The manual is split into eight sections: 

• The Mountain Environment
• Preparation
• Snow & Avalanche
• Technical Skills: rope-based safety system
• Terrain and rope-based safety system
• Team rescue: Crevasse rescue and Vertical rescue
• Movement skills

Within these sections some chapters provide an introduction to the topic and just the first stage in developing a thorough understanding. Others require aspiring mountaineers to be well practiced in other areas of the syllabus before being able to apply more advanced concepts.

210mm x 148mm, paperback
Colour images

74 pages
Weight: 300grams

Published: 8th edition 2025