How To Climb Knots For Climbers

This completely revised and updated edition of Craig Luebbens bestseller covers the ten essential climbing knots all climbers need to know, then presents sixteen others for special situations. All new color photos make learning these knots a cinch. Knots include the Munter hitch, the auto block, the clove hitch, and the equalizing figure eight. Also included are photos of the knots being used in the field and an overview of essential climbing equipment. About the Authors: Craig Luebben was an AMGA Rock Guide Instructor and served on the Board of Directors for six years. He was the author or coauthor of nine books on climbing and wrote numerous gear reviews and travel articles for Climbing and Rock Ice magazines. His FalconGuides Advanced Rock Climbing, coauthored with John Long, won the Mountain Exposition Award at the 1997 Banff Mountain Book Festival. Craig died in 2009 while leading a pitch on Mount Torment in North Cascades National Park. Clyde Soles is a freelance writer and photographer with four decades of climbing experience. The former senior editor of Rock Ice magazine, he has authored or coauthored nine outdoor how to books, including two other knots books.