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Chris McNamara

SuperTopo staff member
Topic Author's Original Post - Apr 1, 2013 - 01:30am PT
Please post below your suggestions and errors for the How To Big Wall Climb Book. I will be adding in the ones I get below



p.13 bottom right, add dots after the numbers (1. text 2. text , etc.)
p.68 Optional gear -- self-belay instead of aelf-belay
p.77 Bouce testing -- If you don't instead of don't'
Jacemullen

Trad climber
Oceanside
Apr 1, 2013 - 02:12am PT
pg. 78 "Light" should be bolded along with Medium and Hard.
pg. 117 Step 5 repeats the same thing Step 4 says and should be removed.

I think there might have been one more thing I remember catching but thats all I can find for now.
Blanch

Trad climber
Media, pa
Apr 1, 2013 - 02:28am PT
Chris, you and I have already been emailing a bit about it but a larger list of suggested aid practice areas should exist. For beginning slab to the bolt ladder on Le Conte boulder. I'll keep my eye out for any typos I find.

Blanch

kingpin

climber
methdeathsto ca
Apr 1, 2013 - 09:58am PT
Grammatically, shouldn't it be How To Climb Big Walls?
climbski2

Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
Apr 1, 2013 - 10:07am PT
Not really. Since the subject is a "type" of climbing.

Example How to Ice Climb. How to Tree Climb.
jp^

climber
Quebec, Canada
Apr 5, 2013 - 03:35pm PT
Hi Chris, glad you made a thread out of our conversation.

p.79 left column, key point: waistis --> waist is
Andy Fielding

Trad climber
UK
Apr 6, 2013 - 05:37pm PT
I posted this before but not sure if you saw it. These are some typos from the free sample.

Page 37 under the heading Aid Ladder first word should be "An" not "And".

Page 39 caption under the picture first line "bunch" should be "bunched".

Page 39 under the heading What Is The Right Length? eighth line "There should be to four to" the first "to" should be deleted and should read "There should be four to".

Page 41 under the heading Ease Of Sliding Up The Rope first line insert the word "in" in between the words "for" and "an".

Page 42 under the heading Locking Carabiners the web link is spelt wrong "outdoorgeralab" should read "outdoorgearlab" however I don't know if this affects the link and is just a typo.

Page 92 sixth line from the top replace the word "and" with "as".

Page 92 under the heading Skills To Learn the word "projecting" should be "protecting" although "projecting your follower" would be quite funny.

Page 93 under item 4. fifth line the word "away" should be two words i.e. "a way".

Page 94 under the heading Placing And Testing Gear To The Side second bullet point second line the word "you" should be "your".

Page 141 under the heading Free Climb fifth line I think the word "pasting" should be "placing".

Andy
Chris McNamara

SuperTopo staff member
Topic Author's Reply - Apr 23, 2013 - 08:01pm PT
one i just got:


P.s. just to let u know on page 117 Paragraph " step-by-step guide to setting up the hanging bivy " , number 4 said: Decided where the portaledge will hang...etc. and number 5 also said: decide where the portaledge will hang...etc. ...maybe it's a printing error..just let u know for the next edition... for me it's ok i have the first!!!
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