How to Rock Climb

by John Long, Bob Gaines

Overview

How to Rock Climb, now in its sixth edition, is the most thorough instructional rock book in the world. All the fundamentals—from style and ethics, to physically scaling the rock—are presented by climbing experts John Long and Bob Gaines. Completely revised and updated to reflect state-of-the-art methods, this book includes sections on face climbing, crack climbing, equipment, anchoring, belaying, toproping, leading, rappelling, sport climbing, trad climbing, multipitch climbing and much more. How to Rock Climb is the essential how-to book for rock climbers everywhere.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493056262
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	06/01/2022
Series:	How To Climb Series
Edition description:	Sixth Edition
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.90(d)

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.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Getting Staffed vii

1 Knots and Basic Equipment 1

2 Ropes 15

3 Belay Devices, Carabiners, Slings, and Quickdraws 31

4 Face Climbing 55

5 Crack Climbing 85

6 Primary anchors 121

7 Anchor Systems 165

8 Belaying 199

9 Toproping 235

10 Rappelling and Rope Ascending 259

11 Sport Climbing 291

12 Trad Climbing 311

13 Multipitch Climbing 335

14 Risk Management 369

15 Leave No Trace 375

Off Belay 379

Glossary 380

Acknowledgments 388

Index 389

About the Authors 396