The Complete Rock Climber

This book is a fully comprehensive illustrated guide to rock climbing, and covers hundreds of topics ranging from basic indoor wall climbing techniques to the ultimate adventure of scaling sea cliffs and high mountain crags.

The book takes a global tour of the very best climbing locations, from the Old Man of Hoy off northern Scotland and the granite crags on the Mediterranean island of Corsica to the big walls of Yosemite Valley in California, the sandstone canyons of Australia's Blue Mountains and the cliffs draped with stalactites, that drop into the turquoise Andaman Sea off Thailand.

With expert advice and 600 photographs and superb illustrations, this is the essential guide for all practitioners of this exciting sport.