How to Climb 5.12

Author: Eric Horst
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0762775645
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 195

Book Description
The essential manual for intermediate climbers who want to make the jump to advanced climbing ability—with new color photos In the sport of rock climbing, 5.12 is a magical grade of difficulty—the rating that separates intermediate climbers from the sport’s elite. Many intermediate climbers mistakenly believe that climbs of 5.12 difficulty are simply beyond their reach. This revised and updated edition of Eric Horst’s best-selling instructional manual dispels that myth, and shows average climbers how they can achieve heights previously considered the exclusive domain of the full-time climber. How to Climb 5.12 is a performance guidebook that will help climbers attain the most rapid gains in climbing ability possible. Hörst provides streamlined tips and suggestions on such critical issues as cutting-edge strength training, mental training, and climbing strategy. How to Climb 5.12 is the perfect manual to help intermediate climbers quickly along the road to mastery.

How to Climb 5. 12

Author: Eric J. Horst
Publisher: Falcon Guides
ISBN: 9780762725762
Category : Rock climbing
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A manual for intermediate climbers to make the physical and mental jump to advanced climbing ability. It offers streamlined tips and suggestions on such critical issues as cutting-edge strength training, mental training, and climbing strategy.

Flash Training

Author: Eric J. Hörst
Publisher: Falcon Guides
ISBN: 9780934641777
Category : Mountaineering
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description

Training for Climbing

Author: Eric Horst
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0762762659
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 307

Book Description
Drawing on new research in sports medicine, nutrition, and fitness, this book offers a training program to help any climber achieve superior performance and better mental concentration on the rock, with less risk of injury.

Rock Climbing Smith Rock State Park

Author: Alan Watts
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1461745853
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 512

Book Description
The comprehensive guide to the place that brought sport climbing to North America— a full-color, thoroughly updated new edition Smith Rock State Park. It was on the impressive crags of this Oregon hideaway that American sport climbing came into its own, and to this day, some of the hardest climbs in the United States are found on these walls. Alan Watts, who has played a leading role in the development of this popular rock-climbing destination, details more than 1,700 routes at Smith Rock and the surrounding area. This new edition updates hundreds of routes, includes hundreds of new ones, and has new photos of each crag, wall, and route. No other guide is as comprehensive or thorough, and no author more respected for his intimate knowledge of one of the world’s most popular climbing destinations.

How to Climb 5.12!

Author: Eric J. Hörst
Publisher: Falcon Guides
ISBN: 9781575400839
Category : Rock climbing
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This is a 'performance guidebook' to achieving the most rapid gains in climbing ability possible. It offers streamlined, tip-oriented suggestions on all the critical issues including: learning skill fast, cutting edge strength training, mental training, and climbing strategy.

Rock Climbing Technique

Author: John Kettle
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781999654405
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 140

Book Description
The definitive practical guide to improving your rock climbing technique, and making your movement more effortless and efficient. Fully illustrated with over 35 skills exercises supported by online videos. Suitable for rock climbers from intermediate up to elite in sport climbing, bouldering and traditional climbing.

How to Solve a Problem

Author: Ashima Shiraishi
Publisher: Make Me a World
ISBN: 1524773298
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

Book Description
From Ashima Shiraishi, one of the world's youngest and most skilled climbers, comes a true story of strength and perseverance--in rock climbing and in life. To a rock climber, a boulder is called a "problem," and you solve it by climbing to the top. There are twists and turns, falls and scrapes, and obstacles that seem insurmountable until you learn to see the possibilities within them. And then there is the moment of triumph, when there's nothing above you but sky and nothing below but a goal achieved. Ashima Shiraishi draws on her experience as a world-class climber in this story that challenges readers to tackle the problems in their own lives and rise to greater heights than they would have ever thought possible.

Rock Climbing Arkansas

Author: Cole Fennel
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780981901619
Category : Free climbing
Languages : en
Pages : 400

Book Description

Rock Climbing Washington

Author: Jeff Smoot
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493039423
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 529

Book Description
This updated edition of Rock Climbing Washington features more than 1,500 routes throughout the state of Washington. Explore the granite cliffs of Index, Leavenworth, Darrington, and Tieton River Canyon; tackle the exposed alpine routes on the spires at Washington Pass; or hang from steep sport climbs at North Bend, Frenchman Coulee, and Marcus and China Bend near Spokane.