This package includes:

• Rock Climbing Anchors, 2nd Edition by Topher Donahue and Craig Luebben
• Hangdog Days: Conflict, Change, and the Race for 5.14 by Jeff Smoot

About Climbing Anchors:

For this new edition of Rock Climbing Anchors, climber and writer Topher Donahue carefully reviewed each technique and lesson, making them even easier to understand and learn. Key updates include: Improved content hierarchy, reading efficiency, and technique emphasis. Highlights include: Technological advances and changes in gear and standards Graphic illustrations of forces, movement, "right" vs. "wrong" technique, and more.

About Hangdog Days:

Hangdog Days vividly chronicles the era when rock climbing exploded in popularity, attracting a new generation of talented climbers eager to reach new heights via harder routes and faster ascents. Jeff Smoot was one of those brash young climbers, and here he traces the development of traditional climbing ?rules,? enforced first through peer pressure, then later through intimidation and sabotage. In the late ?70s, several climbers began introducing new tactics including ?hangdogging,? hanging on gear to practice moves, that the old guard considered cheating. As more climbers broke ranks with traditional style, the new gymnastic approach pushed the limits of climbing from 5.12 to 5.13. When French climber Jean-Baptiste Tribout ascended To Bolt or Not to Be, 5.14a, at Smith Rock in 1986, he cracked a barrier many people had considered impenetrable.