Ebook Description :

In training for the new alpinism steve house world class climber and patagonia ambassador and scott johnston coach of us national champions and world cup nordic skiers translate training theory into practice to allow you to coach yourself to any mountaineering goal applying training practices from other endurance sports house and johnston demonstrate that following a carefully . Overview training for the new alpinism translates theory into application to allow you to coach yourself to any mountaineering goal steve house one of the best and his trainer scott johnston present training plans for weekend warriors as well as the worlds best mountaineers filled with photos graphs illustrations and anecdotes. Training for the new alpinism is on one hand something so obvious its staggering its not been done before taking the well trodden principles of training by overload periodisation etc from running and cycling training and applying them to alpine climbing. In training for the new alpinism steve house world class climber and patagonia ambassador and scott johnston coach of us national champions and world cup nordic skiers translate training theory into practice to allow you to coach yourself to any mountaineering goal applying training practice. Training for the new alpinism provides a wealth of knowledge and inspiration for both well trained alpinists and those just entering the realm of structured goal directed exercise the text unabashedly advocates a plan for becoming a better climber in the lofty realms of snow rock and ice guarded by tempestuous and hostile environs