On Rope
North American Vertical Rope Techniques 

Invaluable, extensive resource on ropes, knots, harnesses, rappelling, ascending, and belaying, with over 700 detailed drawings. This second edition has been extensively revised and expanded. Coverage of European SRT rigging techniques and climbing systems has been greatly enlarged. Other new coverage includes detailed descriptions of other rope uses; such as by arborists, river rescuers, window cleaners, and circus riggers.

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Bruce Smith and Alan Padgett
Second Edition 1996
ISBN 1-879961-05-9
382 pages, hardbound