CLIMBING: THE COMPLETE REFERENCE is the indispensible guide for people who dream of seeing the world from its pinnacles.

With over 1,000 alphabetical entries, CLIMBING explores the great peaks and mountain ranges of the world, including Mount Everest, the Andes, the Matterhorn, K2, Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Blanc, as well as the major rock-climbing cliffs.

- Provides biographical information on the individuals who made signifigant contributions to climbing, including Stacy Allison (the first American woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest) and Sir Edmund Hillary (the first man to do so).

- Distinguishes the different types of climbing, from aid climbing, bouldering and ice climbing to mountaineering, sport climbing and solo climbing.

- Defines the types of equipment unique to the sport, including pitons, parapentes, birdbeaks, bolts and skyhooks; explains the international rating system, and much more.

CLIMBING is further complimented by over 60 photographs and illustrations that help give readers a clearer understanding of the sport, its highlights and potential dangers. For general readers facinated by the image of the climber dangling from dizzying heights, amateurs looking to familiarize themselves with the sport and its history, and experts searching for a one-stop source of facts and information, CLIMBING is indeed THE complete reference.

- from the back cover.

Climbing: The Complete Reference
Greg Child
Facts On File, Inc.
New York
1995

First edition.
Hardcover.
Black boards with gold titles on spine.
264 pages.
No inscription.
Very good second-hand condition.
Binding tight.
Pages clean.
Security tag affixed to the back paste-down end-paper.
Dust jacket: slightly creased top and bottom edges, otherwise good condition.