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The Craft of Bouldering

by Francis Sanzaro

Bouldering as a practiced art

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Awards & Recognition

  • Award recognition

    2025 Reading the West Awards nominee

    Nominated for the 2025 Reading the West Awards

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Bouldering as a practiced art

Francis Sanzaro approaches bouldering through a collection of concise essays and reflections, connecting its physical demands with questions of attention, commitment, and developing a personal philosophy. The book places climbing in conversation with disciplines including dance, architecture, skateboarding, martial arts, and gymnastics, offering several lenses on the craft. Its subject reaches beyond technique alone to consider how the climber’s mind and body are shaped through practice.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Boulderers interested in the mental and philosophical dimensions of climbing
  • Climbers curious about connections between bouldering and other sports or arts
  • Readers who enjoy concise essays and reflections on physical practice

Themes

Bouldering as craftMind-body practiceAttention and commitmentConnections between climbing and the artsPersonal philosophy

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Book overview

Nominated for Reading the West Awards 2025

From the author of The Zen of Climbing, this enlightening and essential book is an inspired collection of concise essays and reflections on the art of bouldering.

More than a sport, bouldering is a craft that demands equal fine-tuning of the mind and body. It calls for total commitment and attentiveness.

Climber, writer, and philosopher Francis Sanzaro brings the discipline into conversation with other sports and arts including architecture, dance, skateboarding, painting, parkour, martial arts, and gymnastics.

Sanzaro shows how the pursuit of bouldering is akin to developing a philosophy--something that can be nurtured and strengthened like a muscle, benefiting both body and soul. He explores all aspects of the craft and gives boulderers a voice of their own.

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