How to Climb(TM): Big Walls

by John Middendorf and John Long

Book Overview

A complete guide to climbing the largest, most sheer rock faces in the world, entertainingly written by two of the most experienced climbers in the history of the sport.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0934641633
• ISBN13: 9780934641630
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Falcon Press Publishing
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

A must read if you want to start big-walls

I read this book...did a lot of practicing, (got spanked a few times) and then climbed the Washinton Column's Southern Route & Prow along with the regular route on Half Dome and Zodiac on El Cap! No book will make you a good aid climber...but this book does as much as possible.If you're in doubt - buy it, its definetely worth the cover price.

Good reference

The best way to learn to aid and climb big walls with the exception of going out there and doing it. A good reference for beginners. The illustrations are a little corny. Looked like a throw back to the 1970's. Illustrations probably lifted from "Climbing Big Walls," edited by Mike Strassman.