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Backcountry Skiing

Skills for Ski Touring and Ski Mountaineering

By: Martin Volken,Scott Schell,Margaret Wheeler

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Backcountry Skiing

Skills for Ski Touring and Ski Mountaineering

By: Martin Volken,Scott Schell,Margaret Wheeler

CLICK HERE to download the chapter on "Uphill Movement" from Backcountry Skiing (Provide us with a little information and we'll send your download directly to your inbox) * For intermediate-to-advanced backcountry skiers * Includes trip planning, navigation, fitness, and avalanche safety information, in addition to techniques * Provides advice on how to make well-informed backcountry decisions Martin Volken and his co-authors provide skiers with all the tools and knowledge they need to safely and successfully travel in the mountain backcountry. The guide features intermediate-to-advanced techniques for ski touring and ski mountaineering, from planning backcountry trips to perfecting turns in rolling terrain and mastering uphill climbing. For those skiers ready for a more technical, high alpine environment, they draw on traditional mountaineering skills, including roped climbing, setting protection anchors, using ice axes, climbing on bare rock, and more. In addition to mastering techniques, Backcountry Skiing also features information on recent evolutions in ski equipment; avalanche safety tips; a primer on mountain weather and glaciers, trip planning tools, a discussion of emergency situations, nutrition and fitness advice, and winter camping basics. Throughout this guide, a special emphasis is put on being well-informed and making good decisions -- whenever you strap on your skis and skins and head out into the backcountry.

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The Mountaineers Books

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1594852502

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Backcountry Skiing

Skills for Ski Touring and Ski Mountaineering

By: Martin Volken,Scott Schell,Margaret Wheeler

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Skills for Ski Touring and Ski Mountaineering

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Backcountry Ski & Snowboard Routes Washington

By: Martin Volken

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Backcountry Ski & Snowboard Routes Washington

By: Martin Volken

CLICK HERE to download a sample route from Backcountry Ski & Snowboard Washington Ski and snowboard adventures can be found year-round when you know where to look — start here! * Only Mountaineers Books offers guidebooks for backcountry ski routes in Washington, and this is the newest and best available! *Backcountry skiing is one of the fastest growing winter sports * Written by the authors of the bestselling instructional text on the sport, Backcountry Skiing Washington’s Cascades, Olympics, and Mount Rainier are prime destinations for backcountry ski and snowboard adventure, and no one is better qualified to write this guidebook than Martin Volken and his team at Pro Guiding Service, based in the Cascade foothills. The all-new guidebook includes 80 routes throughout the state — plus one in British Columbia! — Ideal for intermediate to expert skiers or snowboarders. It features routes ranging from accessible day trips suitable for relative beginners to more challenging multiday traverses. It’s a guide to the very best routes available to skiers and boarders throughout the state. Each route includes the following elements: * Starting elevation and high point * Elevation gain and loss * Route distance * Time required * Recommended skill and fitness levels * Best season to ski * Maps and permits info * Driving directions, from nearest major town or junction * Detailed route description * Backcountry Ski & Snowboard Routes: Washington also includes an introduction by legendary Northwest skier Lowell Skoog.

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1594856575

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9781594856570

Venta Belgarum: Prehistoric, Roman, and Post-Roman Winchester

By: Francis M. Morris,Martin Biddle

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Venta Belgarum: Prehistoric, Roman, and Post-Roman Winchester

By: Francis M. Morris,Martin Biddle

This is a detailed study of the archaeology of Roman Winchester—Venta Belgarum, a major town in the south of the province of Britannia— and its development from the regional (civitas) capital of the Iron Age people, the Belgae, who inhabited much of what is now central and southern Hampshire.

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Archaeopress Publishing Ltd

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1803276819

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Backcountry Ski & Snowboard Routes Washington

By: Martin Volken

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Nano-Tera.ch

Engineering the Future of Systems for Health, Environment and Energy

By: Anil Leblebici,Patrick Mayor,Martin Rajman,Giovanni De Micheli

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Nano-Tera.ch

Engineering the Future of Systems for Health, Environment and Energy

By: Anil Leblebici,Patrick Mayor,Martin Rajman,Giovanni De Micheli

This book presents the overall vision and research outcomes of Nano-Tera.ch, which is a landmark Swiss federal program to advance engineering system and device technologies with applications to Health and the Environment, including smart Energy generation and consumption. The authors discuss this unprecedented nation-wide program, with a lifetime of almost 10 years and a public funding of more than 120 MCHF, which helped to position Switzerland at the forefront of the research on multi-scale engineering of complex systems and networks, and strongly impacted the Swiss landscape in Engineering Sciences.

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3319991094

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Evolvable Hardware

From Practice to Application

By: Martin A. Trefzer,Andy M. Tyrrell

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Evolvable Hardware

From Practice to Application

By: Martin A. Trefzer,Andy M. Tyrrell

This book covers the basic theory, practical details and advanced research of the implementation of evolutionary methods on physical substrates. Most of the examples are from electronic engineering applications, including transistor-level design and system-level implementation. The authors present an overview of the successes achieved, and the book will act as a point of reference for both academic and industrial researchers.

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Backcountry Skiing

Backcountry Skiing

Backcountry Skiing

Backcountry Skiing

Backcountry Ski & Snowboard Routes Washington

Backcountry Ski & Snowboard Routes Washington

Venta Belgarum: Prehistoric, Roman, and Post-Roman Winchester

Venta Belgarum: Prehistoric, Roman, and Post-Roman Winchester

Backcountry Ski & Snowboard Routes Washington

Backcountry Ski & Snowboard Routes Washington

Nano-Tera.ch

Nano-Tera.ch

Evolvable Hardware

Evolvable Hardware

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