Via Ferrata and Climbing Guidebooks
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Handy guidebook to mountain activities based in Chamonix in the French Alps. Selections of graded routes described for walking, trekking, mountaineering, mountain biking, road cycling, via ferratas, rock climbing and bouldering, with clear advice for novices for each activity. Adventures to fill an exciting trip for everyone to the Chamonix area.
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This guide offers readers all the inspiration they need for a multi-activity holiday in the Haute Maurienne, in the French Alps. With many suggestions for day walks, mountaineering routes, via ferratas, rock climbs, mountain biking, road cycling and long-distance treks, there's something here for everyone in your party.
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Guidebook to the via ferrata routes in the north, central and eastern Italian Dolomites. 82 graded routes grouped by 10 valley bases are covered, with guidance on choosing the best base for each of the via ferrata routes. Fixed cables, ladders and bridges make a great way for walkers to get to places usually reserved for expert rock climbers.
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An instructional guidebook to all the basic skills and equipment for indoor climbing, dry tooling and bouldering, invaluable for beginners and instructors on CWA, CWLA and NICAS schemes, and for climbers wanting to increase their technical knowledge to enjoy their climbing wall experience to the max, written by top mountain instructor Pete Hill.
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In this book, renowned mountaineer Alan Hinkes relates his experiences of climbing all 14 of the world's peaks over 8000m: the highest mountains known to man. Alongside stunning photography, he describes each of his expeditions; many as two-man Alpine Style ascents; capturing the beauty, harshness and danger of Earth's loftiest environs.
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This guidebook, covering all the basic rock climbing skills and climbing equipment, is invaluable not only for beginners but also for climbers wanting to increase their technical knowledge of climbing single- and multi-pitch routes. Written by one of the UK's top mountain instructors.
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Guidebook aimed at beginners and experienced sport climbers. It covers all the technical skills needed to climb bolted sport routes worldwide, from short single-pitch entry-grade routes, through harder modern test-pieces to classic multi-pitch crag and mountain routes.
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This handy pocket-sized guidebook contains detailed route descriptions for canyoning in 5 limestone areas in southern Europe, Costa Blanca, the Pyrenees, Provence, Sardinia and Mallorca. It provides a basic grounding in canyoning techniques and skills for those who are less experienced as well as challenges for those with the required skills.
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A guidebook covering the best summer scrambling, rock climbing and winter mountaineering on Scotland's ridges, from the remote Cairngorms to the splendour of the Cuillin. With inspirational photographs, the guidebook is both a celebration of the landscape and a practical route guide.
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A comprehensive guidebook to every mountain area in the Swiss Alps. This handy resource includes information for walking, hiking, trekking, climbing and ski mountaineering. Access, accommodation and facilities in the valley bases and full information about Swiss mountain huts is included to help you make the most out of a trip there.
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Guide to 60 walking routes in little-known Andorra. The guidebook includes numerous paths with scrambles, summits, via ferratas and a week-long Andorra circuit. Covers Arinsal, Sispony, Arcalis and Angonella, Valls Sorteny and Rialb, Montcaup, Ordino, Casamanya, Valls del Riu, Ransol, D’Incles, Circ de Pessons, Cortals and Vall del Madrui.
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A resource book covering the finest walks, treks and climbs in the High Pyrenees for 400km between France and Spain, from the Cirque de Lescun, on the edge of the Basque country in the west, to the Carlit massif and the Cerdagne to the east of Andorra. It is the first in our World Mountain Ranges series.
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Guidebook includes climbing routes on 25 immense crags on the south side of Morocco's Jebel el Kest, 120km south-east of Agadir, based from Tafroute. The superb rock conditions on the pink quartzite rock provide excellent and adventurous rock climbing routes of up to 500 metres high across all grades.
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This handy pocket-sized guidebook contains detailed route descriptions for via ferrata routes in the Italian Dolomites. This volume covers the Southern Dolomites, Brenta, Trento, Lake Garda and the Adige valley areas. There are 77 graded routes covering 14 mountain groups with guidance on choosing the best base for each of the via ferrata routes.
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A guide to treks and climbs in Wadi Rum, Jordan, one of the world’s leading desert climbing and trekking areas. The book includes thorough visiting information and an extensive selection of explorations, treks and climbs both trad and sport at all grades. Includes all massifs in Rum plus outlying areas.
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