This week our in-house climbing expert and Ground Floor Supervisor George Woodward takes us through five of the best climbing training/ instructional guides.
9 out of 10 climbers Make the Same mistakes
Not a new pick but still an absolute must have among all climbers. Makes for great reading with some exceptional insight into our sport. Consider this a training guide but from a completely new and unexpected angle.
9 out of 10 climbers Make the Same mistakes £15.00
1001 Climbing Tips
Brand Spanking new(ish) book from climber/ funny man Andy Kirkpatrick crammed full of ‘insightful knowledge’ taken from a long and sometimes terrifying, see ‘Psychovertical’, climbing career. If your a climber, mountaineer, Alpinist or hillwalker, with over 1000 tips spilling out of the binding, there’s almost certainly going to be a lesson or two hidden amongst the pages.
Building Your own Climbing Wall
If you haven’t thought about how best to cram a bouldering wall into your spare room or onto the underside of your stairs then you cant truly call yourself a climber. Fulfil that lifelong dream and coincidentally find out you are a master carpenter, or a really really bad one like myself, and build yourself a climbing wall with this handy little guide.
Building Your own Climbing Wall £12.95
Climbing from Gym to Rock
Although my climbing career started outdoors I am still aware of whispers among climbers at the gym talking about ‘climbing outside’ and understand what it must be like to have never climbed in that mythical land outside of the gym. Make that ‘leap’ to climbing outside with the help of this handy guide that covers all aspects of your transitional education.
Climbing from Gym to Rock £9.95
How to Big Wall Climb
Last but definitely not least, my favourite guide of them all, Chris McNamara’s How to big wall climb. Although not entirely necessary on the rather short climbs that the U.K. has to offer but some exciting techniques and tips for the big trip to Yosemite and/or that assault on Mt Asgard you’ve got planned.