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Cordee Books Alpine Climbing Techniques: A great guide for those looking to improve all elements of their climbing. Illustrated with more than 150 photographs, Alpine Climbing will teach you how to move quickly and efficiently over rock, snow, ice and glaciers. The book also describes understanding the alpine environment, selecting the right gear, movement and protective skills and route planning and timing. Cordee have covered all bases with this guide.; £17.99

Cordee Books Rock Climbing Skills Instruction Book: Jam-packed full of essential skills and techniques for all levels of climber. The official handbook of the Mountaineering Instructor and Single Pitch Award schemes.; £16.99

Cicerone The Hillwalkers Guide to Mountaineering: A guide to the techniques, gear and skills that the ambitious hillwalker needs to tackle Britain’s classic mountaineering challenges competently. The Cicerone - Hillwalkers Guide to Mountaineering, covers the use of the rope to abseil, belay and protect ascents and descents, placement of protection, gear selection, navigation, survival, scrambling and first aid skills.; £14.00

Cordee Books Climbing Anchors: Climbing Anchors by Cordee Books is a comprehensive guide to placing gear for anchors and spotting what is a good anchor. John Lond and Bob Gaines are the authors, and together they have constructed this book in such a way that it gives clear, concise information, along with over 100 photographs. Some of the points covered in this book are - natural anchors, passive chocks, mechanical chocks, fixed gear, knowts, belay anchors, top-rope anchors, and abseil anchors.; £12.95

Cicerone Map and Compass Instruction Book: A practical guide to learning or improving your navigation with a map and a compass. This book is aimed at the beginner to the world of walking as well as those who have been using map and compasses for a while but would like to improve. Using plenty of diagrams, OS and Harvey Maps to illustate points in the text, this book takes you logically through the various stages necessary to learning map and compass skills thoroughly. The book includes a look at GPS systems and computer-based mapping programmes. It closes with suggestions for practicing your new found skills.; £12.00