Do Do What?! A Climber's Guide to American Sign Language

“Do-Do What?! A Climber’s Guide to American Sign Language” brings an accessible and engaging learning experience for climbers. This 80 page spread is designed as a self paced crash course to ASL for the rock and alpine climber. Over 300 colourful illustrations provide whimsical memory aids to help understand the rich 3D visuals of sign language.

All sales of this book will be donated by Climb On Equipment to the Canadian Adaptive Climbing Society.

What is included?

• ASL grammar and vocabulary of conversational greetings
• Words of encouragement in climber lingo
• Emergency signs, communication, and behavioral strategies for medical, environmental, and wildlife cautions
• Vocabulary for climbing styles and types for indoor and outdoor systems
• Colors: climbing gym holds
• Numbers and Letters: Yosemite Decimal System
• Vocabulary for climbing gear and equipment
• An instructional guide to the unique concept of ASL classifiers to convey climbing techniques, movements, actions, rope management and route descriptions
• Communication for before, during, and after the climb; including belay commands
• ASL versions of common climber slang
• Vocabulary for making future plans, including weather signs.
• A brief confidence building discussion using ASL idioms and signs, inspired by The Rock Warrior’s Way.

Appendix references

1. Communication Strategies for a Multi Pitch Climb
2. Inclusion and Kindness Strategies
3. ASL Alphabet, with a fingerspelling practice exercise
4. Five accuracy checkpoints, known as ASL Parameters

Specifications

• Author: Christina Cox
  
• Publication Date: Dec 8, 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9781778049019
• Category: Education & Language
• Copyright: All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
• Pages: 82
  
• Binding: Paperback
• Interior Color: Color
• Dimensions: Executive 7" x 10" (178 mm x 254 mm)