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1) Mountain
Publisher
Mountain Magazine
Pub. Date
1969-92
Physical Desc
v. : ill. ; 30 cm.
Language
English
2) Rock & ice
Publisher
Eldorado Pub
Pub. Date
1984
Physical Desc
v.: ill. (some col.)
Language
English
Description
Rock & Ice issues from the Chouinard Collection
Author
Language
English
Description
In Pakistan, the fearsome K2 kills thirteen of the world's most experienced mountain climbers in one horrific summer. In Valdez, Alaska, two men scale a frozen waterfall over a four-hundred-foot drop. In France, a hip international crowd of rock climbers, bungee jumpers, and paragliders figure out new ways to risk their lives on the towering peaks of Mont Blanc. Why do they do it? How do they do it? In this extraordinary book, Krakauer presents an...
Author
Publisher
Arthaud
Pub. Date
1951
Physical Desc
173 p. : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Les trois derniers problèmes des Alpes. Dans les années 30, les meilleurs alpinistes d'Europe s'acharnèrent avec un courage qui force encore le respect à vaincre les " derniers problèmes des Alpes " : des faces nord particulièrement rébarbatives qui semblaient alors représenter la limite extrême des possibilités humaines ne matière d'alpinisme. par leur ampleur et leurs difficultés, trois parois émergent : les Grandes Jorasses, de Cervin...
Publisher
American Alpine Club
Pub. Date
1929
Physical Desc
v. ill. 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
The annual journal of the American Alpine Club, the world's preeminent international mountaineering organization. Significant climbs of the previous year are documented, described, and illustrated, usually by the mountaineers themselves.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In a series of adventures that takes the reader from Bolivia to the Alps, from Colorado to Spain, Simpson explores the enchantment of rock and ice and the forces that drive him to climb in the face of extreme risk. An attempt on the hooded, mile-high north face of the Eiger is meant to cap his career, but this final adventure would itself be touched by tragedy..."--p. [4] of cover.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Reeling from the brain-altering effects of oxygen depletion, Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10, 1996. He hadn't slept in fifty-seven hours. As he turned to begin the perilous descent from 29,028 feet (roughly the cruising altitude of an Airbus jetliner), twenty other climbers were still pushing doggedly to the top, unaware that the sky had begun to roil with clouds..." "This is the terrifying story of...
Author
Publisher
American Alpine Club
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
367 pages : color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
"Published annually since 1929, The American Alpine Journal is renowned as the world’s journal of record for long new climbs of all kinds. The AAJ publishes each year’s most compelling stories, told by the climbers themselves and carefully edited by a team of experts. Each year we also reveal many newly discovered climbing destinations, from Alaska to the Karakoram."--From Amazon.com.
11) Meru
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Three renowned climbers navigate nature's harshest elements and their own inner demons to ascend Mount Meru, the most technically complicated and dangerous peak in the Himalayas.
Author
Series
Publisher
FalconGuides
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
xxii, 196 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Originating in the climbing world, slacklining is the act of balancing along a narrow, flexible piece of webbing that has been anchored between two stable objects. The book includes detailed methods for building tricklines (low lines used for jumping tricks), longlines (low lines where the goal is to walk as long as possible), and highlines (slacklines rigged high between cliffs using climbing gear). Technique chapters cover the skills needed to practice...
Author
Publisher
Alpine Club of Canada
Pub. Date
1976
Physical Desc
37 p. : ill., maps ; 14 cm.
Language
English
Description
Intended to serve as an introduction to mountaineering and limestone rock climbing in the eastern Bow Valley. Offers specific information on a selection of some excellent and popular climbs. Selection was made with an eye to providing something for everybody. Each of the technically easier climbs was chosen for features that are of interest to everyone.
Author
Publisher
Globe Pequot Press
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
xv, 223 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
How to Rock Climb!, now in its fourth edition, is the world's top instructional book on climbing. All the fundamentals -- from ethics to getting up the rock -- are presented in John Long's classic style. Revised and updated to reflect the modern standards of equipment, technique, and training methods, this guide includes sections on face climbing; crack climbing; ropes, anchors, and belays; getting off the rock; sport climbing; and much more. It is...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
With Best Climbs, FalconGuides introduces a new type of guidebook to some of America's most popular climbing destinations. Written for nonlocal climbers who have only a few days to climb during each visit, these guides provides visually appealing, to-the-point information that filters out the classic routes and very best climbs.
Written by an expert local climber, each guide features:
- 150-200 routes of moderate difficulty, rarely rating...
Written by an expert local climber, each guide features:
- 150-200 routes of moderate difficulty, rarely rating...
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
357 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (on lining papers) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 2004, journalist Michael Kodas joined local mountain climbers from home on an expedition to Mount Everest. He anticipated an exhilarating and arduous adventure among a group of like-minded idealists that he could report to his readers back in Connecticut. But on the Himalayan mountain, he discovered thieves, prostitutes, con men, and blackmailers. There were people who would do anything for a quick buck, or a guarantee of reaching the top. And...
Series
Publisher
Falcon
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
166 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
No rope and no partner means no safety net, and a fall means almost certain death. This gripping collection of 22 stories takes you from the frozen flanks of Mount Everest to the sheer rock walls of Yosemite with the men and women who risk it all on the most extreme climbs in the world--alone.
Author
Publisher
FalconGuide
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
xi, 161 p. : ill., ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Vertical World details the lives and accomplishments of the most influential climbers of this generation, sharing through casual conversation an intimate portrait of each climber, revealing their personalities and drive with great frankness and intimacy. All athletes included are under thirty-five and have broken a major barrier or made a significant accomplishment within the sport -- in all cases, something that will stand the test of time. The athletes...
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