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How to Big Wall Climb: Introduction - Click for details
 How to Big Wall Climb: Introduction
[youtube=QyxiQgUyQvQ] This is part of the How to Big Wall Climb SuperTopo book. The videos like the ones above illustrate key points of the book and are meant to be watch...

by Chris McNamara
9,351 Oct 21, 2009 22
How To Big Wall Climb: Gear 1 - Essential Aid Climbing Gear - Click for details
 How To Big Wall Climb: Gear 1 - Essential Aid Climbing Gear
This is part of my How To Big Wall Climb Project - View Table of Contents. This list has the philosophy behind my gear picks. Click here if you just want a big wall gea...

by Chris McNamara
82,390 Apr 13, 2012 32
How to Big Wall Climb: Following 1: Low Angle Terrain - Click for details
 How to Big Wall Climb: Following 1: Low Angle Terrain
[youtube=_vkiG2K9cFg] This is part of the How to Big Wall Climb SuperTopo book. Videos like the ones above illustrate key points of the book and are meant to be watched w...

by Chris McNamara
23,757 Mar 13, 2014 15
How to Big Wall Climb - Wall Strategy: Crowds, Passing, Teams of Three and More - Click for details
 How to Big Wall Climb - Wall Strategy: Crowds, Passing, Teams of Three and More
[youtube=e7hUDlFv-EE] This is part of the How to Big Wall Climb SuperTopo book. Videos like the ones above illustrate key points of the book and are meant to be watched w...

by Chris McNamara
11,431 Jul 07, 2010 3
How to Big Wall Climb - The Bivy, Food, and Water - Click for details
 How to Big Wall Climb - The Bivy, Food, and Water
This is part of my How To Big Wall Climb project. View the table of contents here This is a free sample of How to Big Wall Climb. If you want the full details on how to ...

by Chris McNamara
46,071 May 15, 2012 3
How to Big Wall Climb - Retreat, Bailing and Fear Management - Click for details
 How to Big Wall Climb - Retreat, Bailing and Fear Management
This is part of my How To Big Wall Climb project. View the table of contents here Click here to see what is currently on my El Capitan rack. Retreat, Baili...

by Chris McNamara
18,620 Apr 06, 2015 25
How to Big Wall Climb - Leading 4: Traversing Terrain - Click for details
 How to Big Wall Climb - Leading 4: Traversing Terrain
This is part of my How To Big Wall Climb project. Click here to see what is currently on my El Capitan rack Leading Traversing Terrain Overview Leading tr...

by Chris McNamara
14,343 Feb 27, 2011 5
How to Big Wall Climb - Leading 3: Placing Gear - Click for details
 How to Big Wall Climb - Leading 3: Placing Gear
[youtube=3Zk-88qM-2U] [youtube=UFXfeq2CUeY] [youtube=DmyVFpKIkQU] This is part of the How to Big Wall Climb SuperTopo book. Videos like the ones above illustrat...

by Chris McNamara
19,076 Jul 08, 2015 12
How to Big Wall Climb - Leading 2: Vertical and Overhanging Terrain - Click for details
 How to Big Wall Climb - Leading 2: Vertical and Overhanging Terrain
[youtube=IE-DmgME8xs] [youtube=t1TXdYFRFR0] This is part of the How to Big Wall Climb SuperTopo book. Videos like the ones above illustrate key points of the book an...

by Chris McNamara
21,206 Aug 13, 2009 10
How to Big Wall Climb - Hauling, Managing the Belay, The Changeover - Click for details
 How to Big Wall Climb - Hauling, Managing the Belay, The Changeover
[youtube=8qGE9c8KY1E] [youtube=Rzqr1zm1QHc] [youtube=2q2PdnAAy6w] This is part of the How to Big Wall Climb SuperTopo book. Videos like the ones above illustrat...

by Chris McNamara
30,162 Feb 13, 2012 5
How To Big Wall Climb - Gear 3: Haulbags, Hauling and Bivy Gear - Click for details
 How To Big Wall Climb - Gear 3: Haulbags, Hauling and Bivy Gear
How To Big Wall Climb: Hauling and Bivy Gear This is part of my How To Big Wall Climb project. View the table of contents here. You can read about basic aid gear here...

by Chris McNamara
40,389 Apr 18, 2016 26
How To Big Wall Climb - Following 4: Traversing Terrain - Click for details
 How To Big Wall Climb - Following 4: Traversing Terrain
[youtube=rPsiSu2lwpY] [youtube=s-kcHabPFls] This is part of the How to Big Wall Climb SuperTopo book. Videos like the ones above illustrate key points of the book an...

by Chris McNamara
17,586 Apr 11, 2011 5
How to Big Wall Climb - Following 2: Vertical and Overhanging Terrain - Click for details
 How to Big Wall Climb - Following 2: Vertical and Overhanging Terrain
[youtube=bwv9QsE8EC0] [youtube=DHup6TFx_Q0] This is part of the How to Big Wall Climb SuperTopo book. Videos like the ones above illustrate key points of the book an...

by Chris McNamara
15,412 Jul 09, 2012 10
How to Big Wall Climb - Building Big Wall Anchors - Click for details
 How to Big Wall Climb - Building Big Wall Anchors
This is part of my How To Big Wall Climb project. Click here to see what is currently on my El Capitan rack. Building Big Wall Anchors Overview Building cle...

by Chris McNamara
29,646 Sep 30, 2015 19
El Capitan, Yosemite Valley, California Climbing Info - Click for details
 El Capitan, Yosemite Valley, California Climbing Info
El Capitan is one the most famous big walls in the World and considered by most climbers to be the best. It is the historical center of big wall climbing and continues t...

by Chris McNamara
4,041 Apr 07, 2011 1
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by SuperTopo LLC		 2,331 May 24, 2018 1
Clean Climbing and Fixed Gear - Tips for Keeping El Capitan Garbage Free - Click for details
 Clean Climbing and Fixed Gear - Tips for Keeping El Capitan Garbage Free
This is an article that I wrote over a decade ago. A distilled and updated version of below will be apart of How To Big Wall Climb 2nd Edition Maintaining the Bi...

by Chris McNamara
7,060 Jan 05, 2014 2
Clean Aid and Hammerless Climbing - Top 11 Tricks - Click for details
 Clean Aid and Hammerless Climbing - Top 11 Tricks
A big goal of SuperTopo is to inspire more clean ascents. There are eleven tricks that Chris McNamara has found to do that. Please add in your own clean aid tips below the art...

by Chris McNamara
26,515 Jul 15, 2013 16
Chuck Pratt
by DR		 24,338 Mar 22, 2019 177
Bold School, Old School - Click for details
 Bold School, Old School
http://www.supertopo.com/images/bold_school_title.jpg Not so long ago, Yosemite climbers relied on belay systems that might hold a fall, carpentry nails for protection and s...

by Randy Spurrier
8,837 Dec 08, 2016 7
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