Moment, how did that go again? The Swiss Alpine Club SAC's summer/winter mountain sports training books are perfect for precisely these questions. Setting up a pulley for crevasse rescue? Described in detail. Rules of thumb for tour planning? Memorably listed. Reduction factors for minimizing avalanche risk? Clearly described. The big plus of the SAC training books is that they work excellently both as reading at a stretch and as a reference work.
And are kept in a handy format so that you don't mind putting these compendiums in your backpack more often when there is time to practice and play at the hut, or when a beginner wants to brush up on exes handling in the climbing garden. Despite their handy format, the books are full of content and offer knowledge about mountain sports in a compact yet easy-to-understand format. Very systematically organized and structured, you will find everything you need to know on the mountain.
The text is concise, often in the form of bullet points and is excellently supported by clear illustrations. The latter in particular are a big plus for the books. Not only do they often explain the necessary techniques precisely and, if necessary, step by step, they are also clear and intuitively understandable, so that when you have a certain question, you usually just flick through the book looking at the pictures until you come across the right illustration. The text then provides additional information where necessary.
The books are highly recommended, should not be missing from any mountain enthusiast's bookshelf and are ideal both as teaching and learning books and as reference works.
The book contents
Mountain sports summer: tour planning, group mountaineering, mountain hiking, via ferratas, rope techniques, rock climbing, alpine tours, rescue, equipment, nature and the environment
Mountain sports winter: Avalanches, tour planning, ski, snowboard and snowshoe tours, steep ice and mixed climbing, equipment, nature and the environment
to the information page of the Swiss Alpine Club about the books
