This is the official handbook of `the Mountaineering Instructor, Single Pitch, Climbing Wall & Climbing Wall Leading Award Schemes`. Written by one of the best known rock climbing instructors in the UK this is the definitive & comprehensive `how to rock climb` textbook, now in its revised & updated second edition. It covers un-roped bouldering & movement skills as well as every aspect of single & multi-pitch rock climbing, abseiling, problem solving, the climbing environment, the history & development of the sport & much more. This book is a reference tool for every climber, from novice to expert, as well as containing specific ideas for anyone wanting to help coach & instruct others. It is the official handbook for the UK qualification system that
Includes:: `the Mountaineering Instructor, Climbing Wall, Single Pitch & Climbing Wall Leader Awards & is endorsed by the BMC, MCof S & MI. Revised throughout there are additional chapters on Sport Climbing, Sea Level Traversing, Ropes Courses & Via Ferrata, Adaptive Techniques for Disabled Climbers, Injury Avoidance, Improving Technique, Risk Management & the Law & Working with Young People. It has a functional design with easy-reference colour-coded pages, striking illustrations that complement the text & inspiring photos that give a genuine flavour of the breadth of climbing possibilities across Britain & Irel&. It is the second of a series of manuals from Mountain Leader Training UK that
Includes:: the highly successful ` Hill Walking` & ` Winter Skills`.