Could You Be an Extreme Rock Climber?

By Blake Hoena

Hold on tight! Do you have what it takes to climb up a cliff face without a rope? Test your skills against the extreme—and dangerous—sport of extreme rock climbing. In this sport, one wrong step can be a long way down. Will you climb your way to victory?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Capstone Young Readers
• Release date: Aug 1, 2020
• ISBN: 9781977146649

Blake Hoena

cz Blake A. Hoena grew up in central Wisconsin, where he wrote stories about robots conquering the moon and trolls lumbering around the woods behind his parents house. He now lives in Minnesota and enjoys writing about fun things like history, space aliens, and superheroes. Blake has written more than fifty chapter books and dozens of graphic novels for children.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Cover

Title Page

About Your Adventure

Chapter 1: A Climbing Adventure

Chapter 2: The Grand

Chapter 3: Moonlight Buttress

Chapter 4: El Capitan

Chapter 5: Free Climbing

History of the Climbing Routes

Other Paths to Explore

Glossary

Read More

Internet Sites

Index

Copyright

Back Cover

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ABOUT YOUR ADVENTURE

You can see the top of the mountain from your spot on the cliff face. You just need to climb a little farther and you’ll be victorious. You reach for the next handhold to pull yourself up. Just then, your foot slips. Hold on tight. There are no ropes to save you. And it’s a long way down.

Can you be an extreme rock climber? There’s only one way to go to find out. Up!

Chapter One sets the scene. Then you choose which path to read. Follow the links at the bottom of each page as you read the stories. The decisions you make will change your outcome. After you finish one path, go back and read the others for new perspectives and more adventures. Use your device's back buttons or page navigation to jump back to your last choice.

CHAPTER 1

A CLIMBING ADVENTURE

You have loved climbing for as long as you can remember. You started when you were a kid, scampering up trees in your backyard. Then you moved on to rope climbing the bluffs at a nearby state park. Now, you hit the indoor climbing complex almost every weekend with friends. You love to practice your skills on the bouldering wall. When you are working your way across the wall’s hand- and footholds, you don’t use any ropes. It’s tough and takes a lot of skill.

You have climbed in some challenging places. You free climbed in Kentucky’s Red River Gorge. You had ropes and anchors to keep you from falling. But you didn’t use the ropes to help you climb up the rock face. It was an incredible rush!

You have also been to Red Rock Canyon in Nevada. There, you got to practice on some longer multi-pitch climbs.

These were tough, treacherous climbs. You came away banged up and bruised. Your hands were scraped raw. You took a couple of bad falls. But now you feel ready for the next big adventure. You just aren’t sure what that will be. One afternoon, your friend Marc stops by.

Hey, you won’t believe it! he shouts when you answer the door. My parents are taking me rock climbing.

No way! you exclaim.

"And that’s not even the best part—I