Indoor Climbing: Skills for Climbing Wall Users and Instructors Paperback – 13 Oct. 2009

This is a well written book with lots of diagrams but the focus is more on safety, equipment, and instructing others rather than actual climbing. As a beginner it will teach you how to tie the basic knots and give lots of useful background information about equipment and the walls. It will also give you some help on climbing technique but not nearly enough compared with the length of the book. Much of the book is aimed at instructors and a lot of that material is not of interest to beginners.It's a good book, but for beginners there may be better options. I'd have liked much more material on basic climbing skills and could have done without the more complex topics for instructors. Beginners and instructors are really different audiences and trying to address both with the same book is a problem.

This book is so close to a climbing course I did it's uncanny. What that says is that the course tutors must have read it to which goes to show how good this is. Light heartedness in places helps to keep you interested. No substitute for doing it for real but a great mind refresher.

An excellent book for those starting climbing or wanting to make the most of indoor walls. Written by a very well-known climber and linked to all the current award courses it is a must for the climber's bookshelf and at a reasonable price.

Purchased for my thirteen-year-old daughter, she finds it interesting and informative and regularly refers to it to aid her climbing.

Tells you all you need to know to get started in this great sport. More than that, it explains how to develop your skills and what you may want to do next! Well written and easy to read.

Awesome book. More group management than anything else. But very useful

Good basic book wirh clear illustrations and text.

Great!