Mountain Weather or Women of the Asylum

Mountain Weather: Backcountry Forecasting and Weather Safety for Hikers, Campers, Climbers, Skiers and Snowboarders

Author: Jeff Renner

For hikers, climbers, and skiers heading into the mountains: Does the weather say "go" or "stay home"? A meteorologist (and outdoorsman) guides your decision.

• Reading clouds, wind patterns, snow conditions, and other clues, pre-trip and on the mountain
• Strategies for safety and survival in adverse weather conditions
• Regional mountain weather phenomena to watch for across the U.S.

Working as a broadcast meteorologist, Jeff Renner hears all too frequent reports about weather-related hiking, climbing, and skiing accidents. He'll teach you how to avoid becoming a statistic: all it takes is a little basic weather knowledge, pre-trip planning, and vigilance on the mountain.

Renner discusses the best information sources to guide you, clues to watch for in the field, and how to analyze it all, with particular emphasis on potential threats due to thunderstorms, mountain winds, snow, and avalanche hazards. If you do get caught under stormy skies, he'll tell you how to limit your exposure. The book is filled with tip lists and concrete examples. Renner also includes chapters on weather patterns region by region across the U.S., highlighted by reference maps.

Author Bio:Jeff Renner is Chief Meteorologist for KING5 TV, an NBC affiliate in Seattle, Washington. A former flight instructor, he is an avid skier, climber, and hiker. He is the author of Lightning Strikes: Staying Safe Under Stormy Skies.

Table of Contents:

Ch. 1	Mountain weather : an introduction	11
Ch. 2	Mountain weather 101	21
Ch. 3	Mountain thunderstorms 101	48
Ch. 4	Strategies for safety and survival	66
Ch. 5	Mountain winds	87
Ch. 6	Mountain snow	116
Ch. 7	Pre-trip weather briefings	133
Ch. 8	Trail notes : regional weather guidance	163

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Women of the Asylum: Voices from Behind the Walls, 1840-1945

Author: Jeffrey L Geller

Twenty-six firsthand accounts that tell the terrifying history of women placed in psychiatric institutions, most often against their will, revealing the realities of their lives in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.