Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills is a climbing and mountaineering instruction book, here in the 9th edition paperback. It was written by a team of more than 40 expert climbers and climbing instructors.

What it's for

This is a textbook for learning to climb and travel in the mountains. It starts with the basics and moves through to advanced skills, with hundreds of technical illustrations.

Features

• Basics covered: equipment, knots, rappelling techniques, and leave no trace principles
• Advanced skills covered: setting up complex anchors, evaluating avalanche terrain, and developing leadership skills
• Revised sections: self rescue, aid climbing, and waterfall and ice climbing
• New chapter: physical conditioning
• Illustrations: hundreds of technical illustrations

Specs

• Edition: 9th, 2017
• Format: paperback
• Authors: a team of more than 40 expert climbers and climbing instructors
• ISBN: 9781680510041
• Paper: printed on 100% recycled paper