TrainingForClimbing.com
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TrainingForClimbing.com
Description
This website is owned by Eric J. Hörst (pronounced "Hirst"), the nation's leading authority on climbing performance. An accomplished climber of 29 years, Eric has ascended cliffs all across the United States and Europe. Driven by his passion for adventure and challenge, he has established nearly 500 first ascents, primarily on his home cliffs in the Eastern U.S. His latest book, Learning to Climbing: The Complete Guide to Indoor Climbing (Falcon) will be release on July 1, 2006. His previous book, Training For Climbing (Falcon 2002), remains a best-seller among climbing books with its breakthrough look into the science of climbing performance and optimal training practices.
A student and teacher of climbing performance, Eric has personally helped train hundreds of climbers, and his training books and concepts have spread around the world to climbers in more than 50 countries. He is widely recognized for his innovative practice methods and training tools, and he has been a training products design consultant for Nicros, Inc. since 1994. Eric has written three other books on climbing performance including the classics Training For Climbing (Falcon, 2002), Flash Training (Falcon, 1994) and How To Climb 5.12 (Falcon, 1997/2003) all of which have foreign translations. He has written over 30 magazine articles on the subject, appeared on numerous TV broadcasts, and his techniques have been featured in magazines such as Climbing, Outside, Men's Health, Fortune, Men's Journal, Muscle Media, Alpen, Rock & Ice, Muscle & Fitness, Urban Climber, Wall Street Journal, and National Geographic Adventure.
Contact
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- Lancaster PA
- US 17604
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- 717-203-4653
