Canyoneering: A Guide to Techniques for Wet and Dry Canyons (How to Climb Series) - Softcover

Black, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0762745193 ISBN 13: 9780762745197

Publisher: Falcon Pr Pub Co, 2008

Synopsis

In David Black’s Canyoneering: A Guide to Techniques for Wet and Dry Canyons, readers will learn the hazards and risks of canyoneering, the skills required to gain mastery of canyoneering style and technique, and simple, effective ways to negotiate hazardous terrain. This contemporary, thorough, and to-the-point guide will provide easily understood descriptions of skills used by leading-edge canyoneers and promote simple techniques for solving complex problems. The purpose of this book is to equip canyoneers at all levels with the technical skills they need to enjoy a clean canyoneering experience and avoid dangerous mistakes. This full-color book is the only guide endorsed by the American Canyoneering Association.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Most canyoneers enter the sport with little if any training or experience in the methods needed for safe, enjoyable excursions down America’s technical canyons. This book equips all levels of canyoneers with the technical skills needed to enjoy a clean canyoneering experience and to avoid dangerous mistakes.
In Canyoneering, ACA-certified canyoneering instructor David Black covers all the basics, introducing readers to the hazards and risks of the sport, the highly-specialized gear, belaying, anchors and anchor systems, and ascending and rappelling. More advanced information addresses pothole escapes, methods for navigating wet canyons, and canyon rescue all the skills required to gain mastery of canyoneering style and technique. Also inside:
 An explanation of technical canyon ratings
 The right way to apply climbing, caving, and whitewater skills to technical   canyoneering
 Simple, effective ways to negotiate hazardous terrain
 Twelve classic canyons in North America and their ratings
 ACA-certified instructors, guides, and guide services

About the Author:

David Black is the author of Falcon's Ice Climbing Utah and has published climbing and canyoneering articles in a number of magazines. He's been climbing, canyoneering, and guiding internationally since the mid 1960's. He's an ACA-certified canyoneering guide, and is currently guiding for Maui Canyon Adventures in Kahului, Hawaii. He resides in Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii.

About this edition

• Publisher: Falcon Pr Pub Co
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0762745193
• ISBN 13: 9780762745197
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 163