The complete guide to climbing and mountaineering [Book] / Pete Hill.

Introduction: rocks, ice and mountains -- Basic skills -- Technical skills -- Movement, bouldering and climbing walls -- Summer -- Winter -- Alpine climbing -- Big wall climbing -- Expedition climbing.

This fully comprehensive, full-color manual provides a complete reference for climbers of every level and discipline. Written by an experienced and highly regarded author and instructor, this book is extensively illustrated throughout, with practical diagrams as well as inspirational and instructive images covering everything from the basic safety, equipment and techniques to advanced-level mountaineering on some of the world's toughest ascents. This is one of very few books on the market that is so comprehensive, internationally relevant and covers so many different types of climbs. .