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Big Wall Climbing: Elite Technique (Mountaineers Outdoor Expert) | 
 enlarge | Author: Jared Ogden
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
Category: Book
List Price: $22.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 250942
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 207
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 6.9 x 0.6
ISBN: 0898867487
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.5223
EAN: 9780898867480
ASIN: 0898867487
Publication Date: April 30, 2005
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Book Description
Skills and strategies unique to big walls-illustrated in full color Includes modern speed and free climbing tactics that have revolutionized wall climbing Key training exercises (practiced near the ground) and real life examples reinforce instruction Dangling sweaty-palmed from a 3000-foot cliff for days on end, Jared Ogden taught himself to climb his first big wall by trial and error. Why should you have to do the same? Ogden, who has climbed El Capitan's Nose in less than twenty-four hours, wants to jump-start your education. Whether you're a weekend warrior or a full-on wall addict, you'll learn the tools of the trade and how to use them; different leading and hauling scenarios and why some are better suited than others; multiple following set-ups for different terrain; how to choose your partners and routes; staying on route; how to live on a wall; the steps involved in doing first ascents; big wall style and ethics; and more. Ogden will have you racked and ready for prime big wall climbing destinations in North America including Yosemite, Zion, Rocky Mountain, and the Black Canyon of Gunnison National Parks; the Alaskan Range; and the Bugaboos of British Columbia.
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 Good for Multipitch and Beginner Big Wallers March 8, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Chapters are easy to read...color yes color pictures give clear examples of setups! Great book to review multipitch techniques and big wall climbing alike!
 bigwall climbing is so simple... July 30, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I've read this book and the old one by Johns Long and Middendorf. While L/M have some charming line drawings with people who look like Keith Richards, it doesn't go into the same depth as Ogden's work. There are great photographs of people clipping in aiders, hauling, jumarring, etcetera. Also some illustrations that can make the trickier points of big wall climbing clear.
Ogden also shares some good general points on multipitch climbs, like how to make quick transitions at belays using two Reversos. Most climbers do stuff like this from experience and the need for efficiency, but Ogden puts it all into his book. He also gives good tips on variations of big wall technique, like climbing with three parties. This book also has some of the best, clearest illustrations of various mechanical advantage systems for hauling or rescue.
Good work, JO!
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