The Equipment Shop at the American Alpine Institute

This intermediate-level guide addresses tools, skills, and techniques used in alpine terrain, including rock, snow, ice, and glaciers at moderate altitude (approximately 16,000 feet) and lower). Technical protection systems are covered, as are step-by-step decision-making skills, providing scenarios, checklists, and self-posed questions to inform the decision process. This book assumes the reader has some prior knowledge, primarily in rock climbing skills and techniques.
324 pages.