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An instructional guidebook to all the skills and equipment for indoor climbing, dry tooling and bouldering, this book is invaluable for beginners and instructors on CWA, CWLA and NICAS schemes, and also for climbers wanting to increase their technical knowledge to enjoy their climbing wall experience to the max, written by one of the UK's top mountain instructors. Indoor climbing, in all of its forms, has a huge following. Whether it is being used for training, teaching or fun, it is here to stay. This book covers all aspects with full coverage of the basics alongside detailed information and suggestions for supervisors and instructors. Equipment, warming up, bouldering, bottom roping, leading, top roping and abseiling are all included. Dry tooling has also begun to find a niche in the repertoire of many climbing centres. Having the right equipment and knowing the basic techniques for a successful session are essential, and this book will tell you all you need to do so. The author has drawn on many years' climbing, route setting and teaching experience and used the skills and experience of many of the UK's top climbing facilities and their staff to produce an indispensable book for any indoor climber.
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Writer and rock and mountain sport instructor Pete Hill has completed climbs across the world, including first ascents in the Himalayas, many in extreme conditions. He is holder of the MIC award, the highest UK instructional qualification, and author of ?Sport Climbing' and ?Rock Climbing', both for Cicerone.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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a range of info that allows readers to move forward on buying the basics, climbing indoors and notes to instructors. this is a real must for anyone starting!!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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This is a well written book with lots of diagrams but the focus is more on safety, equipment, and instructing others rather than actual climbing. As a beginner it will teach you how to tie the basic knots and give lots of useful background information about equipment and the walls. It will also give you some help on climbing technique but not nearly enough compared with the length of the book. Much of the book is aimed at instructors and a lot of that material is not of interest to beginners.
It's a good book, but for beginners there may be better options. I'd have liked much more material on basic climbing skills and could have done without the more complex topics for instructors. Beginners and instructors are really different audiences and trying to address both with the same book is a problem.
It's a good book, but for beginners there may be better options. I'd have liked much more material on basic climbing skills and could have done without the more complex topics for instructors. Beginners and instructors are really different audiences and trying to address both with the same book is a problem.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I got this book while studying for my Climbing Wall Award, and I found it extremely helpful, relevant and well laid out.
It covers all levels of climbing from beginner to advanced, and also contains information relevant to instructors. It is an excellent introduction to indoor climbing - it talks through grades, equipment, knots, techniques... anything you could possibly need to know. It also contains sections on running groups, abseiling and leading.
I'd highly recommend this book to anyone who is involved in indoor climbing, or who is looking to get into the sport. It's well laid-out, not too wordy and contains a wealth of information and helpful hints, as well as high-quality diagrams and reference photographs.
It covers all levels of climbing from beginner to advanced, and also contains information relevant to instructors. It is an excellent introduction to indoor climbing - it talks through grades, equipment, knots, techniques... anything you could possibly need to know. It also contains sections on running groups, abseiling and leading.
I'd highly recommend this book to anyone who is involved in indoor climbing, or who is looking to get into the sport. It's well laid-out, not too wordy and contains a wealth of information and helpful hints, as well as high-quality diagrams and reference photographs.
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