Manual of guided of blind in mountain

It goes out to the light the first complete manual of guided of blind mountaineers, allocated to these and to his presents and future guides. Up to now, the bases and technical for the practice of the discipline called montañismo for blind alone were near at hand of some mountaineers, formed mainly in the Group of Mountain of the ONCE and of the FEDC (Spanish Federation of Sports for Blind), as well as in a reduced number of foundations and private clubs.

With the help of this detailed manual, these knowledges and technical can be studied and learnt now by any mountaineer, by educational sportive, students of the INEF, or students of the diverse levels of the degree of Technician of Mountain, or of the modules of Professional Training related with the sport adapted to disabled physicists and with the recreational activities in the half natural.

This manual, surely only to world-wide level by his specificity, is the result of more than 17 years of experience in mountain with people with distinct degrees of blindness carried cape by the author, Francis Well, firstly like instructor of guided of blind in mountain and later in quality of Manager of the Group of Mountain of the ONCE in Madrid.

The manual addresses questions like the peculiarities of the practice of the montañismo with blind, proposals of organisation of a group of montañismo for blind, technicians of utilisation of the directional bar – indispensable tool to practise the montañismo with invidentes -, technicians of first helps, rescue and survival with people invidentes, etc. All this exemplified and made pleasant by real anecdotes in mountain (courses, expeditions, etc.) lived by the own author or other mates, blind and seers, along these 17 years of experiences on the terrain.

An extensive photographic body reflects each manoeuvre realised with the directional bar, as well as real situations in high, average and low mountain, that exemplify the theory reflected in the text.

The author

Francis Well (Madrid, 25-VII-1960)

It is graduate in Geography and History (speciality Prehistory and Ethnology) and Diplomado in Studies Advanced (speciality Prehistoric Archaeology and Ethnology) by the Universidad Complutense of Madrid.

It works from 1989 like Technician Braille of Bibliographic Services of the ONCE (corrector and adapter of texts in sight to the System Braille of lecto-writing for blind), and has participated like professor in two courses of initiation to the Braille and to the utilisation of programs of conversion ink-braille allocated to itinerant professors of blind boys in the Basque Country (1992) and to administrative personnel of the ONCE (2008).

It began to practise the montañismo with twelve years in the club of his school. Ingresó Like guide in the Group of Mountain of the ONCE in 1994. In this group, as well as in the School of High Mountain of Benasque (Huesca) and in the Military School of High Mountain (Jaca, Huesca) received during some years skilled instruction in montañismo for blind, first helps and high mountain.

At present, and from 2003, it is Technical Coordinator of the Group of Mountain of the ONCE in Madrid and collaborates like professor of guides and blind mountaineers in the cursillos annual of initiation of the FEDC (Spanish Federation of Sports for Blind) from 2002.

It has participated like guide of blind mountaineers in ten international expeditions of the ONCE and the FEDC, some in collaboration with the GMAM (Military Group of High Mountain), and in other two organised by him to private title.

It has written several articles on montañismo in general and montañismo for blind published in the magazine «Prometheus» of the ONCE and in the web buscasendas.es. Also it collaborated with two articles of the same subject in the book of the Ministry of Defence GMAM (Military Group of High Mountain). 1985- 2005: Two decenios of a dream.

Where purchase it

You can purchase it in the main bookshops or through the own publisher (www.ibersaf.es)

FICHA TECHNICAL

Title: Manual of guided of blind in mountain.
N.º Of pages: 224
Encuadernación: rústica
Price: 23,50 €
Publisher: Ibersaf
ISBN: 978-84-15138-24-2
It distributes: Safel Distribution S.L.