"Death Grip "chronicles a top climber's near-fatal struggle with anxiety and depression, and his nightmarish journey through the dangerous world of prescription drugs. Matt Samet lived to climb, and craved the challenge, risk, and exhilaration of conquering sheer rock faces around the United States [...]

In this hilarious yet authoritative illustrated lexicon of climbing terms and slang, former Climbing editor in chief Matt Samet has compiled a reference of more than 600 terms used by climbers and mountaineers around the world. The Climbing Dictionary runs the gamut from technical terms (belay, harn[...]