How to Rock Climb book cover

Best Comprehensive Rock Climbing

Climbing & Mountaineering

How to Rock Climb

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Now in its fifth edition, How to Rock Climb! is the most thorough instructional rock climbing book in the world.


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About the book

All the fundamentals—from ethics to getting up the rock—are presented in John Long's classic style, thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the modern standards of equipment, technique, and training methods. This comprehensive guide includes sections on face climbing, crack climbing, ropes, anchors, and belays, getting off the rock, sport climbing, and much more. It is the essential how-to book for rock climbers everywhere. Now with more than 300 color photographs and illustrations, this is the most thorough and complete upgrade this best-selling title has seen since first publishing more than a decade ago.

Book details

Published by Rowman & Littlefield

Paperback ISBN: 9781493056262 1 Aug 2022 190 x 235 x 24 (mm) 984g