Washoe County Library System

On August 27, 2007, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an earlier district court ruling that sport climbing on a Washoe Indian sacred site in western Nevada must cease. Cave Rock, a towering monolith jutting over the shore of Lake Tahoe, has been sacred to the Washoe people for over five thousand years. Long abused by road builders and vandals, it earned new fame in the late twentieth century as a world-class sport rock-climbing site.

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A handbook for getting started with indoor climbing, covering techniques, tactics, gear, safety, the importance of one-on-one instruction, mental and physical conditioning, self-assessment, and more, with photographs, and discussions of progressively advanced techniques.

Presents an instructional guide to mastering the basic skills of rock climbing for beginning and intermediate climbers, with information on equipment, technique, exercise, and safety. Includes illustrations.

Lists equipment needed for rock climbing, demonstrates the basic moves, and shows how the experts do complicated tricks.

Why build a climbing wall? -- Building a climbing wall step-by-step -- Using your climbing wall -- Climbing wall examples -- Design ideas.

"In this powerful debut story collection, veteran travel writer and climber Daniel Arnold brings to life the men and women--complete with their scars and dark corners--whose lives are defined by the mountains they climb. Snowblind is a dose of old world adventure writing made modern for a new generation fascinated by t hte mystique of climbing"--Back cover.