Canyoneering

Name: Canyoneering
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ISBN: 9780762782734

ISBN-10: 0762782730

ISBN-13: 9780762782734

Edition: 2nd

Authors: David Black

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In David Black’s Canyoneering: A Guide to Techniques for Wet and Dry Canyons, readers learn the hazards and risks of canyoneering, the skills required to gain mastery of canyoneering style and technique, and simple, effective ways to negotiate hazardous terrain. This completed updated, thorough, and to-the-point guide will provide easily understood descriptions of skills used by leading-edge canyoneers and promote simple techniques for solving complex problems. The purpose of this book is to equip canyoneers at all levels with the technical skills they need to enjoy a clean canyoneering experience and avoid dangerous mistakes. This full-color book is the only guide endorsed by the American…

Book details

List price: $42.95
Edition: 2nd
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press, The
Publication date: 9/17/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.408
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Canyoneering Basics


Canyons, Canyoning, and Canyoneering


Reading Canyons on Maps


Gear


Clothing


Wet Gear and Clothing


Accessories


Personalizing and Sorting Gear


Climbing Technique


Knot Fundamentals


Anchor Fundamentals



Safety


Understanding and Dealing with Basic Hazards and Risk


Common Hazards


Rockfall


Flash Floods


A Word on First Aid



Belays


Spotting


Handlines


Belaying


Modeling and Sequencing



Deploying Rope and Rappelling


Packaging and Carrying Ropes


Single or Double Strand


Rappelling Basics


Contingency Anchors


Blocks


Wet Canyons


Essential Physics of Friction and Forces


Rappel Anchors


Friction and Rappel Devices


Locking Off on Rappel


Rebelays and Deviations: Changing the Fall Line



Anchors and Anchor Systems


Natural Anchors


Alternative Anchoring


Human Anchors


Retrievable Anchors


Bolts and Pitons


Climber's Chocks


Equalizing and Load-Sharing Multiple Anchors


Load Multipliers



Suspended Techniques


Ascending


Transitions


Passing a Knot


Passing a Rebelay or Deviation on Ascent


Guided Rappels


Multipitch Rappels


Rigging an Exposed Traverse



Navigating Potholes


Preparation


Going Around or Over a Pothole


Entering a Pothole


Exiting a Pothole



Wet Canyons


Swift-Water Terminology


Preparation


Swimming


Wading and Crossing a Stream


Jumps and Slides


Ropework in Current



Canyon Rescue


Self-Rescue


Buddy Rescue from Above


Buddy Rescue from Below


Piggyback Carries


Litter Evacuations


Rigging Piggybacks and Litters for High-Angle Evacuations


Water Rescue



Eleven Classic Canyons in North America and the Pacific



The Dirty Dozen of Canyoneering


Index


About the Author