Rock & Ice Gear: Equipment for the Vertical World

by Clyde Soles

In this long-out-of-print counterculture classic, Dr. John C. Lilly takes readers behind the scenes into the inner life of a scientist exploring inner space, or "far-out spaces," as Lilly called them. The book explains how he derived his theory of the operations of the human mind and brain from his personal experiences and experiments in solitude, isolation, and confinement; LSD; and other methods of mystical experience. It also includes glimpses...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0898866952
• ISBN13: 9780898866957
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Mountaineers Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.3" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

every climber needs this book

This book explains the use and selection of all kinds of climbing and general outdoor gear. If you read this you can become better educatedd on what gear you really need and how to use it properly (safely).Includes one particular gem: Do NOT get eye surgery if you plan on real mountaineering. You can have severe vision problems at altitude. This led to Beck Wethers terrible Everest injuries.

Top gear information

This book will become THE WORD on technical climbing gear. It is a collection of the best infromation available to date. I would recommend this book to any climber from beginner to expert.

a "must have" book for any climber

This book is an incredible resource for climbing gear. It's well laid out, easy to read, and full of useful information. If you're serious about your gear then you should own this book. It's the most read book in my "climbing" library.

Rock & Ice Gear: Equipment for the Vertical World

Excellent content and very well written. An everything you ever wanted to know and a whole lot more, but perhaps didn't even know to ask--book for climbers of all abilities. The information in this book goes way beyond basic information, it gives fascinating details that will guide your life and death gear decisions. I am not reading this book, I'm studying it! Buy this book if you are a climber or love someone who does.