You love climbing and want to start climbing in the bigger mountains. You want to climb in the Alps but don't have the skills to move on a glacier. You want to climb longer routes but feel you are too slow and don't know how to climb exposed terrain quickly and safely. You've just returned from your first (or maybe your second or third) trip to the Alps and feel you could have achieved more. This is the book for you!
Bruce will walk you through the techniques you need to move efficiently on alpine terrain, be it on rock, snow and ice or a blend of all three.
The second half of the book is a selected guidebook of routes from throughout the Alps that are ideal for you to start your Alpine climbing progression on.
Styles of Alpine Climbing
Alpine Approach
Choosing the Right Route
Acclimatisation
Moving Together
Born in Ayrshire with both parents employed as teachers, Bruce spent most of his childhood in the outdoors. Summer holidays were spent sailing the west coast of Scotland, exploring the coastline and islands. After studying geography at Glasgow University, Bruce spent a year at Glenmore Lodge (the national outdoor training centre in the Scottish Highlands) on the night watch scheme as a trainee instructor. He has worked in the outdoor industry ever since, guiding and instructing all over the world. Bruce qualified as an IFMGA (International Federation of Mountain Guide Associations) guide in 2001, he is a former Technical Director of the British Mountain Guides and was involved in guide education for 18 years.
Away from the mountains Bruce has been a regular contributor to Climber Magazine, he has authored / edited three other books: Alpine Mountaineering, Ski Touring and Alpine Ski Touring, all published by Pesda Press.
Bruce lives in the Alps with his family.
