Rock Climbing: The AMGA Single Pitch Manual

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Rowman & Littlefield, May 20, 2014 - Sports & Recreation - 272 pages
Rock Climbing: The AMGA Single Pitch Manual is intended to serve as a textbook for past and furture participants of the AMGA SPI program. The book more specifically address the needs of the professional cilmbing instructor and advanced recreational climbers. It presents the most current, internationally recognized standards for technical climbing systems used in single pitch rock terrain. Included are chapters on effective teaching in the outdoor environment, risk management, professionalism, environmental awareness, and rescue
 

Contents

Programming
7
Stewardship
14
Lesson Planning
20
Teaching Climbing Movement
26
Cords and Cordelettes
50
The Instructors Pack
61
Double Loop Knots
72
Knots for Webbing
78
Vectors
162
TheJoshua Tree System
168
Risk
182
BaseManaged Sites
190
Belaying in a BaseManaged Site
196
Lowering from a TopManaged Site
204
Rappelling
208
Managing the Risks
216

Stopper Knot
101
Protection and Anchoring
102
Natural Anchors
108
Active Protection
123
Fixed Anchors
135
Anchor Systems
144
Assistance from the
227
Leading
234
Leave No Trace Ethics
240
Appendix
247
About the Authors
257
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Rock Climbing: The AMGA Single Pitch Manual
Bob Gaines,Jason D. Martin
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About the author (2014)

Bob Gaines has been a professional rock climbing guide since 1983 and is the owner of Vertical Adventures Rock Climbing School, voted the #1 rock climbing school in America by Outside magazine.Bob has worked extensively in the film business as a climbing stunt coordinator. He was Sylvester Stallone’s climbing instructor for the movie Cliffhanger. Bob also doubled for William Shatner in the movie Star Trek V, as Captain Kirk free-soloing on El Capitan in Yosemite.Jason D. Martin is a professional mountain guide and writer. Jason is the operation manager and a senior guide at the American Alpine Institute. He has guided in Red Rock Canyon, Joshua Tree National Park, the Cascades, the Sierra, the Alaska Range, in Canada's Coast Range and in the Andes of Ecuador, Bolivia and Peru. Jason is an AMGA Certified Rock Guide and an AMGA Single Pitch Instructor program provider. In addition to working as a guide, Jason is a playwright, film critic and outdoor adventure writer. His plays have been produced throughout the United States and Europe, and his writing has been seen in several magazines and newspapers.  He co-authored Washington Ice: A Climbing Guide and authored Fun Climbs Red Rocks: Topropes and Moderates. He lives in Bellingham, Washington.


Bibliographic information

TitleRock Climbing: The AMGA Single Pitch Manual
How To Climb Series
AuthorsBob Gaines, Jason D. Martin
PublisherRowman & Littlefield, 2014
ISBN1493009621, 9781493009626
Length272 pages
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