August, 2016

Front of deck

This deck is complete with 56 illustrate cards showing mountaineering skills and tips, based on the book, Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills. These cards are plastic coated and water resistant, so you can carry them with you on your trip into the moutains. I bought these at the Eastern Sierra Visitor’s Center, which is located at the portal to Mt. Whitney (the highest peak in the continental United States) and Death Valley (North America’s lowest point). Published by The Mountaineers.

Topics are organized by card suit. ⋄Diamonds: Wilderness skills; ♠Spades: Climbing skills; ♥Hearts: First-aid skills; ♣Clubs: Mountain skills. Read more »

The Kraken playing cards was a promo deck that came with the purchase of a bottle of Kraken Black Spiced Rum, but are also being sold on their website. These cards appear to be the third style of card released by Kraken. These were printed in 2016.

Front of deck

Back of deck

Card faces

Front of deck

This deck is complete with 56 illustrate cards showing cold weather survival advice. These cards are plastic coated and water resistant, so you can carry them with you on ski trips or winter travel. I bought these at the Eastern Sierra Visitor’s Center, which is located at the portal to Mt. Whitney (the highest peak in the continental United States) and Death Valley (North America’s lowest point). Published by The Mountaineers.

Topics are organized by card suit. ⋄Diamonds: Snow travel and hazards – route finding, tree wells, whiteouts, crevices, snowshoes, crampons, glissading, and ice ax self-arrest; ♠Spades: Staying warm and dry – windchill factor, regulating core temperature, and layering shelters; ♥Hearts: Cold-related illness and injury – cold water immersion, shivering, frostbite, hypothermia, chilblains, trench foot, and snow blindness; ♣Clubs: Avalanche safety and survival – gear, probes, transceivers, rescue, and avalanche dogs. Read more »

Front of deck

This deck is complete with 56 illustrate cards showing water safety tipstips and advice. These cards are plastic coated and water resistant, so you can carry them with you to the pool, beach, or on a boat trip. I bought these at the Eastern Sierra Visitor’s Center, which is located at the portal to Mt. Whitney (the highest peak in the continental United States) and Death Valley (North America’s lowest point). Published by The Mountaineers.

Topics are organized by card suit. ⋄Diamonds: Marine safety and survival, featuring common diseases, water disinfection, distress signals, and procedures for abandoning ship; ♠Spades: Marine hazards such as dangerous marine life, carbon monoxide poisoning, and fishhook removal ♥Hearts: Marine first aid, including rescue breathing, CPR, shock, hypothermia, and heat exhaustion; ♣Clubs: More marine first aid, including treatment of seasickness, baro-trauma, and fractures. Read more »

Front of deck

This deck is complete with 56 illustrate cards showing survival tips and advice. These cards are plastic coated and water resistant, so you can carry them in your backpack while out in the wilderness. I bought these at the Eastern Sierra Visitor’s Center, which is located at the portal to Mt. Whitney (the highest peak in the continental United States) and Death Valley (North America’s lowest point). Published by The Mountaineers.

Topics are organized by card suit. ⋄Diamonds: Survival essentials, signals, locating your position, and shelters; ♠Spades: Assessing the situation, water, fire, food, and evacuation techniques; ♥Hearts: Basic first aid, hypothermia, frostbite, heat illness, and sprains and dislocations; ♣Clubs: CPR, head and spine injuries, fractures, bites and stings, and evacuating the injured. Read more »