Climbing Anchors Field Guide book cover
Essential Safety Reference

Climbing Anchors Field Guide

by John Long, Bob Gaines

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Paperback ISBN: 9780762782086 4 Nov 2014 175 x 109 (mm) 177g

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With more than 100 full-color photos and detailed captions showing how to create safe and simple rock-climbing anchoring systems, this is a take-to-the-crag companion book to the huge-selling Climbing Anchors. Designed for quick use by climbers on site, this essential field guide delivers the knowledge you need exactly when you need it.

Learn how to properly place and configure natural anchors, passive chocks, mechanical chocks, and fixed gear, along with mastering knots, belay anchors, toprope anchors, and rappel anchors. Up to date with current best practices, this is the essential knowledge every climber can depend on for safe and confident climbing.