Climbing: The Complete Reference

by Greg Child

Book Overview

Compiled by an expert in the field, & comple mented by more than 60 illustrations & photos, this is the u ltimate guide for everyone from the amateur climber & genera l reader who want to familiarize... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816026920
• ISBN13: 9780816026920
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Facts on File
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.8" x 11.2"

Customer Reviews

Informative and often funny

Greg Child is one of the very best writers in mountaineering and this excellent reference book is up to his high standards and often displays Child's sly sense of humor. Child has choses his contributers well. It is very informative and I believe that both experienced climbers and armchair mountaineers will benefit from it as he nicely defines many of the terms that are bandied about in other mountaineering adventures and expedition books. Child also discusses the issues and controvercies in mountaineering and includes excellent summeries of many of the main events in mountaineering history.