5.0 out of 5 stars
Good read fort aspiring alpinists, Jun 3 2010
This review is from: Alpine Climbing: Techniques to Take You Higher (Paperback)
A good introduction and review of the challenges facing aspiring alpinists in a very readable volume. Assuming a good knowledge base in rock climbing the authors concentrate on explaining the the different approach in alpine climbing where speed can be safer than temporary security and where thorough planning, route finding and risk assessment matter more than how hard you can climb. The authors use anecdotes to illustrate many of the lessons they have learned to good effect and to break up the instructional prose. Alpine Climbing provides a much more readable introduction to alpine climbing than the old standby, Freedom of the Hills.
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