FALCON GUIDE Fire Sale How to Rock Climb, 5th Edition

A nuts-and-bolts guide, How to Rock Climb by John Long serves as an introduction to rock climbing for beginners and helps intermediate climbers hone their knowledge of the sport.

• Thoroughly updated with more than 400 color photographs and illustrations
• Revised and updated to reflect modern standards of equipment, technique, and training methods
• Includes sections on face climbing, crack climbing, getting off the rock, sport climbing, and much more
• Stresses safety and simplicity with special emphasis on setting protection and building reliable anchors
• Equipment, including ropes, anchors, and belay devices
• Footwork and handhold positions
• Finger, hand, and off-width cracks
• Sport climbing and traditional climbing
• Lead climbing and top-roping
• Downclimbing and rappelling
• Training, including bouldering and climbing gyms
• 5th edition, 2010
• 320 pages; measures: 7.5 x 9.25 in.
• Author: John Long, a legendary rock climber
• Publisher: Falcon Guides

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