Snowstruck: In the Grip of Avalanches. By: people cross paths with avalanches—some massive, some no deeper than a pizza box—with deadly results. Avalanche expert Jill Fredston stalks these so-called freaks of nature, forecasting where and when they will strike, deliberately triggering them with explosives, teaching potential victims how. Every year around the globe, people cross paths with avalanches--some massive, some no deeper than a pizza box--with deadly results. Avalanche expert Jill Fredston stalks these so-called freaks of nature, forecasting where and when they will strike, deliberately triggering them with explosives, teaching potential victims how to stay alive, and leading rescue efforts when tragedy strikes/5(3). www.doorway.ru: Snowstruck: In the Grip of Avalanches () by Fredston, Jill and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices.4/5().
Jill writes well, her other books are good, and with Snowstruck she brings important revelations that there is deadly hidden danger some choose to ignore. They pay the price, and so does Jill because she's had to dig bodies out of the snow. Snowstruck: In the Grip of Avalanches Jill A. Fredston, Author. Harcourt $24 (p) ISBN More By and About This Author. ARTICLES. PW talks with Jill Fredston; OTHER BOOKS. Snowstruck: In the Grip of Avalanches. By: people cross paths with avalanches—some massive, some no deeper than a pizza box—with deadly results. Avalanche expert Jill Fredston stalks these so-called freaks of nature, forecasting where and when they will strike, deliberately triggering them with explosives, teaching potential victims how.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. First Edition ; First Printing. Softcover. Very Good+ in wrappers. Advance Reading Copy (ARC). ; x x In Snowstruck, Fredston draws on decades of personal experience to take “avalanches out of the statistical realm and into the human one” (Skiing Magazine): a skier making what may prove his final decision, a victim buried so tightly that he can’t move a finger, rescuers racing both time and weather, forecasters treading the line between reasonable risk and danger. Fredston brings to life the awesome forces of nature that can turn the mountains deadly—and the equally inexorable. Having spent decades trying to keep avalanches and people apart, Fredston brings them together unforgettably in Snowstruck. From a rare store of personal experience, she conveys a panorama of.
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