Rock Climbing Resources: Research Guides | UTC Library
Due to the popularity of rock climbing in the Chattanooga area, we have put together this guide for Rock Climbing Resources. In this guide you'll find local Guide Books, Training Manuals, Climber Stories, and Video content.
Guide Books
ChattBloc A Guidebook to Chattanooga BoulderingCall Number: Ground Floor GV199.42.T22 G465 2017ISBN: 9780692970324Publication Date: 2017-11-15
The Obed by
Featuring monstrous horizontal roofs, beautiful clean aretes, shear faces, and perfect boulders, the Obed is a sandstone climber's paradise. Located in rural northeastern Tennessee, this Wild & Scenic playground also welcomes you with a mellow climber–friendly campground, fabulous swimming holes, and stunning vistas. Described for the first time in a dedicated color guidebook by longtime local developer Kelly Brown, The Obed: A Climber's Guide to the Wild and Scenic will reveal to you the secrets of this world–class climbing destination.
Call Number: Ground Floor GV199.42.T2 B76 2011ISBN: 9780983382003Publication Date: 2011-06-27
Training Manuals
Crack Climbing: Mastering the skills & techniques by ISBN: 9781911342762
How to Climb 5. 12, 3rd by ISBN: 0762775645
Mountaineering: The freedom of the hillsCall Number: Ground Floor GV200 .M688 2017ISBN: 9781680510034
The Rock Climber's Training Manual by ISBN: 9780989515610
Training for Climbing by ISBN: 1493017624
Climber Stories: Biographies & Autobiographies
Camp 4: Recollections of a Yosemite Rockclimber by Call Number: GV199.42.C22 Y6763 1998ISBN: 9780898865875
High Infatuation: a Climber's Guide to Love and Gravity by Call Number: Ground Floor GV200 .D38 2007ISBN: 9781594850653
Learning to Fly: A Memoir of Hanging On and Letting Go by Call Number: Ground Floor GV199.92.D38 A3 2015ISBN: 9781451698336
Women Who Dare: North America's Most Inspiring Women Climbers by ISBN: 1493007181
Magazines
DVDs & Streaming Media
Important Climbing Organizations
- Southeastern Climbers CoalitionThe SCC works hard to preserve climbing areas in the Southeast.
- Access FundClimbing advocacy group with mission to keep climbing areas open and conserve the climbing environment.