Warriors Way

$18.95

The Rock Warrior's Way: Mental Training for Climbers (Paperback) by Arno Ilgner

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Desiderata Institute (2006) Second Edition: same content as first edition but with new cover and a few new photos inside.

Mental training is scarcely covered in the climbing literature, yet it is as important to performance as strength, flexibility, and technique. In his unique approach to mental training, Arno Ilgner draws essential elements from the rich "warrior" literature, as well as from sports psychology, and combines these with his extensive climbing experience to create The Rock Warrior's Way.

Here is a comprehensive program for learning how to focus your mental resources during a challenging climb. It includes step-by-step guidance on motivation analysis, information gathering, risk assessment, mental focus, and deliberate transition into action.

Poor use of attention creates fear, which can manifest itself as anything from performance anxiety to sheer terror. By using attention more purposefully we can understand how fear is created, deal with it effectively, and free ourselves to get back in touch with a far more powerful motivating force: our love of climbing. We can then create the kind of unbending intention that leads to outstanding performance. The Rock Warrior's Way is a revolutionary program for climbers who want to improve both their performance and their enjoyment of climbing.

$19.95

Rock Climbing: Mastering Basic Skills (Paperback) by Craig Luebben

The Mountaineers Books (2004)
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Rock Climbing: Mastering Basic Skills covers the most modern climbing techniques for face climbing, crack climbing, anchoring, belaying, toproping, sport climbing, trad climbing, multi-pitch climbing, rappelling, and self-rescue. Other topics covered include risk management, gear, knots, bouldering, and training. The book emphasizes safety and how to stay within your abilities, and covers potential hazards and how to avoid them.

Craig Luebben has devoted his life to climbing, and he's opened new rock and ice routes on four continents. In 26 years of guiding and teaching he has taught climbing skills to hundreds of clients, and he instructs rock guide courses for the American Mountain Guides Association. He has also written Climbing Anchors: A Comprehensive Guide, How to Ice Climb, How to Rappel, Advanced Rock Climbing, and Knots for Climbers, and was also the technical editor for John Long's Climbing Anchors (first edition) and How to Rock Climb (second edition). He's a senior contributing editor for Climbing magazine.

$18.95

Rock Climbing Anchors: A Comprehensive Guide (Paperback) by Craig Luebben

The Mountaineers Books (2007)
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Climbing anchors allow climbers to safely defy gravity. Solid anchors and proper rope techniques can prevent a fall from turning into a catastrophe, while bad anchors are an accident waiting to happen, says certified guide Craig Luebben, who studied mechanical engineering, and in the process invented his own type of climbing protection, the Big Bro. Since then, he has taught rock climbing to hundreds of clients and has conducted self-rescue clinics across the United States. He distills nearly thirty years of climbing experience into Rock Climbing Anchors.

This entry in the Mountaineers Outdoor Expert Series, for intermediate-to-advanced climbers, presents modern anchoring ideas and techniques for top-roping, rappelling, sport climbing, traditional rock climbing, and mountaineering-all in one comprehensive guide.. Luebben covers the finer points of all types of commonly used anchors: removable anchors including hexes, wired nuts, tri-cams, expanding wedges, expandable tubes, and cams; natural anchors such as trees and boulders; and fixed anchors like bolts and pitons. Photos show a variety of gear placements, accompanied by discussion of the pros and cons of each.

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