Toproping

Bob Gaines

• Publisher: Falcon Guides
• Year: 2012
• eBook ISBN: 9780762794430
• Edition: 1

This full color book includes everything beginning climbers need to know to safely toprope climbing routes, from tying knots to setting anchors to belaying. The author is an American Mountain Guides Association certified Rock Instructor.

Table of contents

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Getting Started
• Chapter 2: Basic Equipment
• Chapter 3: Anchoring
• Chapter 4: Basic Toprope Anchor Systems
• Chapter 5: Basic Knots
• Chapter 6: Belaying from the Base
• Chapter 7: Belaying from the Top
• Chapter 8: Advanced Toprope Anchor Rigging Systems
• Chapter 9: Basic Assistance and Rescue Skills
• Chapter 10: Teaching Rock Climbing in a Toprope Environment
• Chapter 11: Risk Management
• Chapter 12: Leave No Trace Ethics
• Glossary
• About the Author