 | Knots for Climbers (Falcon Guides How to Climb) by Craig Luebben
Buy new: £3.40 / Used from: £0.97 This is the perfect book for those climbers who are starting out and often forgetting their knots. This book enabled me to practice my knot techniques at home.
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 | How to Rock Climb! by John Long
Buy new: £15.95 / Used from: £6.00 Another book that's is crucial to the beginner. It teaches to basic techniques on the climbing wall which is good to read through if your not taking lessons.
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 | Training for Climbing: The Definitive Guide to Improving Your Climbing Performance (How to Climb Series) by Eric J. Horst
Buy used from: £4.53 No matter how good you are at remembering the different techniques....if you aren't strong enough or fit enough you just won't last. It's horrible to fall 10 metres because you couldn't hold on!!!
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 | Rock Climbing for Instructors by Alun Richardson
Buy new: £14.14 / Used from: £18.68 When you are good enough and you think you are competant, you can help out at local climbing walls which is what i do in my spare time. I also get paid so it can fund my hobby.
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 | Climbing Anchors (How to Rock Climb) by John Long
Buy used from: £2.59 A good book to read and to have but it's no substitute for an experienced friend. Worth a good look.
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 | Touching the Void by Joe Simpson
Buy used from: £0.01 While your training to become better this is a brilliant story about some climbers and the troubles they encountered. There is also a film!
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 | The Complete Guide to Rope Techniques by Nigel Shepherd
Buy used from: £98.66 From basic techniques to the skills needed for the Single Pitch award, beginners and experts alike will find everything they need to know about ropework in this book.
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 | Handbook of Climbing (Pelham practical sports) by Allen Fyffe
Buy used from: £18.99 This is a climbing handbook, covering every modern climbing technique. It also looks at rescue, forms of protection and use of equipment. It is illustrated to help the reader decide what's best.
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