With the Falcon Guide Building Your Own Climbing Wall, some imagination, a bit of work, common sense, and an empty garage or basement, you can have you own indoor climbing workout center. Veteran indoor wall builder Ramsay Thomas shows the details of...
Self-Rescue by David J. Fasulo helps prepare you for sticky situations like assisting another climber past a difficult cection or rappelling down a multi-pitch route with and injured climber. Safety and self-reliance are key components to successful...
In the Falcon Guide Sport Climbing, John Long and 20 leading climbers cover all of the key aspects of sport climbing. Learn how to experience the excitement of leading without having to place protection.
Toproping by S. Peter Lewis is a great beginners guide for toprope climbing. This book covers basic and advance anchor set-ups, belay techniques and how to lower from fixed anchors.
In Better Bouldering, the master of bouldering himself entertains and instructs as he describes practical issues designed to make you a better boulderer. Why learn from your own mistakes when you can learn from Sherman s.This is considered "the most sophisticated...
Conditioning for Outdoor Fitness, by David Musnick, M.D., features key aerobic and strength training concepts to design and improve your exercise program. Written by a team of sports fitness experts, this book explores how each region of the body works...
There are those of us whose idea of the ultimate physical challenge is the 26.2-mile Boston Marathon. And then there is Dean Karnazes. Karnazes has run 226.2 miles nonstop; he has completed the 135-mile Badwater Ultramara-thon across Death Valley National...
The Rock Warrior's Way: Mental Training for Climbers, first published in 2003, outlines the foundation of the Warrior's Way (R) material. Espresso Lessons written by Arno Igner takes the material into practical climbing situations. It is the "how to"...
The Hiking Trails of North Georgia by Tom Homan is considered the definitive hiking guide to North Georgia. This book will introduce you to one of the most scenic and unspoiled areas in western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee. Completely revised...
Hiking Trails of the Cohutta and Big Frog Wildernesses by Tim Homan will introduce you to one of the most scenic and unspoiled areas in the Southern Appalachians. 26 wilderness trails in North Georgia and Southeastern Tennessee with up-to-date information....