Freedom of the Hills

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Since the publication of the first edition in 1960, Freedom, as the book is known, has endured as a classic mountaineering text. From choosing equipment to tying a climbing knot, and from basic rappelling techniques to planning an expedition, it is all here in this essential mountaineering reference. A team of more than forty experts, all active climbers and climbing educators, reviewed, revised, and updated this compendium to reflect the latest evolutions in mountaineering equipment and techniques.

Freedom of the Hills

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    Freedom of the Hills Features

  • Authors: contributors from The Mountaineers
  • Softcover; 592 pages
  • The Mountaineers Books; copyright 2010
  • This fully updated 8th edition maintains the same high standard for complete, authoritative instruction in an easy-to-use format
  • Each chapter from the previous edition has been revised, rewritten, and, where necessary, expanded
  • Major updates include a new chapter on conditioning, detailed and extensive revisions to rescue and first response, aid climbing, waterfall climbing and ice climbing
  • Novice climbers use it as a primer; veterans use it to review their skills

    Freedom of the Hills Specifications

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    Climbing Reference


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