Climbing

From Toproping to Sport

Nate Fitch, Ron Funderburke

• Publisher: Falcon Guides
• eBook ISBN:
  9781493025268
• Year: 2016

This handy, pocket-size manual provides easy-to-understand, step-by-step guidance to climbers transitioning from basic rock climbing to sport climbing, which involves scaling larger, more challenging rock walls that have fixed anchors.

Table of contents

• Introduction: What Is Sport Climbing?
• Chapter 1. Toproping Review and Sport Climbing Best Practices
• Chapter 2. Planning an Outing and Equipment
• Chapter 3. The Sport Climb: Base, Protection, and Anchor
• Chapter 4. Belaying
• Chapter 5. Clipping
• Chapter 6. Leading and Falling
• Chapter 7. Anchoring
• Chapter 8. Cleaning
• Chapter 9. Sport Climbing Shenanigans and Emergency Preparedness
• Conclusion
• About the Authors