Down Core: Rappel Fundamentals

by Andy Kirkpatrick

‘Down Core’ is the stripped-down edition of the best selling rappelling bible ‘ the descent Manual’. The aim of this smaller Kindle edition (16,000 words versus 85,000) is designed to have no-brainer affordability so as to get vital information into the hands (and phones and tablets) of climbers and mountaineers.

124 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 15, 2020

About the author

Andrew Kirkpatrick is a British mountaineer, author, motivational speaker and monologist. He is best known as a big wall climber, having scaled Yosemite's El Capitan 30+ times, including five solo ascents, and two one day ascents, as well as climbing in Patagonia, Alaska, Antarctica and the Alps. He has also crossed Greenland by ski. In 2014 he guided Alex Jones up Moonlight Buttress, Zion National Park, raising £1.9 million for Sport Relief.

Kirkpatrick has worked in film and TV as a safety advisor and stunt rigger, including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, as well as in programs for CBBC, ITN, BBC and BBC Scotland.

Reviews

[Amie Freetly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Required reading for multi pitch climbing

Definitely getting the full book in print, this is a solid collection of rappel basics that's worth chatting about with your climbing partners before you do anything more than single pitch cragging

[Juan Gallostra · Rating 5 out of 5]

A part from providing solid knowledge and being instructional, reading Andy’s books is always refreshing, even if it is a manual.