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Training for the New Alpinism

A Manual for the Climber as Athlete

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Training for the New Alpinism

By: Steve House, Scott Johnston, Mark Twight - foreword
Narrated by: Roger Wayne
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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 designed regimen is as effective for alpinism as it is for any other endurance sport and leads to better performance. They deliver detailed instruction on how to plan and execute training tailored to your individual circumstances.

Whether you work as a banker or a mountain guide, live in the city or the country, are an ice climber, a mountaineer heading to Denali, or a veteran of 8,000-meter peaks, your understanding of how to achieve your goals grows exponentially as you work with this audiobook. Chapters cover endurance and strength-training theory and methodology, application, and planning, nutrition, altitude, mental fitness, and assessing your goals and your strengths.

Chapters are augmented with inspiring essays by world-renowned climbers, including Ueli Steck, Mark Twight, Peter Habeler, Voytek Kurtyka, and Will Gadd.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

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Good book but the narration is generally poor with multiple errors in name, place name and terminology pronunciations with a few glaring examples. Quite off putting.

Good book but the narration is generally poor

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Found it really useful and informative book to learn more about training parameters. The technical aspects can make it hard listening at times but you aren’t here for classical literary narrative. Would recommend for anyone looking to train alpine climbing and hybrid athletes

Really useful training manual

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