The Hillwalker’s Guide to Mountaineering - Essential Skills

The Hillwalker's Guide to Mountaineering features the techniques, gear and approaches that the active and ambitious hillwalker needs to be equipped with to competently tackle Britain’s classic mountaineering challenges. 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.

Part I – From Hillwalking to Mountaineering    
When is a Walk not a Walk?    
Where do you Start?    
The Grade Debate    
Drawing the Line    

Part 2 – The Skills for the Hills    
Planning and Preparation   
Access    
Mountaineering Kit: the Essentials    
Bivouacking    
Navigation    
Interpreting Mountain Weather    
Scrambling or Rock Climbing?    
Technical Gear: Choosing it and Using it    
Know your Knots    
Belaying    
Protecting a Pitch    
Tying in to Anchors    
Moving Together    
Climbing Calls    
Abseiling    
Water Hazards in the Mountains    
The Winter Mountains    
Winter Equipment and How to Use it    
Avalanche!    
Keep Practising    
A & E   

Part 3 – Mountaineering in Britain    
Tryfan North Ridge (direct)    
Forcan Ridge (direct)    
Fiacaill Ridge/Buttress    
Wistow Crags    
Scafell Pike – Scafell Traverse via Broad Stand    
Pinnacle Ridge    
Curved Ridge    
Aonach Eagach    
Cneifion Arête    
Clach Glas – Blaven Traverse    
Coire Lagan Round    
Tower Ridge

Appendix – Further reading

Index