Chessler Books
Rock Climbing - Mountaineering - Exploration
New - Used - Collectible - Signed
Chessler Books Accepts PAYPAL Chessler Books Accepts VISA Chessler Books Accepts MASTERCARD Chessler Books Accepts DISCOVER CARD Chessler Books Accepts AMERICAN EXPRESS
All Orders Shipped via USPS.   Your Order Will Ship Within 2 Business Days!  Chessler Books Ships Via USPS
Author:
Title:
Keyword:
Item #:
A B C D E F G H I
J K L M Mc N O P Q
R S T U V W X Y Z
Item #: BK2445
CAIRNGORM JOHN: A LIFE IN MOUNTAIN RESCUE Allen 2009 Short-listed for the 2009 Boardman Tasker Prize
By Allen, John. Intoduction by Chris Bonington
Price: $39.95

Added! Click To View Cart

Add to wish list


Detailed Product Description
2009. For over thirty years John Allen was an active member of the Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team and for most of them acted as Team Leader. In ‘Cairngorm John’ (his call sign when in contact with search and rescue helicopters) he recalls the challenges of mountain rescue and the many changes he has both witnessed and been a party to.
 
His book is filled with exciting accounts of real-life rescues, discussions of mountain rescue topics such as hypothermia, first aid, and the use of helicopters and search and rescue dogs. Peopled with interesting characters his accounts are at all times humane and the book is laced with humour. New hardcover. Short-listed for the 2009 Boardman Tasker Prize.
 
John Allen was born in 1942 in Knightswood, Glasgow. He is a qualified pharmacist and ran a successful business in the Highlands of Scotland that eventually included six shops. From 1972 to 2007 he was a member of the Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team and leader for much of that time. He received an MBE for services to mountain rescue from her Majesty the Queen in 2001.

INTRODUCED BY SIR CHRIS BONINGTON


Other Items You Might Like

  • Similar Items Available
  • Items From This Author
  • Items From This Category
DEEP POWDER AND STEEP ROCK: THE LIFE OF MOUNTAIN GUIDE HANS GMOSER MOUNTAIN GUIDE SIGNED by Chic Scott 2009 Short-Listed for the 2009 Boardman Tasker Prize
By: Scott, Chic
Price $49.95 - Item # BK2441
View Details
Add To Cart
Added! Click To View Cart
HOOKER AND BROWN: A NOVEL SIGNED by Jerry Auld 2009 Short-Listed for the 2009 Boardman Tasker Prize
By: Auld, Jerry
Price $29.95 - Item # BK2443
View Details
Add To Cart
Added! Click To View Cart
CREAGH DHU CLIMBER
By: Connor, J.
Price $29.95 - Item # BK295
View Details
Add To Cart
Added! Click To View Cart
MOUNTAIN RESCUE CHAMONIX MONT BLANC. Sauvy 2005 Shortlisted for the 2005 Boardman Tasker Award.
By: Sauvy, Anne
Price $34.95 - Item # BK2054
View Details
Add To Cart
Added! Click To View Cart
HANGING BY A THREAD: THE MISSIONS OF A HELICOPTER MOUNTAIN RESCUE PILOT Cauchy 2009
By: Cauchy, Emmanuel
Price $9.99 ~ Regular $24.95, You Save $14.96 (60%) - Item # BK2426
View Details
Add To Cart
Added! Click To View Cart
HANGING BY A THREAD: THE MISSIONS OF A HELICOPTER MOUNTAIN RESCUE PILOT Cauchy 2009 Hardcover
By: Cauchy, Emmanuel
Price $14.95 ~ Regular $24.95, You Save $10.00 (40%) - Item # BK2459
View Details
Add To Cart
Added! Click To View Cart
MURDER IN THE HINDU KUSH: GEORGE HAYWARD AND THE GREAT GAME Tim Hannigan 2011 1st ed Short Listed as a Finalist for the 2011 Boardman Tasker Prize IN STOCK!
By: Hannigan, Tim
Price $31.95 ~ Regular $39.95, You Save $8.00 (20%) - Item # BK2550
View Details
Add To Cart
Added! Click To View Cart
NORTH TABLE MOUNTAIN: ROCK CLIMBS AT THE GOLDEN CLIFFS COLORADO Schneider, Haas 2009
By: Schneider, Ben and Jason Haas
Price $22.95 - Item # GB2440
View Details
Add To Cart
Added! Click To View Cart
MOUNTAIN WORDS: A SURVEY OF BOOKS ON WALKING AND CLIMBING IN BRITAIN 1983-2008 Harle
By: Harle, Chris and Graham Wilson
Price $39.95 - Item # BK2427
View Details
Add To Cart
Added! Click To View Cart
TOTEM POLE SIGNED by Paul Pritchard 1999 1st USA ed WINNER of the Boardman Tasker Award.
By: Pritchard, Paul.
Price $45.00 - Item # BK1215
View Details
Add To Cart
Added! Click To View Cart
Sorry, we were unable find any similar items available by this author.


GRINDELWALD-EIGER SWISS TOPO MAP 1229
Price $19.95 - Item # MP21
View Details
Add To Cart
Added! Click To View Cart
TALES OF MOUNTAINEERING Ardito 2007 SIGNED by Royal Robbins and Chris Bonington
By: Ardito, Stefano
Price $49.99 - Item # BK2268A
View Details
Add To Cart
Added! Click To View Cart
STRAIGHT UP: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JOHN HARLIN. SIGNED by Layton Kor, Chris Bonington and John Harlin III. Ullman 1968 1st ed DJ
By: Ullman, James Ramsey.
Price $100.00 - Item # OP99C
View Details
Add To Cart
Added! Click To View Cart
THE DELECTABLE MOUNTAINS. Busk 1946 2nd edition No DJ
By: Busk, Douglas.
Price $3.00 ~ Regular $20.00, You Save $17.00 (85%) - Item # OP935C
View Details
Add To Cart
Added! Click To View Cart
MONT BLANC [PICTORIAL] Colonel, Mario 2008 1st edition Hardcover
By: Colonel, Mario
Price $75.00 - Item # BK2472
View Details
Add To Cart
Added! Click To View Cart
THE EARLY MOUNTAINEERS. Gribble 1899 1st edition Fine
By: Gribble, Francis
Price $500.00 - Item # OP1342A
View Details
Add To Cart
Added! Click To View Cart
IM SCHWEREN FELS: 100 GENUSS KLETTEREIEN IN DEN ALPEN. [DIFFICULT CLIMBS: 100 PLEASURABLE CLIMBS IN
By: Pause, Walter.
Price $25.00 - Item # OP1023
View Details
Add To Cart
Added! Click To View Cart
TILMAN: THE EIGHT SAILING-MOUNTAIN EXPLORATION BOOKS Tilman 1987 Hardcover DJ
By: Tilman, H.W.
Price $45.00 - Item # BK1557
View Details
Add To Cart
Added! Click To View Cart
A DREAM OF WHITE HORSES: RECOLLECTIONS OF A LIFE ON THE ROCKS Drummond 1997 Paperback
By: Drummond, Edwin
Price $25.00 - Item # BK400
View Details
Add To Cart
Added! Click To View Cart
TUTTE LE MIE CIME: UNA BIOGRAFIA PER IMMAGINI DALLE DOLOMITI ALL'HIMALAYA [ALL MY PEAKS: IMAGES FROM THE DOLOMITES TO THE HIMALAYA; A BIOGRAPHY]. 1984 1st edition Hardcover
By: Messner, Reinhold.
Price $100.00 - Item # OP769
View Details
Add To Cart
Added! Click To View Cart