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Climbing Anchors Field Guide (Climbing Mountains)

Climbing Anchors Field Guide (Climbing Mountains)

Current price: $22.95
Publication Date: April 2nd, 2024
Publisher:
Falcon Press Publishing
ISBN:
9781493074570
Pages:
160
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Description

Designed for quick use by climbers on site, this field guide is up to date with essential knowledge every climber can depend on to easily evaluate climbing anchors.

Illustrated with 266 photos, drawings, and diagrams, key fundamentals are detailed with bullet points, and assessment guidelines for nuts, cams, and anchor systems are spelled out in easy to remember acronyms, simplifying the most important and critical guidelines every trad climber should know.

Climbing Anchors Field Guide is the definitive reference manual for concise information on protection and anchor systems, including bolt anchors, rappel anchors, toprope anchors, and anchors for both single-pitch and multi-pitch climbing, all in a condensed and easy to read format.

About the Author

John Long is an acclaimed rock climber and 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, and 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.