Mixed Climbing - Paperback

by Sean Isaac (Author), Andrew Querner (Photographer)

Mixed climbing and especially leashless ice and rock climbing has gained much popularity recently. This surge of interest has lead to the development of new equipment, terminology, and techniques that has not yet been recorded in book form. Mixed Climbing is the first book to provide the world climbing community with cutting-edge information and technical tips about simultaneously climbing both rock and ice.

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Combining the skills of ice climbing and rock climbing, mixed climbing-or M-climbing-allows for travel over all types of terrain, under any condition. Though mixed climbing has always been an essential part of mountaineering, the focus of this challenging sport has shifted from the means of achieving a summit to what is essentially the wintertime equivalent of sport climbing-with bolted, often overhanging, ice and rock routes being climbed using leashless tools, employing acrobatic and athletic moves. Mixed climber, alpinist, and author Sean Isaac is at the forefront of this new movement. He has established more than sixty new ice and mixed routes and pioneered alpine mixed routes to summits around the world. Mixed Climbing is the complete manual for learning the newest techniques in the most rapidly evolving type of climbing today. Everything you need to know is here, from recommendations on equipment to complete instruction in all the disciplines of mixed climbing, including advanced ice technique, drytooling, moving over mixed rock and ice, and advanced mixed climbing techniques. Also included are training exercises to get you into condition for the specific rigors of this specialized sport.

Author Biography

Sean Isaac is one of the world's preminent mixed climbers, spending his days climbing both rock and ice in the steep Canadian Rockies. He is the author of the book Mixed Climbs in the Canadian Rockies, published by Rocky Mountain Books, and has had numerous "How-to" articles published in a variety of magazines on mixed climbing. These have appeared in Climbing, Rock and Ice, and Gripped. In addition, he has starred in two videos about mixed climbing, Beyond Gravity and Unleashed.