Rock Climbing : Technique | Equipment | Safety - With an Introduction to Indoor Climbing

Content: Cover
 Contents
 About This Book
 1 Equipment and Safety Techniques
 1.1 Equipment Indoor Climbing
 1.2 Fixing the Climbing Harness
 1.3 Securing Your Partner
 1.3.1 The HMS Belay Device
 1.3.2 The Tuber Belay Device
 1.3.3 The Fixed Figure Eight Belay Device
 1.4 Partner 'Buddy' Check
 1.5 Roping Commands and Lowering
 1.6 Securing Using a Fixed Point or Counterweight
 2 Climbing Techniques
 2.1 Changing the Center of Gravity of the Body and Balance Control
 2.2 Footwork
 2.3 Using Handholds and Grips
 2.4 'Backstep' Technique
 2.5 'Frogging' Technique
 2.6 Chimneying and Jamming Techniques 2.7 Layback Technique2.8 Problems and Solutions
 2.9 Falling
 2.9.1 Fall Training Exercises
 3 Equipment and Safety Techniques Outdoor
 3.1 Material
 3.2 Tying Into the Climbing Harness
 3.3 Partner Safety
 3.3.1 Using HMS for Belaying in Lead Climbing
 3.3.2 Using a Tuber Belay Device in Lead Climbing
 3.4 What to Do in Falls
 4 Lead Climbing
 4.1 Clipping in to the Intermediate Protection
 4.2 Ropeline
 4.3 At the Anchor Point
 4.4 Repositioning, Threading the Rope, and Lowering
 5 Rappelling
 5.1 Preparation and Repositioning at Anchor Points
 5.2 Using the Prusik Knot when Rappelli 5.3 Rappelling and Removing the Intermediary Protection6 Belaying and Rappelling in a Team
 6.1 Setting Up a Belay Stand and Belaying
 6.2 At the Belay Stand
 6.3 Rappelling
 7 Falling Correctly
 7.1 Practicing Falling
 8 Bailing Out and Cleaning
 9 Multi-pitch Routes
 9.1 Tactics, Choice of Route, and Special Preparation
 9.2 Leading, Building Belay Stands, and Following
 9.3 Belaying the Lead Climber from the Belay Stand
 9.4 Changing Over at the Belay Station
 9.5 Rappelling and Climbing Down
 10 Climbing and Movement Techniques
 11 Risks, Causes, Emergencies
 11.1 Locking the Belay Device 12 Nature ConservationAppendices
 1 Epilogue
 2 Grading System (Climbing)
 3 Glossary
 4 Index
 5 Literature
 6 Credits