{"product_id":"rock-climbing-mastering-basic-skills-2nd-edition","title":"Rock Climbing: Mastering Basic Skills, 2nd Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eThousands of rock climbers have learned the sport using Craig Luebben’s seminal and bestselling text, Rock Climbing: Mastering Basic Skills. Now Craig’s friend and fellow climber Topher Donahue brings the content up to current standards and includes technological advances, while preserving Craig’s comprehensive approach. An award-winning climber in his own right, Topher uses his writing and photography skills to simplify the complex world of modern climbing technique and reveals the thought process behind safe and practical climbing methods.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis second edition includes European climbing techniques that offer alternatives to those traditionally taught in North America. Topher has also incorporated new lessons derived from accidents due, in part, to the increased popularity of climbing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eApproximately 35 new techniques, safety considerations, and subjects.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNational Outdoor Book Award winner in first edition.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFirst edition of this popular title has sold 50,000 copies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOver 10,000 more words and 125 more photos.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree never-before-published techniques: Adjustable Hitch, High Friction Tubes, and Bight Method.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDetailed technical updates throughout.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew distinction between “anchor” (a group of placements, pieces, or bolts used at the end of a pitch or for top rope or rappel setup) and “placement” or “piece” (individual cams, nuts, etc., used in groups to make an anchor or used individually as protection on a pitch)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAuthor: Topher Donahue and Craig Luebben\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 320 pages, 8.48 × 7.04 × 0.82\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished: October 15, 2015\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: The Mountaineers Books\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage: English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eItem weight: 612 g\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTOPHER DONAHUE started mountaineering with his father, Mike, who was a mountain guide in Colorado. As a teenager, he began capturing mountain experiences with both pen and camera. The quest led him on expeditions to Australia, Japan, Kygryzstan, Alaska, Canada, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Europe, and all over the United States. Today, Topher works in editorial and advertising media as well as offers creative consulting services to businesses who want to genuinely represent the experiences their customers are looking for outdoors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCRAIG LUEBBEN guided professionally for more than twenty-five years. The author of Rock Climbing: Mastering Basic Skills and additional climbing titles, Craig also worked as a climbing guide and freelance climbing writer; writing pieces for magazines such as Climbing and Rock \u0026amp; Ice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCraig died in a tragic climbing accident in August of 2009 while climbing the Torment-Forbidden Traverse route, a mile-long Grade III rock and ice route that connects Mount Torment and Forbidden Peak. As a well respected member of the climbing community - via his writing and instruction - he is missed deeply by all who knew him.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mountaineers Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56177869586724,"sku":"faj1788124610038","price":17.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0965\/1263\/9268\/files\/rock-climbing-mastering-basic-skills-2nd-edition_1.jpg?v=1788124614","url":"https:\/\/gowearus.shop\/products\/rock-climbing-mastering-basic-skills-2nd-edition","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}