The Hillwalker’s Guide to Mountaineering - Essential Skills
The Hillwalker's Guide to Mountaineering
Essential Skills for Britain's classic routes by Terry Adby, Stuart Johnston
A guide to the techniques, gear and skills that the ambitious hillwalker needs to tackle Britain's classic mountaineering challenges competently. Covers the use of the rope to abseil, belay and protect ascents and descents, placement of protection, gear selection, navigation, survival, scrambling and first aid skills. More...
Seasons
Covers techniques and skills for most seasons, accepting that winter conditions require a Read More... considerably greater level of skill.Centres
Routes in Wales, Lake District and Scotland.Difficulty
Varying difficulty covering routes from Grade 2 scrambling to full sustained rock climbing on Read More... Tower Ridge.Must See
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