"Thousands of rock climbers have learned the sport using Craig Luebben's bestselling text, 'Rock climbing: Mastering Basic Skills'. Now, in this new and updated edition, fellow climber Topher Donahue continues to teach what recreational climbers need to know. From the nuts and bolts (and cams, ropes, harnesses, and knots) to the mental side of the sport, and from how to do a particular move to when and why to use it, Donahue and Luebben's comprehensive...

Describes the history, equipment, and contemporary practice of rock climbing.

Describes the history, equipment, competitions, and practice of sport climbing, both in climbing gyms and outdoors on rocks.

Describes rock-climber Ashima solving a complex problem in terms of rock climbing, which may include false starts, breaking the challenge into smaller parts, and always being thoughtful and persistent.

Humpty Dumpty has not climbed a single wall since his great fall, despite the urging of friends and teasing of others, but when one of the king's horses is stuck he finds the courage -- and the proper climbing equipment -- to help out.

"This engrossing memoir chronicles the journey of a boy with a fanatical mountain-guide father who was determined to instill toughness in his son to a teen whose obsessive nature drove him to the top of the sport-climbing circuit. Caldwell's affinity for adventure then led him to the vertigo-inducing and little understood world of big wall free climbing. But his evolution as a climber was not without challenges; in his early twenties, he was held...