Crack Climbing Book (Unsigned Copy)

(8 customer reviews)

£25.00

The ability to climb cracks is at the core of a climber’s craft.

Crack Climbing by Pete Whittaker provides a single point of reference for all crack climbing techniques, regardless of the grade you climb. Pete is widely regarded as one of the best crack climbers in the world, having climbed all the hardest cracks at every single crack width.

In this book, Pete has drawn on years of experience to demonstrate the many different techniques and to give you an understanding of when, why and how to use them. Develop these skills with confidence and your crack climbing will improve.

Pete has also interviewed some of the world’s top crack climbers so that you can learn from the best. Gain insights from Lynn HillAlex HonnoldBarbara ZangerlPeter Croft and more. Master the craft and advance your climbing. It’s time to jam!

The book has sold 1000’s of copies world wide, won the best guidebook award at Banff mountain book festival and been translated into 3 languages. It really is the crack bible

A Note from Pete: I still get messages and hear from people about how much this book has helped with their crack climbing. I’m just psyched to be able to provide this resource to help people improve and push their crack climbing journey in the right direction

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Description

The book is split into easily accessible sections on techniques for different widths of cracks, including:

  • Rules of crack climbing
  • Finger cracks
  • Hand cracks
  • Fist cracks
  • Offwidth cracks
  • Chimneys.

Pete looks at the basics, including the hand jam – the essential technique in any crack climber’s repertoire – right through to advanced techniques such as the sidewinder and the trout tickler.

Step-by-step practical information and how-tos are supplemented with tips and tricks from Pete alongside illustrations by Alex Poyzer and photographs.

Additional chapters cover how to tape up, as well as essential gear and equipment.

Additional information

Weight0.80 kg
Dimensions5.9 × 5.9 × 0.78 in

8 reviews for Crack Climbing Book (Unsigned Copy)

  1. Anonymous (verified owner)

  2. Connor W. (verified owner)

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  4. Lucy M. (verified owner)

  5. John Fletcher (verified owner)

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  7. Maria Kovach (verified owner)

    Very thorough book with lots of diagrams and photos. Learned alot of techniques from thos book.

  8. seung min Son (verified owner)

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