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How to rock climb

Revised and updated to reflect the modern standards of equipment, technique, and training methods, this guide includes sections on face climbing; crack climbing; ropes, anchors, and belays; getting off the rock; sport climbing; and much more.

Main Authors: Long, John, 1953- (Author), Gaines, Bob, 1959- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Guilford, CT : Falcon Press Publishing Co., [2022]
Edition: 6th edition.
Series: How to climb series.
Falcon guide.
Subjects:
Rock climbing.
Handbooks and manuals.
Summary: Revised and updated to reflect the modern standards of equipment, technique, and training methods, this guide includes sections on face climbing; crack climbing; ropes, anchors, and belays; getting off the rock; sport climbing; and much more.
Item Description: Includes index.
Physical Description: xix, 395 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
ISBN: 9781493056262
1493056263
Author Notes: John Long is an acclaimed rock climber and the 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, 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.

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