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Author
Series
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
xi, 176 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this comprehensive manual, veteran rock climber and climbing author Eric Horst presents a complete course in climbing equipment and safety gear, basic climbing skills and drills, more advanced technique, lead climbing, mental training and fear management, and physical conditioning. All of these skills and techniques are intended to take the beginning climber through the first few years of indoor climbing in preparation for outdoor climbing.
Author
Series
Publisher
Teacher Created Materials
Pub. Date
[2013]
Lexile measure
750L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (48 pages) : color illustrations, color map.
Language
English
Description
Using their hands, feet, and determination, rock climbers defy gravity and conquer amazing challenges! Readers will learn about the important aspects a rock climber must go through to prepare for a climb--from choosing the right climbing equipment to mapping out a training schedule. This nonfiction title uses detailed images and informational text in conjunction with math skills and upper-level features such as chapter format, a glossary of terms,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Teacher Created Materials
Pub. Date
[2015]
Lexile measure
740L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (48 pages) : color illustrations, color map.
Language
Español
Description
Using their hands, feet, and determination, rock climbers defy gravity and conquer amazing challenges! Readers will learn about the important aspects a rock climber must go through to prepare for a climb--from choosing the right climbing equipment to mapping out a training schedule. This book uses detailed images and informational text in conjunction with math skills and upper-level features such as chapter format, a glossary of terms, and an index...
Author
Publisher
Cherry Lake Pub
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (32 pages) : color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
Rock climbing can be the fun and exhilarating, and the best part is that it is an activity that also helps you stay healthy and fit. Students will learn more about how they can start climbing, the importance of good equipment, and the health benefits of rock climbing.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Washington Post writer Liza Mundy paints a revealing and intimate portrait of the most dynamic couple in politics today: Michelle, the highly organized, sometimes intimidating, list-making pragmatist; and Barack, the introspective political charmer who shoots for the stars. Michelle's story carries all the achievements and lingering pain of the post-civil rights era. She grew up on the south side of Chicago, in a neighborhood rocked by white flight....
Author
Series
Publisher
Mountaineers Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
Second edition.
Physical Desc
348 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Thousands of rock climbers have learned the sport using Craig Luebben's bestselling text, Rock Climbing: Mastering Basic Skills. Now, in this new and updated edition, fellow climber Topher Donahue continues to teach what recreational climbers need to know. From the nuts and bolts (and cams, ropes, harnesses, and knots) to the mental side of the sport, and from how to do a particular move to when and why to use it, Donahue and Luebben's comprehensive...
Author
Series
Bishop/Special Crimes Unit novel volume 6
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Madness has taken ahold of Prosperity, North Carolina. Residents are killing one another, as if in a dream, and waking up with no memory of the monstrous acts they've committed--or why. As the death toll climbs, the local sheriff's department is further rocked by a murder carried out by one of their own. Deputy Katie Cole knows that whatever monster is afoot is beyond her scope... The Special Crimes Unit is called in for their specific brand of investigation....
Author
Publisher
Little A
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
295 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Beth Rodden is twenty years old and already an elite rock climber when a climbing excursion in Kyrgyzstan escalates into a nightmare. Beth, her boyfriend, and two other climbers are kidnapped by militant rebels. After six harrowing days of hiding, marching, and dodging gunfire, they miraculously escape captivity. But fear follows Beth home, and pushing past it becomes a fixation. She and her boyfriend, Tommy, train obsessively, achieving rock-climbing...
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
liii, 617 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"This landmark anthology brings together for the first time more than three hundred poems by over seventy African American poets, including Gwendolyn Brooks, Robert Hayden, Ai, Toi Derricotte, Rita Dove, Elizabeth Alexander, Natasha Tretheway, Major Jackson, and Kevin Young. Angles of Ascent looks to the immediate past of contemporary African American poetry, including the influence of Modernism in the 1950's and the Black Arts Movement of the 1960's,...
Author
Publisher
Falcon
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
249 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Few experiences rival a grand outdoor adventure. Hiking into the wilderness, camping under the stars, and exploring the backcountry offer new challenges that awaken a woman's spirit and test her soul. Adventurer and guidebook author Susan Joy Paul provides real instruction for women of all ages and skill levels, from beginners to intermediate hikers and experienced mountaineers. She shares details gleaned from two decades of training and real-world...
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