1001 consigli per l'arrampicata

From ice, rock and big-wall climbing to diet, training and survival in the mountains. Imagine that an alien lands on our planet and sticks a probe into the brain of a climber - someone who has been climbing for more than thirty years - to transform its contents into a big book of climbing tips and advice. Well, that book is Andy Kirkpatrick's 1001 Climbing Tips. This is not the classic instruction manual, it is much more useful. It is a rich collection of all those small details that make the difference: at the crag, in the mountains or when planning your next expedition. It is a book for all those already accustomed to big walls, but also for those who only visit the mountains occasionally. This advice is grounded in thirty years of climbing obsession, as well as nineteen ascents of El Cap, numerous North Faces in the Alps, explorations of the polar ice caps, and many other impressive expeditions and climbs. Andy Kirkpatrick has a reputation for seeking out routes where the danger is real and what comes back to the climber is quite intangible. He has climbed some of the hardest walls and slopes in the Alps and beyond. He was born and raised in a working-class area of Hull, one of the flattest places in England, and suffered from a severe form of dyslexia which he was only diagnosed with at nineteen. Andy has been able to capitalize on this apparent adversity and has transformed himself into one of the most motivated and successful climbers in the world, as well as an award-winning writer.