How to Rock Climb
6th Edition
Published on 1. June 2022
416 pages
978-1-4930-5625-5 (ISBN)
Description
How to Rock Climb, now in its sixth edition, is the most thorough instructional rock book in the world. All the fundamentals-from style and ethics, to physically scaling the rock-are presented by climbing experts John Long and Bob Gaines. Completely revised and updated to reflect state-of-the-art methods, this book includes sections on face climbing, crack climbing, equipment, anchoring, belaying, toproping, leading, rappelling, sport climbing, trad climbing, multipitch climbing and much more. How to Rock Climb is the essential how-to book for rock climbers everywhere.
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Series
Edition
6th Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Globe Pequot Press
Illustrations
33 Color Illustrations, 588 Color Photos
File size
245,05 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4930-5625-5 (9781493056255)
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John Long | Bob Gaines
How to Rock Climb
Book
08/2022
6th 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
- INTRODUCTION Getting Started
- CHAPTER 1 Knots and Basic Equipment
- CHAPTER 2 Ropes
- CHAPTER 3 Belay Devices, Carabiners, Slings, and Quickdraws
- CHAPTER 4 Face Climbing
- CHAPTER 5 Crack Climbing
- CHAPTER 6 Primary Anchors
- CHAPTER 7 Anchor Systems
- CHAPTER 8 Belaying
- CHAPTER 9 Toproping
- CHAPTER 10 Rappelling and Rope Ascending
- CHAPTER 11 Sport Climbing
- CHAPTER 12 Trad Climbing
- CHAPTER 13 Multipitch Climbing
- CHAPTER 14 Risk Management
- CHAPTER 15 Leave No Trace
- Off Belay
- Glossary
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- About the Authors
