Mini Guides to First Aid, Navigation, Snow, Avalanche Awareness
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This guidebook describes basic first aid techniques for those travelling in wilderness areas. Deals with fundamentals such as preparation, prevention, first aid kits and the use of medications and painkillers; and provides details on how to deal with a variety of accidents and illnesses.
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This practical guidebook explains how to get the best out of navigating with your GPS, and takes you through GPS navigation in a clear and structured way. It summarises how to navigate with a map and compass. The guide also looks at digital mapping, and how GPSs and mapping software can be used positively together.
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This practical guidebook will help you get the most out of navigating with your map and give you the key skills to using your compass. It's then down to you. Practice will make perfect, and with that will come the freedom and confidence to enjoy our hills and mountains.
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This practical guidebook is aimed at anyone who wants to acquire or improve their knowledge of snow and avalanche release. It describes the formation and evolution of snow, how to identify the many forms snow takes, and how to assess avalanche risk more precisely and reliably.
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This practical pocket-sized guidebook can help you learn the skill of snow avalanche prediction. Aimed at all winter snow sports enthusiasts, you can learn the skill of avalanche prediction, understand and predict avalanches, evaluate the risks and reduce the dangers. The book includes a Nivotest designed to help quantify risks from avalanches.
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