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Complete Guide to Trad Climbing

VDiff Trad Climbing Basics book

Available formats:

E-book (pay what you want)
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Kindle

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vdiff trad climbing book

Why climbers choose this guide:

  • Safe and approved syllabus
  • Easy to reference at the crag
  • For climbers transitioning to trad

Learn how to:

  • Place cams, nuts and other trad climbing gear
  • Build trad anchors
  • Use different belay methods (including guide mode)
  • Equalize and extend gear effectively
  • Understand forces on climbing gear
  • Rappel safely (including using a prusik knot)
  • Climb with half ropes
  • Test rock quality
  • Prepare for your first trad lead
  • Plus much more.