Climbing Anchors Field Guide
3rd Edition
Published on 2. April 2024
160 pages
978-1-4930-7458-7 (ISBN)
Description
Designed for quick use by climbers on site, this field guide is up to date with essential knowledge every climber can depend on to easily evaluate climbing anchors.
Illustrated with 266 photos, drawings, and diagrams, key fundamentals are detailed with bullet points, and assessment guidelines for nuts, cams, and anchor systems are spelled out in easy to remember acronyms, simplifying the most important and critical guidelines every trad climber should know.
Climbing Anchors Field Guide is the definitive reference manual for concise information on protection and anchor systems, including bolt anchors, rappel anchors, toprope anchors, and anchors for both single-pitch and multi-pitch climbing, all in a condensed and easy to read format.
Illustrated with 266 photos, drawings, and diagrams, key fundamentals are detailed with bullet points, and assessment guidelines for nuts, cams, and anchor systems are spelled out in easy to remember acronyms, simplifying the most important and critical guidelines every trad climber should know.
Climbing Anchors Field Guide is the definitive reference manual for concise information on protection and anchor systems, including bolt anchors, rappel anchors, toprope anchors, and anchors for both single-pitch and multi-pitch climbing, all in a condensed and easy to read format.
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Series
Edition
3rd Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Globe Pequot Press
File size
58,33 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4930-7458-7 (9781493074587)
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John Long | Bob Gaines
Climbing Anchors Field Guide
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06/2024
3rd Edition
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Persons
John Long is an acclaimed rock climber and author of more than forty books, including several in Falcon's catalog. He is one of the most prolific adventure writers out there and has authored magazine articles, screenplays, documentary films, and television and movie scripts, as well as instructional rock climbing books.
Bob Gaines began his career as a rock climbing guide in 1983 and is an American Mountain Guides Association Certified Rock Instructor. He is the author of Advanced Rock Climbing and the coauthor of Rock Climbing: The AMGA Single Pitch Manual, which is the textbook for the AMGA's single pitch instructor program. He was Sylvester Stallone's climbing instructor for the movie Cliffhanger.
Bob Gaines began his career as a rock climbing guide in 1983 and is an American Mountain Guides Association Certified Rock Instructor. He is the author of Advanced Rock Climbing and the coauthor of Rock Climbing: The AMGA Single Pitch Manual, which is the textbook for the AMGA's single pitch instructor program. He was Sylvester Stallone's climbing instructor for the movie Cliffhanger.
Content
- Intro
- About the Authors
- Introduction
- Simple Anchors
- CHAPTER ONE Natural Anchors
- CHAPTER TWO Nuts (aka Chocks)
- Oppositional Nuts
- Micronuts
- Hexes
- Tricams
- CHAPTER THREE Cams
- CHAPTER FOUR Bolts
- CHAPTER FIVE Fall Forces
- CHAPTER SIX Judging the Direction of Pull
- CHAPTER SEVEN Knots for Anchoring
- Anchor Systems
- CHAPTER EIGHT Belay Anchors
- STRANDS Anchors
- Cordelettes
- The Sliding X
- The Quad
- Composite Anchors: Cordelette, Sliding X, and Quad
- Upward Oppositional Anchors
- Belay Methods
- CHAPTER NINE Toprope Anchors
- CHAPTER TEN The Joshua Tree System
- CHAPTER ELEVEN Rappel Anchors
- Index
