The Climbing Bible: Technical, physical and mental training for rock climbing: 1

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The thought patterns, ‘Now I’m pumped, this will never go’, and, ‘Now I’m pumped, so I’ll give it beans’, will in all likelihood produce two different results, even though the physical conditions are the same. Climbing with tennis balls under both arms to improve footwork, climbing blind, and climbing in pairs are among the ideas. It is illustrated with 400 technique and action photos, and features stories from top climbers as well as a foreword by climber and bestselling author Jo Nesbø.

I'll confess I do not have the authors original Climbing Bible book so was unsure what to expect from this but found it really useful.That stuff is useful for new climbers, but I’d argue that that material is much more important for people who have been climbing for a long time. The latest title in Vertebrate Publishing's Day Walks series, this pocket guide both celebrates these very special mountains, and invites you to explore them more deeply, says Dan Bailey. Tony and his wife, Di Taylor, have explored all over North Africa and the Middle East, surviving in many of these countries by living with the enigmatic Bedouin tribes. He has also climbed extensively outdoors and has first ascents of routes up to F8c and boulder problems up to Font 8b+.

The first section focuses on your technique, with emphasis on footwork, grip positions, balance, direction of force and dynamics, among other things. The Climbing Bible: Practical Exercises by Martin Mobråten and Stian Christophersen is a collection of exercises designed for developing technique and strength for climbing.For coaches and instructors, this repertoire of exercises will be particularly useful when working with individuals, and with groups of children. After speaking this parable, Jesus, with his disciples, left Jericho and went on the way over the mountains toward Jerusalem. The physical training includes plenty of exercises that can be done at home with minimal equipment – surprisingly useful this year!

Following their impressive book covering performance factors and climbing theory, “The Climbing Bible”, the Norwegian authors have produced a sequel, or rather an extension, which presents a series of illustrated practical exercises (the clue is in the title! This is possibly the most comprehensive and insightful book you will read on suffering and the motivation behind it. I manage to injure myself fairly regularly climbing and haven’t really known where to start with conditioning and injury prevention exercises, but the section on this is really clear and has given me several things to start trying that I can do at home.

If I could just digest and memorise the whole thing then I'm sure there'd be a steady career in climbing instruction awaiting me at the other end! Martin has coached the Norwegian Climbing Federation’s youth recruits and many of the stronger juniors in the Trondheim community for the past ten years. I was really looking forward to learning all the ins and outs of climbing technique, but it’s not in here. She's still a little young to be focusing on the strength training the authors advocate is beneficial at all ages, but then she also enjoys gymnastics which I feel compliments the climbing and other activities she takes.