Rock Climbing: Essential Skills & Techniques [ISBN: 978 0 9541511 1 9]

This book is the official handbook of the Mountaineering Instructor and Single Pitch Award schemes and is a reference tool for every climber as well as containing specific ideas for anyone wanting to help coach and instruct others.

The book has a functional design with easy-reference, colour-coded pages, striking illustrations that complement the text and inspiring photos are this  book an indispensable guide to the skills required for rock climbing.  It is the second of a series of manuals and has been written by Libby Pater, an International Mountain Guide and Mountaineering Instructor.

• All aspects of Single and Multi-pitch Climbing
• Bouldering and Movement Skills (indoors and out)
• Mountain Scrambling and Relating Activities
• Descending from Climbs and Solving Problems
• The Climbing Environment, its History and Development.