusiasts need while in the winter backcountry Carry-along complement to Tremper's best-selling Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain and Avalanche Essentials: A Step-by-Step System for Safety and Survival The Avalanche Pocket Guide includes quick and visual safety reminders: the 5 As and 2 Cs to consider when evaluating avalanche terrain; the trusty Tremper Terrain-o-Meter; a snowpack stability checklist; quick review of snowpack stability tests, low-risk travel ritual; a gear checklist; Avalanche Smart Card graphic that pulls it all together; beacon search tips; and more.