Sport Climbing

Sport climbing has become a phenomenally popular pastime, and every day
countless numbers of people enjoy the ascent of bolt-protected routes.

This book is designed for climbers starting out on their sport-climbing
careers, as well as for those experienced at clipping bolts on routes at
venues across the globe. It covers all the technical skills needed to climb
bolted sport routes worldwide, from short single-pitch entry-grade routes,
through harder modern test-pieces to classic multi-pitch crag and mountain
routes.

Written by one of the UK?s top climbing instructors, subjects such as bolt
types, belaying and lowering-off are all detailed, along with many peripheral
skills such as bottom roping, redpointing and abseiling. It is highly
illustrated with colour photographs to inform and inspire you to get out onto
the crags.

Whatever your grade or aspirations, the contents of this book will help you to
enjoy sport climbing safely and with confidence.

Includes sections on:
Bolts and bolting, Equipment, Basic skills, Bottom-roping, Leading, Belaying
the leader, Lowering off;Multi-pitch routes; Abseiling and an appendix
detailing some of the best sport-climbing venues across the world.