Rock climbing
"Rock Climbing will help you explore one of the world's fastest-growing activities safely and successfully. The experts at Wilderness Education Association ensure you learn proper technique essential to a safe and enjoyable experience. They prepare you for your adventure with information on fitness and conditioning, equipment and gear selection, and nutrition. Safety skills are integrated throughout the book, ensuring safety is never overlooked You'll learn how you can use indoor climbing to practice basic skills before moving on to refine and build those skills in the outdoors. You'll find easy-to-follow instructions on climbing fundamentals, including knots, belaying, building anchor systems, moving on rock, descending, and lead climbing, giving you all the skills and knowledge you need to be a capable beginning climber"--Page 4 of cover
Nonfiction
viii, 319 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
9780736068024, 0736068023
251227945
Going rock climbing
Climbing into fitness
Indoor climbing
Know before you go
Gearing up for rock climbing
Knots for climbing
Managing friction : the skill of belaying
Building climbing anchor systems
Strength and grace : techniques for movement on rock
Descending
Lead rock climbing
Web resources
Success checks
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