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Mountain Rescue - Chamonix Mont Blanc: A Season with the World's Busiest Mountai
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
- Seller notes
- “Neat dedication on the opening page”
- ISBN
- 9781898573524
- Publication Year
- 2005
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Mountain Rescue-Chamonix Mont Blanc: a Season with the World's Busiest Mountain Rescue Service
- Item Height
- 150mm
- Publisher
- Baton Wicks Publications
- Genre
- Sports
- Item Width
- 210mm
- Item Weight
- 580g
- Number of Pages
- 300 Pages
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Product Information
'Don't look, I'll have to cut your trousers.' 'But they're new!' 'Don't worry! My knife's new too!' A surreal conversation, but it is the act of talking that matters, the human exchange of words, proving that you are stronger than the adverse forces of nature. Anne Sauvy starts her season with the Chamonix mountain rescue on a beautiful August day that sees the complicated and dangerous rescue of a couple who have fallen from the Frontier Ridge on Mont Maudit. A shattered kneecap, exposed bone, a gaiter holding half a litre of blood and a rescue attempt from an insecure belay on the rotten ice of a near vertical wall. All in all, a typical day. The mountain rescue service based in the French resort of Chamonix is a highly skilled and speedy operation; it lifts stricken climbers from the huge glaciers, rock peaks and hazardous snow slopes of the highest massif in Western Europe. It is run by a section of the Gendarmerie, skilled mountain doctors who conduct emergency medicine in incredible situations. While researching for a novel set during an Alpine rescue, Sauvy was so struck by their work that she decided to document their activities for a complete summer season. So began a season of freak accidents, big technical rescues, modest alarms for lost children or aging relatives, high altitude illness, eccentric soloists, parapent plummets, potential epics averted and, of course, much tragedy. In all this Sauvy notes the stoicism, team spirit and humour of the rescuers, often consoles the rescued and sometimes find herself comforting the bereaved. A month into the assignment, after several fatalities she was so disturbed by events she nearly quit. The rescuers persuaded her to continue. They needed their story to be told by a sympathetic observer, to balance the flippant media coverage that they have to tolerate - 'shock/horror' reports to feed an apparently prurient and critical public. Despite many difficult experiences, thanks to the speed and skill of the mountain rescuers most call-outs have a happy, if not miraculous, ending. After an eventful three-month tour of duty, rich with events and anecdotes, Sauvy had all the material she needed to complete a moving and candid portrayal of a mountain activity all too often taken for granted.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Baton Wicks Publications
ISBN-13
9781898573524
eBay Product ID (ePID)
88640470
Product Key Features
Book Title
Mountain Rescue-Chamonix Mont Blanc: a Season with the World's Busiest Mountain Rescue Service
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2005
Type
Textbook
Genre
Sports
Number of Pages
300 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
150mm
Item Width
210mm
Item Weight
580g
Additional Product Features
Topic Area
Emergency Medicine
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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VAT number: GB 901578627
CRN: 07693718
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- e***- (387)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseThis book is exactly as described and is like new. I'm really pleased with it and the price I paid which very low and exceptional value for money. The book was securely packaged and dispatched and delivered very quickly in just a couple of days. Excellent communication throughout with the seller. Very friendly, helpful and prompt. I have bought from this seller a few times and everything has always met or exceeded my expectations. A very positive experience buying from this seller. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
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