Basic Mountaineering

Third Edition from the Sierra Club of San Diego, California. Printed 1972.

Topics such as: Equipment, Alpine Camping + Cooking, Orientation, Weather, Mountain Travel, Glacial Travel, Desert Travel, Alpine Rescue, Rock climbing, Snow + Ice climbing, First Aid

136-pages of Basic Mountaineering. Sure, advancements have been made in the field of Wilderness Medicine over the past 50 years, but this booklet is perfect for any collector of hiking and mountaineering nostalgia or memorabilia. Beautifully crafted by the writers at the Sierra Club, this publication was ahead of its time in the late 1960’s - early 1970’s.

A perfect addition to any hiker’s library as much of the medical information is still pertinent to the field of mountain exploration.