Rock climbing : mastering basic skills

Summary: "Thousands of rock climbers have learned the sport using Craig Luebben's bestselling text, 'Rock climbing: Mastering Basic Skills'. Now, in this new and updated edition, fellow climber Topher Donahue continues to teach what recreational climbers need to know. From the nuts and bolts (and cams, ropes, harnesses, and knots) to the mental side of the sport, and from how to do a particular move to when and why to use it, Donahue and Luebben's comprehensive approach simplifies the complex world of modern climbing."--

Record details

ISBN: 9781594858628
ISBN: 1594858624
ISBN: 9781594858635
Physical Description: print
348 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Seattle, WA : Mountaineers Books, [2014]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Includes index.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Face climbing -- Crack climbing -- Climbing gear -- Knots -- Belay anchors and lead protection -- Belaying -- Top-roping -- Sport climbing -- Traditional lead climbing -- Multipitch free climbs -- Getting down -- Bouldering -- Training -- Climbing safe.