Rock Climbing: Mastering Basic Skills (Mountaineers Outdoor Expert)

Rock Climbing: Mastering Basic Skills (Mountaineers Outdoor Expert) Features

Additional Rock Climbing: Mastering Basic Skills (Mountaineers Outdoor Expert) Information

*Author is an American Mountain Guide Association (AMGA) certified rock guide and instructor
*Learning exercises reinforce key skills
*Step-by-step technique illustrated in over 150 photos

Craig Luebben has taught rock climbing basics to hundreds of clients and has conducted self-rescue clinics across the U.S. Here he presents the most common foot positions, hand grips, and body positions and how to use them precisely, from the smear to the crimp to the twistlock. Going beyond static moves, he emphasizes a dynamic style of movement for the greatest climbing efficiency--a style that makes the most of your strength and your time on the rock.

With an emphasis on safety and how to stay within your abilities, Luebben teaches how to evaluate potential hazards and then avoid them. Topics addressed include: risk management, face climbing, crack climbing, gear, knots, anchors, belaying, toproping, sport climbing, trad climbing, multi-pitch free climbs, rappelling, aid climbing, bouldering, training, and self-rescue.

What Customers Say About Rock Climbing: Mastering Basic Skills (Mountaineers Outdoor Expert):

that the best instructions you get from Luebben and the skills you acquire are no match for Mother Nature. Craig Luebben is dead after being hit by debris from falling ice in the North Cascades 2009.

Definitely not the best book out there. I've read a bunch of this books and actually wish I wouldn't spend the money on this one. may be you want to try another one.

It's an easy read and it gives a lot of good information, but I think the illustrations were lacking. Especially the sections of tying knots (it seemed like he was missing steps at times) and equipment descriptions (he'd name off all sorts of gear, but not show a picture of each one). The pictures are in black and white, so it didn't seem like you'd have to try very hard to include lots of them.I wasn't thinking of using the book as a training manual, but I wanted to make sure I had the concepts right when taking my classes, so I would know the questions I needed to ask.

This book covers all the basics from climbing techniques for all sorts of different types of climbing, such as face climbing, crack climbing, etc, to how to sport and trad climb. I use it a lot to refresh my memory on different types of nots used in building anchors and how to get off belay to potentially help the second climber coming up. I also learned lots about different types of top belaying. It doesn't always contain intricate details of everything, but for that there are the individual books dedicated to specific aspects of climbing from the same publisher.

for a new climber this book was awesome. It is really a great addition to "Freedom of the Hills". I would recomend this book to anyone starting out, great pictures and instructions.