9 Out of 10 Climbers Make the Same Mistakes: Navigation Through the Maze of Advice for the Self-coached Climber - Softcover

Dave MacLeod

Softcover

ISBN 10: 095642810X ISBN 13: 9780956428103

Publisher: Rare Breed Productions, 2009

Synopsis

9 out of 10 climbers make the same mistakes - navigation through the maze of advice for the self-coached climber 9 out of 10 climbers are stuck. They are stuck on the same things. Some of the things that hold climbers back from improving their climbing standard are the same as they were twenty years ago: motivation, managing time, and not being able to analyse and correct their own basic technical or tactical errors. But they are also stuck for a new set of reasons. Twenty years ago, the problem was that no one knew how to train for climbing. Information was scarce and couldn't travel fast among the participants. Today, it's the opposite problem. Book after book lists techniques for climbing, exercises for climbing, tips for climbing. Navigating this barrage of information, filtering out the irrelevant and homing in on what matters to your life, your climbing and your circumstances has been the limiting step for today's climber. This book is the first to present the science of improving at climbing in a way that will actually help you make confident decisions and stay focused on the things that will make the biggest difference. Dave Macleod has crystallised 16 years experience as a world class climber, sport scientist and renowned coach into an accessible and thought provoking guide to improving at rock climbing.

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About the Author

Dave MacLeod is a climber based in the west highlands of Scotland. He is well known for his personal climbing achievements. He has climbed trad routes that have broken a new level of world class difficulty with Rhapsody E11 and Echo Wall. He has also climbed V13 in bouldering, 9a in sport climbing and XI in Scottish mixed climbing. His blog is one of the most popular climbers' blogs in the world and he has written extensively on training and improvement in climbing on his site and various other publications. His other main working activities are running a shop via his website, coaching climbers, and giving lectures. Dave and his wife Claire run Rare Breed Productions, making films, books and other creative things. Dave has a BSc in Physiology & sports science and an MSc in Medicine & science in sport & exercise.

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9 out of 10 climbers make the same mistakes

Climbing harder is not really about finding something you don't have. It's more about getting what you already have to work for you.

Everyone has potential to exceed their current level in climbing, often much more than they dream of actually managing.

Everyone has time to achieve improvement in climbing.

Everyone has the resources to improve at climbing, or the power to improve the resources enough to improve their climbing.

The reason it's like this is because first: it doesn't take much to see an improvement in climbing, once you make the correct choices and adopt the attitudes of those who improve. Second: what holds climbers back from making improvements is not limited resources, but mistakes in how to use and manage their resources of climbing facilities, time for climbing and energy for climbing. The interesting bit is, almost all climbers are making the same mistakes.

In this book I'm going to try to expose as many mistakes as I can and steer you back onto the path of improvement.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rare Breed Productions
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 095642810X
• ISBN 13: 9780956428103
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176
• Editor: Claire MacLeod