Sport Climbing, 3rd Edition (How To Climb Series) [Paperback]

John Long (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1997

This guide is the perfect sourcebook to improve your ability to crimp, crank, and power your way up today's best bolted routes.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

With contributions from over 20 of America's leading climbers, this book covers all key aspects of the game. Precision body movement, advanced techniques for varied terrain, bouldering, training, and indoor climbing are all given a thorough examination. Sport Climbing is the perfect sourcebook to improve your ability to crimp, crank, and power your way up today's best bolted routes.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Falcon; 3rd edition (January 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1575400782
• ISBN-13: 978-1575400785
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #858,618 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A quite worthwhile book, March 25, 2001

By 

T.A. Breeuwer (Eindhoven Netherlands) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sport Climbing, 3rd Edition (How To Climb Series) (Paperback)

Like most books in the 'How to Rock Climb' series the strength of this book lies in the fact that it covers a specific topic, thereby offering more relevant information.

Unlike 'Clip and Go' this book is not aimed at a specific level of difficulty, however it will be most worthwhile to advanced beginners and intermediates.

The best thing about this book is that it focuses on sportclimbing specific information. There is nothing about belaying, anchors etc. here, nor about crack climbing and placing protection.

The book deals extensively with different types of sport climbs, including slabs and walls, grouping together technique, tactics and tricks for one style of climbing in one chapter. I found this to be very helpfull.

There are also lots of little sport specific rope tricks throughout the book as well as information on just about every other subject of interest to the sport climber.

I have read lot of climbing books and this one definitely has content no other book has.

If you are a sportclimber who allready owns books about belaying and training, this book will complete your library, much better than 'Clip and Go'....