How to Climb: Knots for Climbers (REV)

Properly tied knots are essential to climbing safety, and this book describes all those knots commonly used and needed by climbers. Now updated and revised, this popular bestseller includes detailed, step-by-step instructions and illustrations on how to properly tie climbing knots. Photographs showing the various uses of these knots have been added to help increase reader's understanding. Essential!Craig Luebben has been climbing for more than 20 years and has authored numerous books and articles on the subject. His manual Advanced Rock Climbing, co-authored with John Long, won the Mountain Exposition Award at the 1997 Banff Mountain Book Festival. He lives and guides in Colorado.