Accidents in North American Climbing 2020
Accidents in North American Climbing 2020

Author: The American Alpine Club

Publisher: The American Alpine Club

Published: 2020-09

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 1735695610

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THE CLIFFS AND MOUNTAINS WE LOVE CAN BE UNFORGIVING. READ ACCIDENTS IN NORTH AMERICAN CLIMBING TO LEARN FROM THE MISTAKES OF OTHERS, SO YOU CAN CLIMB AGAIN TOMORROW. Published annually by the American Alpine Club, Accidents in North American Climbing reports on each year’s most significant and educational climbing accidents. In each case, rangers, rescuers, and other experts analyze what went wrong, helping climbers prevent or survive similar situations in the future. In-depth articles cover more topics, including avalanche safety for mountaineers and ice climbers.

American Alpine Journal 2017: The World's Most Significant Climbs
American Alpine Journal 2017: The World's Most Significant Climbs

Author: American Alpine Club

Publisher:

Published: 2017-09

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781933056968

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Jammed with photos and maps, the annual American Alpine Journal (AAJ) is the world's most comprehensive and respected source for information about major new climbs and expeditions. - The AAJ goes beyond blogs, Facebook posts, and video clips with in-depth reports on major climbs, written by the climbers themselves. - Our "Recon" section covers the history, recent climbing activity, and new-route potential of a wild area. This year: the big granite walls of the Cirque of the Unclimbables in Canada. - The 2017 edition is dedicated to Jeff Lowe, with an exclusive essay by this visionary climber. Published annually since 1929, the American Alpine Journal is renowned as the world's journal of record for major climbs. The AAJ publishes each year's most compelling climbing stories, told by the climbers themselves. In Climbs & Expeditions, we document the year's greatest first ascents, from Alaska to Afghanistan, and from Patagonia to Pakistan.

Accidents in North American Climbing 2021
Accidents in North American Climbing 2021

Author: American Alpine American Alpine Club

Publisher:

Published: 2021-09

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 9781735695648

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Detailed accounts and in-depth analysis of rock climbing, mountaineering, and ski mountaineering accidents and rescues. * Beginners and expert climbers alike rely on these stories and analysis to become safer climbers * Articles written by certified guides and rescue professionals offer focused how-to advice throughout the book. This year, Know the Ropes describes the best practices for cleaning singlepitch climbs.Since 1948, the American Alpine Club has documented the year's most teachable climbing accidents, providing invaluable lessons to climbers. In Accidents in North American Climbing, each incident is thoroughly analyzed to help climbers avoid similar mistakes in the future. In our Know the Ropes and Essentials sections, professional guides and other experts offer in-depth instruction and copious illustration to help prevent avoidable accidents.

Art of Freedom
Art of Freedom

Author: Bernadette McDonald

Publisher: Vertebrate Publishing

Published: 2017-07-31

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 1911342584

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Voytek Kurtyka is one of the greatest alpinists of all time. Born in 1947, he was one of the leading lights of the Polish golden age of mountaineering that redefined Himalayan climbing in the 1970s and 1980s. His visionary approach to climbing resulted in many renowned ascents, such as the complete Broad Peak traverse, the 'night-naked' speed climbs of Cho Oyu and Shishapangma and, above all, the alpine-style first ascent of the West Face of Gasherbrum IV. Dubbed the 'climb of the century', his route on GIV with the Austrian Robert Schauer is – as of 2017 – unrepeated. His most frequent climbing partners were alpine legends of their time: Polish Himalayan giant Jerzy Kukuczka, Swiss mountain guide Erhard Loretan and British alpinist Alex MacIntyre. After repeated requests to accept the Piolets d'Or Lifetime Achievement Award (the Oscars of the climbing world), Kurtyka finally accepted the honour in the spring of 2016. A fiercely private individual, he has declined countless invitations for interviews, lectures and festival appearances, but he has agreed to collaborate with internationally renowned and award-winning author Bernadette McDonald on this long-awaited biography. Art of Freedom is a profound and moving profile of one of the international climbing world's most respected, complex and reclusive mountaineers.

A Mountaineer's Life
A Mountaineer's Life

Author: Allen Steck

Publisher:

Published: 2017-10-24

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9781938340703

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"Sixteen-year-old Allen Steck made his initial climb, a first ascent of Mount Maclure in the Sierras, with no hardware, no ropes, no experience. but the event turned his into a mountaineer's life. Over seventy years later, Steck has had a prolific climbing career, including a 1954 expedition to Makalu, a 1963 first ascent of the south face of the Clyde Minaret, and a 1965 first ascent of the Hummingbird Ridge on Mount Logan...These are stories from the days when mountain climbing was discovery, when men like Steck forged new routes, both literal and literary. With dry humor and detailed recall, he captures the excitement and intrigue of a time when there were few rules and no guidelines... With amazing photographs, many published for the first time, this memoir is a treasure, and inspiration, and an anchor to the foundation of the life-changing sport of alpine climbing." --

The Bold and Cold
The Bold and Cold

Author: Brandon Pullan

Publisher: Rocky Mountain Books Ltd

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 1771601159

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Recounts the stories of mountaineers who undertook climbing expeditions in the Canadian Rockies.

The Climbers
The Climbers

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781680510836

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"Twenty years in the making, The Climbers shares a stunning collection of images of some of the icons of mountaineering *Portraits that reveal the core of their remarkable subjects *A visual history of special significance to climbers of all ages *Beautifully packaged in a cloth slip case to enhance its collectability. For nearly 2 decades, professional photographer Jim Herrington has been working on a portrait series of influential rock and mountain climbers. The Climbers documents these rugged individualists who, from roughly the 1930s to 1970s, used primitive gear along with their considerable wits, talent, and fortitude to tackle unscaled peaks around the world. Today, these men and women are renowned for their past accomplishments and, in many cases, are the last of the remaining practitioners from the so-called Golden Age of 20th century climbing."--

Trad Climber's Bible
Trad Climber's Bible

Author: John Long

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2014-02-18

Total Pages: 409

ISBN-13: 1493008633

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Traditional, or simply, trad climbing, is a do-it-yourself adventure requiring the climbing team to negotiate the climb and to carry, hand-place and remove most if not all components of the roped safety system. In The Trad Climber’s Bible, two of the most revered and respected trad climbers in the world, John Long and Peter Croft, offer hard-won knowledge to aspiring trad climbers in a narrative format that is as informative as it is entertaining. With photos by iconic climbing photographer Greg Epperson and AMGA Certified Rock Instructor Bob Gaines, this full color book will appeal to climbers of all stripes.