Just picked up this book, only had a quick flick through so far but it looks great. Covers winter climbing history, equipment development, important figures and seems to have quite detailed technical drawings and discussions concerning geometry of modern tools and screws. Most valuable might be the description of different kinds of ice and how to read a fall. As an ice beginner who enjoys understanding the technicality of a sport as much as doing it, then I think it should be an invaluable source of info.
Yes, I bought this years ago. Great book. Really useful section on reading conditions as you say. Particularly when evaluating the safety of more vulnerable ice structures.
Congratulations, you can read numbers. I think you might struggle with the full book though.
It's a self-published book on a very niche topic that is extremely well researched and executed. It's a very nice book which holds (in my opinion) some valuable information. Much more value to me than a new ice screw or upgrading my crampons...
> There's some irony there. A day on the Ben or Hells Lum will be much better value than going to the Ice Factor. I'm glad it's reopening though.
Hells Lum has been on my radar for quite some time... I'll be in Aviemore next Friday to Sunday... and I've just purchased 3 more ice screws (second hand of course)... plus, more wintery weather is predicted soon...
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