1000+ Tips for Climbers
"1001 Climbing Tips by Andy Kirkpatrick is a bold, irreverent, and highly practical guide that's widely regarded as one of the most useful (and entertaining) climbing manuals ever written."
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ISBN-10: 1910240532
Publication date:30 April 2013
Publisher: Vertibrate
Print length: 192 pages
Style: Softback (colour)
Buy on Amazon“I bought this from my local climbing wall after being very impressed when I thumbed through it. This isn’t your usual instructional book, which I usually find quite dry and difficult to read. It’s full of bite-sized tips that actually sink in. I’m currently training for an alpine trip in the short term with a big wall on the horizon, and while this isn’t a full-blown training manual like training for the new albinism, it’s full of the tips that would take many years of getting it wrong to learn”
Published in 2016 (and winner of Best Guidebook at the 2016 Banff Mountain Book Festival), the book distills over three decades of the author's obsessive climbing experience into exactly 1001 concise, real-world tips.
Far from a dry textbook, it's packed with humor, wit, and no-nonsense advice that covers everything from beginner basics to advanced big-wall, ice, mixed, alpine, and mountaineering techniques.
The tips are grouped into eight main categories, including:
- Basics & safety
- Rock climbing
- Big walls
- Ice & mixed climbing
- Mountain skills
- Training & fitness
- Diet & survival
- Gear, photography, and miscellaneous "stuff"
What sets it apart is the focus on those small, often overlooked details—the marginal gains, quirky hacks, and hard-won lessons that can make or break a climb, prevent injury, or save time on the crag or in the mountains.
Kirkpatrick's writing is direct, funny, and unpretentious, making even technical topics feel approachable and engaging.
It's not just for elite alpinists—anyone who climbs, from weekend craggers to expedition veterans, will find tips that improve their game.
If you're looking for a climbing book that's as entertaining as it is educational, 1001 Climbing Tips is a modern classic.
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