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First edition
The first complete edition of Reading the Wall, a technique handbook for
indoor bouldering, edited by Simon Gray and written and illustrated with
Claude (Anthropic).
- About 90 named techniques in five categories (feet, body, hands,
dynamic movement and terrain). Each entry gives the grade where it starts
to matter, how to do it, when a problem asks for it, common mistakes and
notes for tall climbers, with figures and links to videos. - How movement works and how to read a problem, with a worked example.
- A guide for every grade from VB to V8+, each with five things to keep in
mind. - Chapters on climbing tall or heavier, starting as an adult, learning
technique and falling safely. - A glossary, a troubleshooting table, an A–Z of technique names, a grade
conversion table, the sources and an index.
The text and illustrations are licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 and the code
that builds the book under the GNU GPL, version 3.