Rucksack Guide - Rock Climbing is your essential handbook when climbing. It offers concise guidance and support for any situation you might find yourself in, including: - Technical skills: tips and reminders on the key climbing techniques - Rope work: what knots to use in certain situations and how to tie them - Types: aid climbing, free climbing, big walling and ice climbing - Safety: essential procedures to ensure the safety of yourself, your party and others on the rock face - Emergencies: guidance on what to do in extreme situations The book is colour-coded for easy reference and all information is presented in lists and tables, making it simple to understand in testing conditions. The Rucksack Guide series is taken from Mountaineering: The essential skills for mountain walkers and climbers, the definitive handbook for hill walkers, climbers and mountaineers.