Paper Avalanche
Author: Lisa Williamson
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Published: 2018-07
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ISBN-13: 9781910989968
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Author: Lisa Williamson
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Published: 2018-07
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ISBN-13: 9781910989968
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jill Fredston
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780156032544
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn avalanche expert and predictor explores the often deadly nature of avalanches, sharing dramatic rescue and escape stories, including those of a skier who was forced to make a life-and-death decision and the race to save a buried victim.
Author: Jill A. Fredston
Publisher: Alaska Mountain Safety Center, Incorporated
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 116
ISBN-13: 9780964399402
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBook which focuses on teaching backcountry travellers to recognize, evaluate, and avoid avalanche hazards by gathering available key information and clues from the snowpack, weather, and terrain.
Author: Kirsten Weld
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2014-03-21
Total Pages: 386
ISBN-13: 082237658X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Paper Cadavers, an inside account of the astonishing discovery and rescue of Guatemala's secret police archives, Kirsten Weld probes the politics of memory, the wages of the Cold War, and the stakes of historical knowledge production. After Guatemala's bloody thirty-six years of civil war (1960–1996), silence and impunity reigned. That is, until 2005, when human rights investigators stumbled on the archives of the country's National Police, which, at 75 million pages, proved to be the largest trove of secret state records ever found in Latin America. The unearthing of the archives renewed fierce debates about history, memory, and justice. In Paper Cadavers, Weld explores Guatemala's struggles to manage this avalanche of evidence of past war crimes, providing a firsthand look at how postwar justice activists worked to reconfigure terror archives into implements of social change. Tracing the history of the police files as they were transformed from weapons of counterinsurgency into tools for post-conflict reckoning, Weld sheds light on the country's fraught transition from war to an uneasy peace, reflecting on how societies forget and remember political violence.
Author: Bruce Tremper
Publisher: The Mountaineers Books
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780898868340
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWinter 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: Adrian Dater
Publisher: Triumph Books
Published: 2016-10-15
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 163319650X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMost Colorado Avalanche fans have attended a game at the Pepsi Center, seen highlights of a young Joe Sakic, and were thrilled by the team's run to the Stanley Cup in its inaugural season in Denver. But only real fans know how many players have had their numbers retired or why the team's name isn't the Rocky Mountain Extreme. 100 Things Avalanche Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die is the ultimate resource guide for true fans of Colorado hockey. Whether you're a die-hard fan from the days of Marc Crawford or a new supporter of Patrick Roy and the current players, this book contains everything Avalanche fans should know, see, and do.
Author: Alexis Alloway
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Published: 2020-01-10
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ISBN-13: 9781734176148
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Tony Daffern
Publisher:
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780906371268
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a handbook for anyone venturing above the snow-line in winter or summer. The writer explains how to avoid avalanche accidents through observation, recognition of avalanche terrain and good route-finding. This advice is reinforced by a variety of case histories from around the world. The second edition incorporates up-to-date techniques and equipment and also addresses the problem of stability evaluation for back-country telemarkers, snowboarders and extreme skiers.
Author: Lisa Williamson
Publisher: David Fickling Books
Published: 2017-02-02
Total Pages: 294
ISBN-13: 1910989126
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMia's two sisters are pretty much perfect, but Mia's life is a series of disasters.Fuelled by alcohol and insecurities, she betrays one of her best friends in the worst way imaginable.But will her little sister going missing finally make her realise making everything All About Mia just isn't going to cut it any more?It's time to grow up and face reality.
Author: Ken Wylie
Publisher: Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
Published: 2014-10-07
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 1771600284
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOn 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.