18 October 2013

Review: Bouldering Essentials

David Flannagan is the author of Bouldering Essentials, "The complete guide to bouldering" and that is more or less what it is. It covers all the basic to advanced training and the focus is defining and describing everything. You can more or less start anywhere and start reading/learning. The only thing, more or less, which is not detailed covered is ethics and grades. Although many nice pictures, it would have even easier to read if there were plenty more pictures explaining what the text say like for the glossary. All-in-all, a good book for the ones who want an informative bouldering book that will make you understand everything the advanced boulderers are talking about during a bouldering session or trip.
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