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SNOWSTRUCK: In The Grip Of Avalanches (Signed)

SNOWSTRUCK: In The Grip Of Avalanches (Signed)

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SNOWSTRUCK: In The Grip Of Avalanches (Signed)

by Fredston, Jill

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ISBN 10
0151012490
ISBN 13
9780151012497
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Orland: Harcourt, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st printing. Cloth & boards. 342pp. Illus. Endpaper maps. (joined areas of Alaska, Yukon Terr., B. C.). Signed by Fredston on title page (not inscribed to anyone; just the author's signature). "... a thrilling, fascinating, and inspiring narrative about avalanches: their causes, their victims, and their predictability." Fine in dj.

Synopsis

Every year around the globe, people cross paths with avalanches-some massive, some no deeper than a pizza box-often with deadly results. Avalanche expert Jill Fredston stalks these so-called freaks of nature, forecasting where and when they will strike, deliberately triggering them with explosives, teaching potential victims how to stay alive, and leading rescue efforts when tragedy strikes. Having spent decades trying to keep avalanches and people apart, Fredston brings them together unforgettably in Snowstruck. From a rare store of personal experience, she conveys a panorama of perspectives: a skier making what may prove his final decision, a victim buried so tightly that he can't move a finger, rescuers racing both time and weather, forecasters treading the line between reasonable risk and danger. Seamlessly interweaving these accounts, Fredston brings to life the awesome forces of nature that can turn the mountains deadly-and the equally inexorable forces of human nature that lure us time and again into treacherous terrain.

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Bookseller
Gene W. Baade Books on the West US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
SHEL545
Title
SNOWSTRUCK: In The Grip Of Avalanches (Signed)
Author
Fredston, Jill
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Fine
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition
ISBN 10
0151012490
ISBN 13
9780151012497
Publisher
Harcourt
Place of Publication
Orland
Date Published
2005
Keywords
avalanche, Alaska, Yukon, British Columbia, mountaineering
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Mountaineering;

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