Description
CLIMBING ANCHORS
FIELD GUIDE
by Bob Gaines, John Long
BOOK SUMMARY
Good and strong anchors are the basis of rock climbing. If you already know the basic principles of meeting setup but would like to have all the data at hand when you are on the wall, this manual will be a snap. Climbing Anchors – Field Guide has been specifically designed for field use. This is an easy-to-use, visual-referenced manual that includes the basics of how to place reliable locks and how to set up secure meetings in different real-world climbing situations.
John Long, author of the best rock climbing manuals, explains the basics with diagrams, illustrations and more than 100 photographs of the professional guide and instructor Bob Gaines. This pocket manual can be taken to the wall and complements his other, more complete and highly sold work, Climbing Anchors.
Natural anchors
Passive embedders
Friends
Burins, spits and parabolts.
Fall forces
Calculate the direction of the force
Meetings to ensure
Meetings to climb with the rope above
Rappelling meetings
ISBN: 9788498291001
Editorial: Ediciones Desnivel
Edition date: 2008
Place of edition: Madrid.
Edition number: 1st
Collection: Desnivel Manuals
Binding: Rustic
Page Number: 132
Languages: Spanish
Subjects: / Climbing / Manuals
