Multipitch book recommnedation

Any good Multi pitch climbing guide book recommendations?

Would like to add some reading material.

Thanks.

Rock Climbing: Mastering Basic Skills served me well when I was learning to climb.

Not a book but this has a lot of useful information
multipitchclimbing.com/

Mountaineering: the freedom of the hills

Is a really good book that cover a little of everything envoled in climbing.

This book is very specifically NOT intended for beginners. It says so in the introduction. That said, I read it as a beginner and before my first multi pitch outing, and felt like I learned a ton.

amazon.com/High-Advanced-Mu…

mountainproject.com/ is my recommendation. Anything you can find in any book can be found on here (or elsewhere on the Internet) for free.

Check out the school section of the website. mountainproject.com/school-…

DaveBaker wrote:This book is very specifically NOT intended for beginners. It says so in the introduction. That said, I read it as a beginner and before my first multi pitch outing, and felt like I learned a ton. amazon.com/High-Advanced-Mu…

And it is only $9.

:)

its NOT a book about basic multi skills ... which you should learn from a real person, and can read up online at the various accredited sites and videos (NOT intrawebz forums, and not some fools you tube channel)

it IS a book that will go through the "soft skills" of efficiency, judgement and risk ... however you still need to learn those from a real person as well

ultimately the best way to do multi is just to bribe someone experienced in such ... and then do as many short easy multis as possible

most trad pitches can be made into multi ...

and dont do that lead up and get lowered down shiet when cragging ... setup a belay from the top and belay the second up, like they used to do in days yonder when dinos roamed the earth

practice it as if you were climbing out

;)

sean.haynes wrote:Not a book but this has a lot of useful information multipitchclimbing.com/

I was going to suggest the exact same site, and he does sell it in e-book form, too, if you prefer.

DaveBaker wrote:This book is very specifically NOT intended for beginners. It says so in the introduction. That said, I read it as a beginner and before my first multi pitch outing, and felt like I learned a ton. amazon.com/High-Advanced-Mu…

This is the e-book form of the multipitchclimbing.com/ website noted earlier.

I always thought this book was pretty good from a comprehensive standpoint.

amazon.com/Traditional-Lead…

DaveBaker wrote:This book is very specifically NOT intended for beginners. It says so in the introduction. That said, I read it as a beginner and before my first multi pitch outing, and felt like I learned a ton. amazon.com/High-Advanced-Mu…

I'll second, this is a great book

Newb,

I've done a decent amount of multi-pitch climbing/leading. I learned hands on from a Marine Corps Assault Climber Instructor. He recommended "Mountaineering Freedom of the Hills" and I've read it 3 times so far.

It covers everything from training, to food prep, hiking, climbing, Alpine, and various other techniques. It's extremely well written and is constantly undergoing the latest updates. Version 9 is currently the latest.

barnesandnoble.com/w/mounta…

-Hutch

I just got Freedom of the hills in the mail earlier this week. So far looks like a good resource.

Nice, enjoy the journey up.

+1 For FOTH. Its my Bible.

freedom of the hills-

Joe Campbell wrote:+1 For FOTH. Its my Bible.

+++111 It has been THE bible for decades.