Description: * Skills and strategies unique to big walls -- illustrated in full color* Includes modern speed and free climbing tactics that have revolutionized wall climbing* Key training exercises (practiced near the ground) and real life examples reinforce instructionDangling sweaty-palmed from a 3000-foot cliff for days on end, Jared Ogden taught himself to climb his first big wall by trial and error. Why should you have to do the same? Ogden, who has climbed El Capitan's Nose in less than twenty-four hours, wants to jump-start your education.Whether you're a weekend warrior or a full-on wall addict, you'll learn the tools of the trade and how to use them; different leading and hauling scenarios and why some are better suited than others; multiple following set-ups for different terrain; how to choose your partners and routes; staying on route; how to live on a wall; the steps involved in doing first ascents; big wall style and ethics; and more. Ogden will have you racked and ready for prime big wall climbing destinations in North America including Yosemite, Zion, Rocky Mountain, and the Black Canyon of Gunnison National Parks; the Alaskan Range; and the Bugaboos of British Columbia.
Price: 24.95 USD
Location: Wichita, Kansas
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Edition: 2
Features: Revised
Book Title: Big Wall Climbing : Elite Technique
Number of Pages: 207 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Mountaineers Books, T.H.E.
Topic: Mountaineering
Publication Year: 2005
Item Height: 0.5 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Sports & Recreation
Item Weight: 16.6 Oz
Author: Jared Ogden
Item Length: 8.5 in
Book Series: Mountaineers Outdoor Expert Ser.
Item Width: 7 in
Format: Trade Paperback
