Strange things happen in the hills and hollers of the Appalachian mountains. The Appalachian Compilation is a collection of short works published by the Mountain Scribes, a writing group serving West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. In these pages, you'll meet a young man in the throes of puppy love, a kayaker in search of a missing person, a couple facing their toughest challenge, a first kiss, an unconventional hero with a forbidden love, a horror about family secrets, a road trip to see a fortune teller, and many other stories written by natives and newcomers from the Blue Ridge.
This book is a celebration of life as seen through the eyes of a man who spent two astonishing, often difficult, and always formative years as a "mountain man" in the Rocky Mountains of Idaho and Montana. Here are the words of a man who has done what few others have chosen to do in modern times, who has experienced life differently, deliberately, primally - forced to consciously recognize his utter dependence on everything and everyone around him, eventually realizing that everyone and everything in life is a teacher, a master, a guru - if only we open ourselves to the learning. A person's view of things changes fundamentally after spending months eating little other than rattlesnakes, ants, and mice; dry-camping high on mountainsides on pitch-black nights pierced by the shrill unearthly shrieks of rutting bull elk; facing the perils of rivers, trails, weather, and wild animals while utterly alone and without the benefits of modern technologies; living without electricity, refrigeration, radio, TV, telephones, newspapers, computers, iPods, music, news, libraries, medical aid, 911, cars, motorcycles, bicycles, running water, toilet paper, extra clothes, grocery stores, groceries, or anything else you yourself couldn't make, grow, forage, catch, or kill by your own hand. Perspectives change. Beliefs change. People change. Here are the thoughts and words of a "mountain man" reflecting his own unique, personal experience of life.
CONTENTSMountain SafetyMountain Health AwarenessMountain Leadership ChallengesMountain WeatherSummer Warfighting Load RequirementsMAC KitNomenclature and Care of Mountaineering EquipmentRope ManagementMovement in Mountainous TerrainMountain Casualty EvacuationsNatural and Artificial AnchorsStream CrossingMechanical AdvantageOne Rope BridgeA-FramesVertical Hauling LinesSuspension TraverseEstablishment of Rappel Points and RappellingBalance ClimbingTop RopingSit HarnessPlacing ProtectionBelaying for Party ClimbingParty ClimbingMilitary Aid ClimbingAlternative Belays and AnchorsRescue Techniques for Party ClimbingSteep Earth ClimbingTree Climbing TechniquesFixed Rope InstallationCliff ReconnaissanceCliff AssaultGeology and GlaciologyIce Ax TechniquesStep Kicking and CuttingCrampon TechniquesGlissading and Arrest PositionsGlacier TravelSpecific Snow and Ice EquipmentEstablishing Anchors on Snow and IceRequirements for SurvivalWater ProcurementSurvival NavigationExpedient Shelters and FiresSurvival DietSignaling and RecoveryCOMM Considerations in a CW EnvironmentWave Propagation, Antenna Theory and Expediant AntennasMountain Logistical ConsiderationsCold Weather and Mountain Helicopter OperationsIntroduction to Animal PackingMountain Patrolling ConsiderationsWeapons Considerations in Mountainous TerrainRoute Planning and Selection in Mountain OperationsBibliography of ReferencesAppendix 1 Sl-3 MAC KitAppendix 2 MAC Kit Care and Maintenance Manual
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