Books on self rescue
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I'm looking to buy a book on self rescue and am wondering if anyone has opinions on which one. I've read fasulo's book and thought it was pretty good, it's at my library. The one from the Mountaineers is not at my library. I want to buy one to always have on hand as a reference. Has anyone looked through both and have thoughts as to if one is better? Thanks. |
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i own both |
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I have both and I found the Fasulo book hard to get my head around, too many techniques for many scenarios. I'm working my way through the Loomis and Tyson, currently I'm finding it better in terms of the big picture, but some of the procedures aren't well illustrated, Mike Clelland's pix in the Fasulo book are good... |
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I also have both books. While the drawings are better in Fasulo's book, Tyson and Loomis book is easier to understand and gives a better overview of the rescue process. I also think it is more practical. |
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Just to go against the grain, I think Fasulo's is much better. You need the current edition, as I think it takes a different stance on one or two things. The logic of using a physical ledge rather than prusiks/PMMOs etc. is all very sensible. |
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David Fasulo's second edition is the better of the two, imho. I mostly looked at the pictures and tried to figure out from them but I recently started reading the text and it is making far more sense to me now. I highly recommend it, everyone should have at least a little bit of that knowledge kicking around in their brain. |
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I started with the Fasulo 1st edition -- actually practiced some of the basic techniques. |