1976 American Alpine Journal
Author: American Alpine Club
Publisher: The Mountaineers Books
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Total Pages: 346
ISBN-13: 9781933056319
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Author: American Alpine Club
Publisher: The Mountaineers Books
Published:
Total Pages: 346
ISBN-13: 9781933056319
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: American Alpine Club
Publisher: Amer Alpine Club
Published: 1997-10-31
Total Pages: 335
ISBN-13: 9780930410735
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: American Alpine Club
Publisher: The Mountaineers Books
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Total Pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9781933056418
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: American Alpine Club
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Published: 1976
Total Pages: 92
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: American Alpine Club
Publisher: The Mountaineers Books
Published: 1997-10-31
Total Pages: 398
ISBN-13: 9780930410759
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Maurice Isserman
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2016-04-25
Total Pages: 448
ISBN-13: 0393292525
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis magesterial and thrilling history argues that the story of American mountaineering is the story of America itself. In Continental Divide, Maurice Isserman tells the history of American mountaineering through four centuries of landmark climbs and first ascents. Mountains were originally seen as obstacles to civilization; over time they came to be viewed as places of redemption and renewal. The White Mountains stirred the transcendentalists; the Rockies and Sierras pulled explorers westward toward Manifest Destiny; Yosemite inspired the early environmental conservationists. Climbing began in North America as a pursuit for lone eccentrics but grew to become a mass-participation sport. Beginning with Darby Field in 1642, the first person to climb a mountain in North America, Isserman describes the exploration and first ascents of the major American mountain ranges, from the Appalachians to Alaska. He also profiles the most important American mountaineers, including such figures as John C. Frémont, John Muir, Annie Peck, Bradford Washburn, Charlie Houston, and Bob Bates, relating their exploits both at home and abroad. Isserman traces the evolving social, cultural, and political roles mountains played in shaping the country. He describes how American mountaineers forged a "brotherhood of the rope," modeled on America’s unique democratic self-image that characterized climbing in the years leading up to and immediately following World War II. And he underscores the impact of the postwar "rucksack revolution," including the advances in technique and style made by pioneering "dirtbag" rock climbers. A magnificent, deeply researched history, Continental Divide tells a story of adventure and aspiration in the high peaks that makes a vivid case for the importance of mountains to American national identity.
Author: John Roskelley
Publisher: The Mountaineers Books
Published: 2000-09-01
Total Pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780898867398
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1976, John Roskelley joined an expedition to climb Nanda Devi, a 26,645-foot peak in India's remote northwest frontier. What unfolded during this climb was a story of strong emotion, conflicting ambitions, death and victory, desire and regret. This is the story of Willi Unsoeld, the expedition leader who supported the participation of his young daughter, who was named after the mountain they were climbing.
Author: Alain Mesili
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Published: 2004
Total Pages: 410
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Dougald MacDonald
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Published: 2015-08
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781933056876
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPublished annually since 1929, the American Alpine Journal is internationally renowned as the world's journal of record for major climbs of all kinds. Feature articles include the most compelling stories, told by the climbers themselves. In Climbs & Expeditions, we document the year's greatest first ascents, from Antarctica to Afghanistan, and from Patagonia to Pakistan. This year, the AAJ continues to expand its coverage of rock climbing and new routes in the United States. This includes a major story about the history, recent climbing, and new-route potential of little-known Cloud Peak in Wyoming's Bighorn Mountains.
Author: American Alpine Club
Publisher: The Mountaineers Books
Published: 1997-10-31
Total Pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9780930410711
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