The comprehensive guide to anchoring systems for rock climbers.

Climbing Anchors, 2nd Edition (How to Climb Series)

Sports & Outdoors

Gaines, Bob

Long, John

Mountaineering

Falcon Pr Pub Co

With more than 100 photos and detailed captions showing how to create safe and simple rock-climbing anchoring systems, this is a take-to-the-crag companion book to our huge-selling Climbing Anchors.
Designed for quick use by climbers on site, this book shows how to properly place and configure natural anchors, passive chocks, mechanical chocks, fixed gear, knots, belay anchors, toprope anchors and rappel anchors. This field guide is up to date with the essential knowledge every climber can depend on.

Climbing Anchors Field Guide (How To Climb Series)

Hiking & Camping

Falcon Guides

Best Climbs Joshua Tree National Park gives climbers a selection of more than 250 of the very best routes at one of the country's most popular climbing destination. Full color photographs along with a contemporary design make this book as visually appealing as it is useful.

Best Climbs Joshua Tree National Park: The Best Sport And Trad Routes In The Park (Best Climbs Series)

Travel

Food, Lodging & Transportation

“Toproping” is rock climbing with the rope anchored at the top of the climb, as opposed to “lead” climbing, where a climber places protection as he or she goes. Having a top anchor lessens the potential distance of a fall and creates a more controlled situation in which to hone your climbing technique. Toproping is at the heart of learning to climb, and being able to safely set up and manage toprope situations is a critical component in the development of any climber. While it seems simple on the surface, topropes must be rigged and configured properly in accordance with sound safety principles—and that’s where this book comes in. Here you’ll find everything a beginning climber needs to know about toproping: knots to use, basic and advanced anchor set-ups, belay techniques, lowering from fixed anchors, site management, and more. Color photos will help guide you through complex toproping situations. Rescue skills and risk management are also covered, along with a section on how to toprope. And there’s nobody better to teach these skills than author Bob Gaines, an American Mountain Guides Association Certified Rock Instructor and longtime Joshua Tree climbing guide. Inside you’ll find information on: Equipment Knots and hitches Anchoring Toprope systems Belaying Rappelling Lowering Assistance/Rescue Skills Risk management Group management Teaching Novices

Toproping (How to Climb) (How To Climb Series)

- hundreds of favorite routes, many of moderate difficulty, at Tahquitz and Suide Rocks
- Trivia and route history sidebars
- Stunning action photos
- color topo maps with detailed directions to parking areas (GPS coordinates included)Best Climbs Tahquitz and Suicide Rocks is part of FalconGuides' Best Climbs series, appealing specifically to nonlocal climbers and locals with minimal time on their hands, all of whom seek visually appealing, to-the-point guides that filter out the very best climbs in some of America’s most popular climbing destinations, with an emphasis on moderate routes ranging from 5.6 to 5.10.

Best Climbs Tahquitz and Suicide Rocks (Best Climbs Series)

Specialty Travel

In Rappelling you'll find everything you need to know about descending a rope, from the most basic to advanced techniques, including knots, rigging strategies, rappel devices, and more. Included is a comprehensive discussion of ropes, slings, and all the hardware used in rappelling. Rappelling techniques for climbing are covered in detail, including multi-pitch rappelling methods and rope management. Single rope fixed line rappelling techniques used in caving, canyoneering, and for industrial applications are also discussed, along with improvised rope ascending techniques ("prusiking") and ascending a fixed rope with mechanical ascenders ("jumaring"). Rappelling accident analysis and prevention is also included, along with a section on rappel back-ups and safety checks. Inside you'll find information on:
<ul>
<li>Ropes </li>
<li>Rappel devices </li>
<li>Slings and webbing </li>
<li>Knots and hitches </li>
<li>Rigging rappel anchors </li>
<li>Rappelling methods </li>
<li>Rope retrieval techniques </li>
<li>Rappelling accident analysis </li>
<li>Rappel safety back-ups </li>
<li>Working with fixed lines </li>
<li>Rope ascending techniques</li>
</ul>

Rappelling (How To Climb Series)

This completely revised and updated edition with all new color photos brings together in a single volume the anchoring systems most popular among climbers. Most climbers today learn their craft on artificial climbing walls and on sport routes with fixed protection. Their first efforts to lead on trad routes often come as a rude shock--they find that they haven't the skills and training to safeguard the climb or to set up solid belays. This new edition of Climbing Anchors is the climber's complete and authoritative source of information on protection, from fundamental knots to sophisticated rigging and equalizing skills.

Climbing Anchors (How To Climb Series)

With more than 100 full-color photos and detailed captions showing how to create safe and simple rock-climbing anchoring systems, this is a take-to-the-crag companion book to our huge-selling Climbing Anchors. 
Designed for quick use by climbers on site, this book shows how to properly place and configure natural anchors, passive chocks, mechanical chocks, fixed gear, knots, belay anchors, toprope anchors and rappel anchors. This field guide is up to date with the essential knowledge every climber can depend on.

Rock Climbing: The AMGA Single Pitch Manual is intended to serve as a textbook for past and furture participants of the AMGA SPI program. The book builds upon Bob Gaines' book, Toproping, to more specifically address the needs of the professional cilmbing instructor and advanced recreational climbers. It presents the most current, internationally recognized standards for technical climbing systems used in single pitch rock terrain. Included are chapters on effective teaching in the outdoor environment, risk management, professionalism, environmental awareness, and rescue

Rock Climbing: The AMGA Single Pitch Manual (How To Climb Series)

Martin, Jason D.

This revised and updated book features topos and photos as well as text describing this popular Southern California area.

Rock Climber's Guide to Tahquitz and Suicide

Vogel, Randy

Chockstone Pr

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Climbing Anchors, 2nd Edition (How to Climb Series)

Climbing Anchors Field Guide (How To Climb Series)

Best Climbs Joshua Tree National Park: The Best Sport And Trad Routes In The Park (Best Climbs Series)

Toproping (How to Climb) (How To Climb Series)

Best Climbs Tahquitz and Suicide Rocks (Best Climbs Series)

Rappelling (How To Climb Series)

Climbing Anchors (How To Climb Series)

Climbing Anchors Field Guide (How To Climb Series)

Rock Climbing: The AMGA Single Pitch Manual (How To Climb Series)

Rock Climber's Guide to Tahquitz and Suicide