A manual for the climber as athlete. By Steve House and Scott Johnston.
A training book, but an entertaining and appealing one. The book lays out a training methodology for building strength, skills, and engine for high-level alpine climbing - think Himalayas, Andes, Alaska, and the like.
This is a book you can consume in bite-sized chunks, or a serious training nerd may widh to read it cover-to-cover, and the implement the training program exactly as described. Another reader might simply flip through, look at the pictures and enjoy the stories from famous climbers recounting their adventures in alpinism.
464 pages, full color, softcover. Published by Patagonia (the clothing company). Book is large and heavy (3 lbs!)
