Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain
You can buy a Kindle Edition
NOTE: If you are serious about avalanche safety FIRST go out and get your AIARE Level 1 THEN read this book.
If You Are Going To Read Just One Book On Avalanche Safety Make Sure It’s This One
February 18, 2013 12 Comments
Wow the dude in the pic is about to have a really bad day
hahah was my first thought as well.
this is a fantastic book recommendation. I would say it’s not a substitute for taking an avy class.
Dear Unofficial – Since snow enthusiasts can not be trusted to know the difference, please make the following post: “Things that are NOT substitutes for an Avy Class”. Make sure to include:
1. Avy Books (Snow Sense, Avy Handbook, Staying Alive, etc.)
2. Backcountry books (any & all)
3. Beacons, Probes, Shovels
4. Avalungs
5. Float Packs / Vests
6. Any online or offline Avy instructional videos (BCA included)
7. Checking the daily Avy Reports & reading about conditions
8. Experienced Friends / Guides
9. Any ancillary snow condition Check n Ride type device
10. Anything else that’s NOT a avy class (is not an avy class)
Please do make sure to stress that an avy class is as close as you can get to a panacea for making uninformed BC choices.
Also make sure… to make sure… to make sure… that anyone that has had the availability of an avy class and the time to dedicate to taking one can stand in their superior status of confirmation bias that taking an avy class is the only way to understand and be 100 properly prepared for avy conditions.
I implore you Unofficial… don’t let this opportunity pass, lest anyone try to educate and prepare themselves in any other way, regardless of location and opportunity… and somehow not be keenly aware that they’re still an uneducated and unprepared noob… because…you know… those things are NOT an avy class.
FYI: This wasn’t an attack on Eliad. It’s a parody on the “nothing is an avy class” stock response that is thrown around whenever anything that is a resource of tool is mentioned on this site. Que the ‘thumbs down’.
11. jeep
Snow Sense is another good one and a simple read
I take Tremper’s book with me when I travel, just to brush up. It is, as Eliad says, not a substitute for an avy class, but it is a great reference, and something we should all review regularly.
read the book, then take your avi I, then take your avi II, then you’re ready… til then good luck and read the avi report.
does it explain how to get out of the situation shown on the cover?
screw all the books and classes……go spend some time out there and be cautious and never travel alone. Be aware of the most common red flags………it is really about experience though. I don’t think NATIVES took classes or read books on survival and hunting………just saying.
Is this some marketing – publicity thing? Funny, The Avalanche Handbook by David McLung – Peter Schaerer is also considered “the ultimate definitive all around avy – snowpack knowledge” so…..
And the CAA backs it up..and those guys are pretty serious about picking up material.