More Climbing Anchors (Paperback)

~ John Long (Author)

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More Climbing Anchors continues the fine analysis of rock climbing anchoring systems found in Long's bestseller Climbing Anchors. Together with professional climbing guide and instructor Bob Gaines, John Long has compiled in this book essential knowledge-the result of countless years of experience-to creating safe, yet simple anchors, the single most important skill a rock climber must rely on for a successfully long career.

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More Climbing Anchors continues the fine analysis of rock climbing anchoring systems found in Long's bestseller Climbing Anchors. Together with professionalism climbing guide and instructor Bob Gaines, John Long has compiled in this book essential knowledge to creating safe, yet simple anchors, the single most important skill a rock climber must rely on for a successfully long career.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Falcon; 1st edition (January 28, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1575400006
• ISBN-13: 978-1575400006
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #616,539 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not much more info., January 26, 1998

By A Customer

Not much more info than available in "Climbing Anchors," by John Long. Mainly more pictures of various anchors. If you have a basic understanding of anchors, you can get away with not having this book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Learn Anchors, April 19, 2006

By	J. Robinson "starcatjr" (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is actually much more useful than 'Climbing Anchors'. It has pictures of numerous real life anchor setups and their pros and cons, while 'Climbing Anchors' is pretty much just very basic anchor info without too much in depth detail. That basic stuff is much better illustrated in other guidebooks, and quickly learned with some practice, so I would say just get this book instead of both or the first one only.

5.0 out of 5 stars So, you think you know anchors..., July 26, 2000

By	Jay Tanzman (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This book will help make you an expert in building safe, sophisticated multi-point anchors. The relative meirts of the various methods of equalizing anchors -- rope, cordelette, and sliding X -- are discussed in depth. The authors take the position that there is no such thing as a perfect anchor, and present detailed analyses, with photographs, of the pros and cons of 52 anchors. Whether you are a beginning or an advanced climber, you will find yourself reading and re-reading this text, learning something new each time.