The Art of Ice Climbing

by Jérôme Blanc-Gras, Manu Ibarra

Questo libro illustra l'arrampicata su ghiaccio dalle ascensioni alpinistiche fino alla pratica del dry-tooling affrontando gli aspetti storici, tecnici oltre ai materiali adatti per la pratica. Viene presentato un metodo, Check & Go, per facilitare la valutazione dei rischi e dei pericoli. Un approccio pedagogico, per esperti e principianti, per rispondere alle loro domande e per fornire un inquadramento tecnico dell'attività. Con testimonianze scritte dai più forti alpinisti Walter Cecchinel, Lüdger Simond, Bruno Sourzac, Will Gadd, François Marsigny, Pavel Shabalin, Tim Emmett, Mark Twight, Ueli Steck, Fred Degoulet, Christophe Moulin, Jérôme Blanc-Gras. Prefazione di Jeff Lowe.

248 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

Reviews

[Vida Zou · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Art of Ice Climbing pays a really great homage to the sport from its early roots to modern day. It’s visually pleasing and is guaranteed to spark immense joy for any ice climbers and alpinists! It is also definitely understated - much like ice climbing itself. I picked this up at a local mountaineering book and rental store in Ouray, Colorado during my first season ice climbing with a group, and it’s now a tradition to dust it off and scrimmage through the contents to feel inspired for the next ice climbing season.
While it’s not a detailed manual meant for keeping with you at all times in the field, it’s a great defacto hype man!

[Kate Johnson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing book! So useful