Aid climbing books
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okay i really dont know smack about aid climbing and was wondering if there are any good books on it?? |
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Bigwall Climbing Elite Technique, Jerad Ogden- This is my favorite, with lots of great tips and diagrams/illustrations. |
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McNamara has a book. I haven't read it but it's probably good. There's also how-to youtube vids. The best way to learn is to go try it and see what works. |
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+1 for Chris How to big wall. |
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Chris Mac's book is pretty darn good. I never got the Elite Techniques book. Freedom of the Hills 8th edition was actually surprising good and up to date as well for getting started. |
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I own all three of the major how-to-bigwall books, Jared Ogdens, C-Macs, and Long/Middendorf. Here's my take on them. The JL/JM book is the least useful of them all. The other two are ok, but both leave out some pretty important details and it was kind of nice to have both to fill in eachother's gaps. IMO I have found just as much useful information on the web as in any of the books. You can find Cmac's videos online and that coupled with other internet info has easily been enough to get me started. Checkout Bigwalls.net and the Bigwalls forum and the tips on the Fish website. There's even some useful info on here (gasp) and Supertopo (double gasp). If you really want a book, either of those two would be good enough to get you going. |
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Alright cool thanks for the replies. I will just spend some time gathering info of the internet and if i feel the urge to read more i'll get chris macs book and then start experimenting outside. Thanks for the opinions! |
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McNamara's is a good place to start - remember to watch the videos. However, it is very much based on light-is-right and I think on McNamara being strong. His stuff about timing yourself in the gym or crag is spot on. However most people don't seem to have the patience, so get on the wall too soon. This means you need to have a lot more stuff with you as you will be up there for longer. This means it can make sense to know things like 3:1 hauls, cleaning with a grigri on steep stuff and sometimes having a steady as she goes approach, rather than a rush to the top step one. |
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Piton Pete...is that the guy who likes to post videos of himself taking showers on the wall? And sleeps on Wee wee the big wall crab (portaledge)... "the ever present partner?" |
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Moof wrote: P.S. Beware of a lot of the spew out there on the interwebs from Pass the Pitons Pete (aka the Canadian Assassin). He is on the fringes of things, and much of his advise is off the mark for both beginners or anyone who doesn't see the point of hauling firewood with them up the wall. His setups are needlessly complicated and overkill for the task at hand.No way dude, his stuff is mega-organized. Didient you see my photos here?: http://www.mountainproject.com/v/extreme-clusters-chaos-and-hooliganism-on-the-wall/109906936#a_109936879 |