Rock climbing - Alun Richardson

Rucksack Guide - Rock Climbing is your essential handbook when climbing. It offers concise guidance and support for any
situation you might find yourself in, including:

• technical skills: tips and reminders on the key climbing techniques
• rope work: what knots to use in certain situations and how to tie them
• types: aid climbing, free climbing, big walling and ice climbing
• safety: essential procedures to ensure the safety of yourself, your party and others on the rock face
• emergencies: guidance on what to do in extreme situations.

The book is colour-coded for easy reference and all information is
presented in lists and tables, making it simple to understand in
testing conditions.

The Rucksack Guide series is taken from Mountaineering: The essential
skills for mountain walkers and climbers, the definitive handbook for
hill walkers, climbers and mountaineers.