How to Rock Climb

✍ Scribed by John Long; Bob Gaines

Publisher: Falcon Guides
Year: 2022
Tongue: English
Leaves: 409
Edition: 6
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

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, mutlipitch climbing and much more. How to Rock Climb is the essential how-to book for rock climbers everywhere.

✦ Table of Contents

Introduction: Getting Started

Knots and Basic Equipment
Ropes
Belay Devices, Carabiners, Slings, and Quickdraws
Face Climbing
Crack Climbing
Primary Anchors
Anchor Systems
Belaying
Toproping
Rappelling and Rope Ascending
Sport Climbing
Trad Climbing
Multipitch Climbing
Risk Management
Leave No Trace

Off Belay

Glossary

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

✦ Subjects

How to Rock Climb book, climbings technics and methods

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