Alpine Climbing: Techniques to take you higher

For climbers who know the basics and are ready to venture higher:
This intermediate-level guide addresses tools, skills, and techniques used in
alpine terrain including rock, snow, ice, and glaciers at moderate altitude-
approximately 5000 meters (16,000 feet) and lower. The technical protection
systems are covered, of course. But 30 years of alpine climbing experience has
convinced the authors that mastery-and safety-lie in the far more difficult
task of knowing exactly which techniques to use, where and when. Therefore,
they teach step-by-step decision-making skills, providing scenarios,
checklists, and self-posed questions to inform the decision process.
Alpine Climbing assumes some prior knowledge, primarily in rock climbing
skills and techniques. Basic knots, belaying, rappelling, building rock
anchors, leading, placing rock protection, and movement skills on rock:
variations of these skills that are of particular value in the alpine
environment are addressed in this book.