BIG WALL CLIMBING: Elite Technique

· Skills and strategies unique to big walls-illustrated in full color
· Includes modern speed and free climbing tactics that have revolutionized
wall climbing
· Key training exercises (practiced near the ground) and real life examples
reinforce instruction
Dangling sweaty-palmed from a 3000-foot cliff for days on end, Jared Ogden
taught himself to climb his first big wall by trial and error. Why should you
have to do the same? Ogden, who has climbed El Capitan’s Nose in less than
twenty-four hours, wants to jump-start your education.

Whether you’re a weekend warrior or a full-on wall addict, you’ll learn the
tools of the trade and how to use them; different leading and hauling
scenarios and why some are better suited than others; multiple following set-
ups for different terrain; how to choose your partners and routes; staying on
route; how to live on a wall; the steps involved in doing first ascents; big
wall style and ethics; and more. Ogden will have you racked and ready for
prime big wall climbing destinations in North America including Yosemite,
Zion, Rocky Mountain, and the Black Canyon of Gunnison National Parks; the
Alaskan Range; and the Bugaboos of British Columbia.