Mountaineers Books Freedom of the Hills Deck Playing Cards
Brush up on essential knots, refresh your navigation skills, review fundamental Leave No Trace principles or deal a hand of basic climbing skills with the Freedom of the Hills Deck playing cards.
- Diamond cards include essentials for hiking and camping, like choosing a campsite, reading a topographic map, adhering to Leave No Trace principles and storing food
- Diamonds also have tips for anticipating weather and dealing with animal encounters
- Club cards include mountain skills, such as the fundamentals of glacier travel, the Ten Essentials, evaluating avalanche hazard and tips for avalanche terrain
- Clubs also have essentials for snow travel, the basics of self-arresting and crevasse rescue and more
- Heart cards include first-aid skills, such as tips for stocking your first-aid kit, preventing dehydration and hypothermia and assessing an injured person
- Hearts also have indicators of a possible head injury, accident response strategies, common gastrointestinal disorders, water treatment methods and more
- Spade cards have climbing skills, such as basics of belaying, face and crack climbing techniques, tying a rewoven figure eight, setting up to rappel, coiling a rope and more
- Spades also include anchor fundamentals, the importance of clear, concise communication and more
Imported.
View all Mountaineers Books Climbing Instructional Books| Best Use | Casual Mountaineering Climbing |
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| Dimensions | 3.5 x 2.2 inches |
| Author(s) | Illustrator: John McMullen |
| Number of Pages | 56 |
| Format | Other |
| ISBN-13 | 9781680517194 |
| Publisher | Mountaineers Books |
| Copyright Year | 2024 |
| Sustainability | Contains Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified materials |
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Fun Mountaineering-Geek Card Deck!
I was at REI and saw these and couldn't believe it. Such a great, funny, and useful little card deck. I've used the Freedom of the Hills book and it's really fun to have it put into a card deck. It's got nice, short, concise advice which is fun to brush up on - and if you take these out on an adventure to play around camp, they may provide some much-needed advice! My only complaint is the numbers and suits are pretty small making it inconvenient for actual card playing which is disappointing. If they enlarged and bolded these it would be an outstanding deck.