American Alpine Club
1-303-384-0111
http://www.americanaplineclub.org
Climbing Magazine
http://www.climbing.com
GORP--Adventure
Travel
http://www.gorp.com
Select "activities"
The Mountaineers
1-800-284-4977
http://www.mountaineers.org
Rock Climbing and Equipment Techniques
http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~sedwards/climbing/index.html
Rock 'N Road--Rock Climbing Areas of
North America
http://www.rocknroad.com
Virtualinks Rock Climbing Information
Site
http://www.virtualinks.com/index.htm
Yahoo's Climbing Directory
http://www.yahoo.com
(select Recreation followed by Outdoors,
then Climbing)
***Highly Recommended
All About Mountains and Mountaineering,
by Anne T. White (Random House, 1962)
All Action Climbing, Steve
Ashton (Lerner, 1993)
Alpine Climbing, John Barry
(Cloudcap Press, 1988)
Basic Essentials of Climbing Ice,
by John McMullen (ICS Books, Inc., 1992)
Basic Essentials of Mountaineering,
by John Moynier (ICS Books, Inc., 1991)
Basic Essentials
of Rock Climbing, by Mike Strassman (ICS Books, Inc.,
1989)
Basic Mountaineering, edited
by Henry Mandolf (Sierra Club, 1956)
Basic Rock Climbing, by R.C.
Aleth (Scribner, 1975)
Basic Rockcraft, by Royal
Robbins (La Siesta, 1971)
Big Walls--How to Rock Climb,
by John Long and John Middendorf (Chockstone Press, 1994)
Bouldering and Outcrop Climbing,
by Tom Lyman (Greene, 1978)
Climber's Bible, by Robin
Shaw (Doubleday, 1983)
Climber's Handbook--Rock, Ice, Alpine,
Expeditions, by Ron Fawcett, Jeff Lowe, Paul Nunn,
and Alan Rouse (Sierra Club, 1987)
Climber's Sourcebook,
by Anne Schneider and Steve Schneider (Doubleday, 1976)
Climbing (Boy Scouts of America,
1999)
Climbing--A Guide to Mountaineering,
by Raymond Bridge (Scribner, 1977)
Climbing Anchors--How to Rock Climb,
by John Long (Chockstone Press, 1992)
Climbing Ice, by Yvon Chouinard
(Sierra Club Books, 1978)
Climbing Rock and Ice--Learning the
Vertical Dance, Jerry Cinnamon (Ragged Mountain Press,
1994)
Complete Beginner's Guide to Mountain
Climbing, by Howard E. Smith (Doubleday, 1977)
Complete Cross-Country Skiing, Mountaineering,
and Backpacking Guide, by Eastern Mountain Sports
(Tobey Pub., Co., 1973)
Field Book of Mountaineering and
Rock Climbing, by Tom Lyman and Bill Riviere
(Winchester Press, 1978)
Fundamentals of Rock Climbing,
by Advanced Rock Climbing Committee (MIT Outing Club, 1968)
Glaciers, by Michael Hambrey
and Jurg Alean (Cambridge University Press, 1992)
Glaciers of North America,
by Sue Ferguson (Fulcrum Publishing, 1992)
Glacier Travel and Crevasse Rescue,
by Andy Selters (The Mountaineers, 1990)
Handbook of American Mountaineering,
by Kenneth Henderson (Houghton Mifflin, 1942)
Handbook of Climbing, by
Allen Fyffe and Iain Peter (Pelham books, 1990)
High Mountain Challenge--A Guide
for Young Mountaineers, by Linda B. Allen (AMC Books,
1989)
Hiking and Climbing, Jeremy
Evans (Crestwood House, 1992)
Hiking, Camping, and Mountaineering,
by Roland C. Geist (Harper and Brothers)
How to Rock Climb, 3rd edition,
by John Long (Chockstone Press, 1998)
Ice Experience, by Jeff Lowe
(Contemporary Books, 1979)
Ice--Tools and Techniques,
by Duane Raleigh (1995)
Ice World--Techniques and Experiences
of Modern of Ice Climbing, by Jeff Lowe (The Mountaineers,
1996)
Learning to Rock Climb, by
Michael Loughman (Sierra Club Books, 1981)
Manual of Ski Mountaineering,
by David Brower (Sierra Club)
Military Mountaineering (TC
90-6-1), by U.S. Department of the Army (U.S. Government Printing
Office, 1976)
Manual of Ski Mountaineering,
by the National Ski Patrol Association (Universtiy of California)
Modern Alpine Climbing, Equipment,
and Techniques, by Pit Schubert (Cicerone Press, 1991)
Modern Rock Climbing--Beyond the
Basics, by Todd Skinner and John McMullen (ICS Books,
Inc., 1993)
Modern Rope Techniques for Mountaineering,
by Bill March (Cicerone Press, 1976)
Modern Snow and Ice Techniques,
by Bill March (Cicerone Press, 1984)
More Climbing Anchors--How to Rock
Climb, by John Long and Bob Gaines (Chockstone Press,
1996)
Mountain Camping,
by Michael Riley (Contemporary, 1979)
Mountain Climbing, by Jim
Hargrove and S. A. Johnson (Lerner, 1983)
Mountain Rescue Techniques,
by Wastl Mariner (Mountaineers, 1968)
Mountain Search and Rescue Techniques,
by W. G. May (Rocky Mountain Rescue Group, 1973)
Mountaineering, by Alan Blackshaw
(Penguin)
Mountaineering Handbook,
by Curtis Casewit and Dick Pownall (Lippincott, 1968)
*** Mountaineering--The
Freedom of the Hills, edited by Don Graydon and Kurt
Hanson (Mountianeers Books, 1997). This text is considered
by many to be the "climber's bible."
National Outdoor Leadership's School's
Official Wilderness Guide, by Peter Simon and John
Sullivan (Simon and Schuster, 1983)
New Wilderness Handbook,
by Paul Petzoldt (Norton, 1984)
NOLS Wilderness Mountaineering,
by Phil Powers (Stackpole Books, 1993)
NSPS Ski Mountaineering Manual
(National Ski Patrol System, Inc., 1982)
Performance Rock Climbing,
by D. Goodard and U. Neumann (Stackpole Books, 1993)
Rock Climb, 2nd edition,
by John Long (Chockstone Press, 1992)
Rock Climbing, by
Diana Gleasner (David McKay, 1981)
Rock Climbing, by Phil Watts
(Human Kinetics Publishers, Inc.)
Rock Climbing is for Me,
Tom Hyden and Tim Anderson (Lerner, 1984)
Rock Gear--Everybody's Guide to Rock
Climbing Equipment, by Layne Gerrard (Ten Speed Press,
1990)
Self Rescue--How to Rock Climb,
by Jeff Fasulo (Chockstone Press, 1996)
Ski Mountaineering, by Peter
Cliff (Seattle Press, 1987)
Snow and Ice Climbing, by
John Barry (Cloudcap Press, 1987)
Sport and Face Climbing--How to Rock
Climb, by John Long (Chockstone Press, 1991)
Wilderness Search and Rescue,
by Tim Setnica (Appalachian Mountain Club, 1980)
Winter Mountaineering (Colorado
Mountain Club, 1963)
Adventure Caving--A Practical Guide
for Advanced and Beginning Cavers, by David R. McClurg
(D&J Press, 1998)
Amateur's Guide to Caves and Caving,
by David McClurg (Stackpole, 1973)
American
Caves and Caving--Techniques, Pleasures, and Safeguards of
Modern Cave Exploration (Harper & Row, 1976)
Basic Cave Diving--A Blueprint for
Survival, by Sheck Exley (National Speleological Society
Cave Diving Section, 1980)
Cave Exploring, by Jennifer
Anderson (Association Press, 1974)
Cave Research Personnel Manual,
edited by John P. Freeman (Cave Research Foundation, 1975)
Caves and Caving, by Don
Jacobson and Lee Stral (Harbor House Publishers, 1986)
Cavers, Caves, and Caving,
edited by Bruce Sloane (Rutgers University Press, 1977)
Caving (Boy Scouts of America,
1985)
Caving, by Steven Boga (Stackpole
Books, 1997)
Caving Basics, 3rd edition,
by Jerry Hassemer (National Speleological Society, 1982)
Caving Practice and Equipment,
edited by David Judson (Menasha Ridge Press, 1995)
**Caving--The Sierra Club Guide to
Spelunking, by Lane Larson and Peggy Larson (Sierra
Club Books, 1982)
Complete Book of Cave Exploration,
by Roy Pinney (Coward-McCann, 1962)
Complete Caving Manual, by
Andy Sparrow (Crowood Press, 1997)
Depths of the Earth--Caves and Cavers
of the United States (Harper and Row, 1976)
Exploring American Caves,
by Franklin Folsom (Collier Books, 1962)
Exploring Caves--A Guide to the Underground
Wilderness, by David R. McClurg (Stackpole Books,
1980)
Karst, by Joe Jennings (Australian
National University Press, 1971)
Manual of Caving Techniques,
edited by Cecil Cullingford (Routledge, 1969)
Prusiking, by Robert Thrun
(National Speleological Society, 1973)
Safe Cave Diving, by Tom
Mount (National Association for Cave Diving, 1973)
Science of Speleology, edited
by R.D. Ford and C. H. D. Cullingford (Academic Press, 1976)
Single Rope Techniques, by
Neil R. Montgomery (The Sydney Speleological Society, 1977)
Speleology--The Study of Caves,
by George W. Moore and G. Nicholas Sullivan (Zephyrus Press,
1978)
Book of Climbing Knots,
Peter Owen (Globe Pequot Press, 2000)
Climbing
Knots for Lefties and Righties, by Michael S. Noonan
(Globe Pequot Press, 1997) This is a very thorough and well-illustrated
book.
CMC Rope Rescue, edited
by James A. Frank (CMC Rescue, Inc., 1998) This oversized
text addresses rope rescue in a number of different wilderness
settings.
Confined Space and Structural
Rope Rescue, by Michael Roop, Thomas Vines, and Richard
Wright (Mosby Year Book, 1998) This oversized text addresses
how to conduct rope rescues in challenging situations, particularly
confined spaces.
Engineering Practical Rope
Rescue Systems, by Michael G. Brown (Delmar, 2000)
This oversized text covers all aspects of rope rescue.
How to Climb--Knots for Climbers,
by Craig Luebben (Falcon Publishing, Inc., 2000)
Knots and Ropes for Climbers,
by Duane Raleigh (Stackpole Books, 1998). An excellent guide
to 19 fundamental, climbing-oriented knots. Also includes
an excellent discussion of several unsafe knots as well as
ways knots can be improperly tied.
Knots for Climbers,
by Craig Luebben (Globe Pequot Press, 2001)
Knots for Mountaineering,
by Phil D. Smith (1959)
On Rope--North American Vertical
Rope Techniques, 2nd edition, by Bruce Smith and Allen
Padgett (National Speleological Society, 1996). This very-detailed,
oversize text covers the rope skills needed descending and
ascending vertically in wilderness situations such as caving,
rope rescue, climbing, river rescue, etc.
Ropes, Knots, and Slings for
Climbers, revised edition, by Walt Wheelock (La Siesta
Press, 1991)
Altrec.com
http://www.altrec.com/
Campmor
1-800-226-7667
http://www.campmor.com
Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC)
1-800-663-2667
http://www.mec.ca
Mountain Gear
1-800-829-2009
http://www.mgear.com
Mountain Tools
1-800-510-2514
http://www.mtntools.com
Recreational
Equipment, Inc., (REI)
1-800-426-4840
http://www.rei.com
http://rei-outlet.com/index.html
(bargain outlet)
Rescue Source
1-800-457-3728
http://www.rescuesource.com
Rock-n-Rescue
1-800-346-7673
http://www.rocknrescue.com
Search Gear
1-800-474-2612
http://www.searchgear.com
Urban H.A.R.T
http://www.uhartrescue.com/
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