Rappelling - Rope Descending Ascending Skills for Climbing, Caving, Canyoneering,

Informationen zum Autor Bob Gaines has been a professional rock climbing guide since 1983 and is the owner of Vertical Adventures Rock Climbing School, voted the #1 rock climbing school in America by Outside magazine.Bob has worked extensively in the film business as a climbing stunt coordinator. He was Sylvester Stallone's climbing instructor for the movie Cliffhanger. Bob also doubled for William Shatner in the movie Star Trek V, as Captain Kirk free-soloing on El Capitan in Yosemite. Klappentext This book includes all the information you need to learn how to rappel. Techniques for climbing applications are covered in detail, including multi-pitch rappelling methods and rope management. Also discussed are single rope fixed-line rappelling techniques used in caving, canyoneering, and for industrial applications, along with improvised rope ascending techniques ("prusiking") and techniques for ascending a fixed rope with mechanical ascenders ("jumaring").

Product details

• Authors: Bob Gaines, Gaines Bob
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.09.2013
• EAN: 9780762780808
• ISBN: 978-0-7627-8080-8
• No. of pages: 184
• Series: How to Climb Series; Falcon Guides How to Climb; How to Climb Series; How to Climb; Falcon Guides How to Climb
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Other sports disciplines; SPORTS & RECREATION / Mountaineering, Climbing & mountaineering, Climbing and mountaineering, SPORTS & RECREATION / Rock Climbing