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Bouldering Essentials: The Complete Guide To Bouldering
Bouldering Essentials is packed with clear, practical advice for anyone interested in bouldering whether a complete beginner looking to learn the basics, an indoor climber keen to start bouldering outdoors or an experienced boulderer who wants to explore more advanced topics such as dynamics, strategy, tactics and highballing.
Chapters include:
The Basics
Equipment
Staying Safe
Movement
Dynamics
Indoors
Starting Outdoors
Strategy
Training
Destinations
Illustrated with over 200 stunning colour photos from the best bouldering areas in the world, including Bishop, Castle Hill, Fontainebleau, Hueco Tanks and Rocklands, Bouldering Essentials provides the inspiration as well as the information you need to reach your full potential as a boulderer.
Chapters include:
The Basics
Equipment
Staying Safe
Movement
Dynamics
Indoors
Starting Outdoors
Strategy
Training
Destinations
Illustrated with over 200 stunning colour photos from the best bouldering areas in the world, including Bishop, Castle Hill, Fontainebleau, Hueco Tanks and Rocklands, Bouldering Essentials provides the inspiration as well as the information you need to reach your full potential as a boulderer.
192 pages, Paperback
First published October 15, 2013
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About the author
David Flanagan
9 books4 followersDavid Flanagan is a climber, writer and freelance journalist from Dublin, Ireland. He has recently published his fourth book 'Exploring Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way' which he co-wrote with Richard Creagh.
A long time climber he wrote his first book, a climbing guidebook called 'Bouldering in Ireland' in 2011, after finding himself with some time on his hands after been made redundant. 'Bouldering Essentials', a how-to guide for boulderers, followed in 2013 and then 'Rock Climbing in Ireland', a select guide to the best of Irish rock climbing, was published in late 2014.
His publishing business, Three Rock Books, is currently working on a few projects including a trail running and cycling guide.
A long time climber he wrote his first book, a climbing guidebook called 'Bouldering in Ireland' in 2011, after finding himself with some time on his hands after been made redundant. 'Bouldering Essentials', a how-to guide for boulderers, followed in 2013 and then 'Rock Climbing in Ireland', a select guide to the best of Irish rock climbing, was published in late 2014.
His publishing business, Three Rock Books, is currently working on a few projects including a trail running and cycling guide.
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December 23, 2017
The book Bouldering essentials were written by David Flanagan.It tries to give the reader the essentials on different aspects of bouldering such as equipment, safety, movement, climbing indoors and outdoors, strategy, training, and destinations, among others.
The different subjects of bouldering are treated in an almost blog post matter, with short passages and an easy to read style. The short style gives the reader a solid introduction, with lots of different tips to explore for themselves.
The book is also paraphrasing from its references and adding spices to the content, and leaves the reader with more interest for the reference source.
The pictures of the book are quite good, some are very good, but after a count between the division of gender, the count is fifteen or so with female climbers and over hundred with male climbers.
This seems quite outdated in a modern approach to climbing, where there is equality between the sexes, also in climbing. With such an uneven distribution, it gives an unjustified essential approach to climbing and bouldering.
An easy read, which gives you lots to investigate further, whether you are a novice or have lots of FA`s under your belt and is an expert on the matter.
The different subjects of bouldering are treated in an almost blog post matter, with short passages and an easy to read style. The short style gives the reader a solid introduction, with lots of different tips to explore for themselves.
The book is also paraphrasing from its references and adding spices to the content, and leaves the reader with more interest for the reference source.
The pictures of the book are quite good, some are very good, but after a count between the division of gender, the count is fifteen or so with female climbers and over hundred with male climbers.
This seems quite outdated in a modern approach to climbing, where there is equality between the sexes, also in climbing. With such an uneven distribution, it gives an unjustified essential approach to climbing and bouldering.
An easy read, which gives you lots to investigate further, whether you are a novice or have lots of FA`s under your belt and is an expert on the matter.
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