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Author : Andy Genereux
Publisher : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1894765745

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Yamnuska Rock by Andy Genereux Pdf

Canadian rock climbing was born on the big flat face of Yamnuska. For more than 50 years aspiring youth and grizzled veterans have been putting up new routes on the south-facing slab that faces the sun and attracts climbers every month of the year. In the first-ever climbing guide to the Yam, you will find 115 routes described in detail and accompanied by maps and photographs. Yamnuska holds a special place in the hearts of people who seek adventure. Climbs range in grade from 5.5 through 5.12, and styles encompass the very bold to the more conservative. The cliff is steeped in history. There is a spiritual nature that is hard to explain, but many climbers have shared this feeling after a day scaling her lofty heights. Partnerships develop between friends and the mountain that can last a lifetime.

Author : Fredmund Malik
Publisher : Campus Verlag
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783593435367

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Strategy by Fredmund Malik Pdf

This book describes Malik's strategic solutions for the Revolutions of the New World, which are already underway. They are part of the Great Transformation 21 which the author will address in the book. In the six parts of this book, he will first look at the dynamics of the Great Transformation 21, its inherent risks of crisis and its opportunities, as well as the labor pains that the New World is suffering. After that, he will deal with the amazingly effective cybernetic systems for strategic navigation and the strategy maps required for that, as well as the empirical quantification of businesses, both existing and yet unknown, which will help break the new territory of innovation. Finally, Malik will reveal the patterns that the tidal currents of great transformations invariably follow, as well as the economic dynamics resulting from them and the strategies required to deal with them. In the last part of the book he will describe the revolutionary new methods that enable us to master groundbreaking strategic change with great precision and unprecedented time compression - at the "speed of light", so to speak. This way, even enormous corporate growth and size can be managed and turned into true strengths, with perfect ease and using innovative approaches where conventional approaches have proven useless.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 942 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : United States
ISBN : UCBK:C058532896

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Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1998: Department of Transportation by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 938 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : United States
ISBN : STANFORD:36105021024067

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Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1998 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Pdf

Author : Chic Scott,Ben Gadd,Dave Dornian
Publisher : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0921102976

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The Yam by Chic Scott,Ben Gadd,Dave Dornian Pdf

Recipient of the Banff Mountain Book Festival's Canadian Rockies Award The great wall of stone rising so prominently above the Trans-Canada Highway between Calgary and Banff, is the birthplace of modern rockclimbing in the Canadian Rockies. It was 50 years ago in 1952 that Hans Gmoser and Leo Grillmair first took up the challenge. Since then Yam has been the scene of both triumph and tragedy, events meticulously documented by Scott and Dornian. Gadd gives us the background; the geology and human history and ends with a walk up the backside, detailing the flora and fauna.

Author : Karl Baedeker (Firm)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 744 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1930
Category : Italy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105048600709

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Southern Italy and Sicily by Karl Baedeker (Firm) Pdf

Author : Florence (Italy). Consiglio communale
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1164 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1914
Category : Electronic
ISBN : CHI:096611116

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Atti by Florence (Italy). Consiglio communale Pdf

Author : Olaf Maly
Publisher : BookRix
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783748748779

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Bavarian Boy by Olaf Maly Pdf

A childhood after the war: The leather pants are bought in a flea market behind the church, food is scarce and going to a movie is not even in the picture. But Hansi and his three best friends always have a solution up their sleeves. They find some excitement with no money at all. They explore ruins, secret tunnels, old buildings; and sneak into the public pool, drink secretly from the beer they have to buy and dream about careers as soccer stars. Olaf Maly tells amusing, realistic short stories from old Munich. They arouse memories of a time when little boys could survive an adventure and didn’t have to fear anything. Except their mothers or a few girls. Although these stories play in Munich, the content is certainly universal.

Author : Ascanio Schneider
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Mountain railroads
ISBN : UOM:39015023185476

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Railways Through the Mountains of Europe by Ascanio Schneider Pdf

Author : European Conference of Ministers of Transport
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1989-02-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789282106709

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Activities of the Conference: Resolutions of the Council of Ministers of Transport and Reports Approved in 1988 Thirty-Fifth Annual Report by European Conference of Ministers of Transport Pdf

This book includes a description of the activities of ECMT and information trends in transport in europe in 1988, along with texts of all resolutions and reports approved during that period.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1674 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1928
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:B2896497

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Archiv Für Eisenbahnwesen by Anonim Pdf

Author : Everest Media,
Publisher : Everest Media LLC
Page : 21 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-21T22:59:00Z
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9798822536081

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Summary of Heinrich Harrer's The White Spider by Everest Media, Pdf

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 There were many who thought it was my duty to make immediate amends by post-dating Corti’s climb, rehabilitating him. But I felt my duty was to be a true friend to all the world’s climbers, particularly the younger generation. #2 The confusion in Corti’s report was not due to the intense nervous strain and nights of delirium on the Face, but rather because his mental and spiritual powers failed to match so great a demand on them. #3 The bivouac spot above the Spider has been named after Corti, not after the two men who in all probability pitched and secured the little tent to ensure his safety. The fact remains that this spot has been named after Corti, not after the two men who in all probability pitched and secured the little tent to ensure his safety. #4 The foursome’s decision to join the Italians on the rope was unexplained. They were only on the lower third of the Face, and there was no earthly reason for it. They were also only on the Eiger to help a friend, which is why they gave him their only chance of survival.

Author : Jim Perrin
Publisher : Random House
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2010-11-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781446409480

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The Villain by Jim Perrin Pdf

Don Whillans has an iconic significance for generations of climbers. His epoch-making first ascent of Annapurna's South Face, achieved with Dougal Haston in 1970, remains one of the most impressive climbs ever made - but behind this and all his other formidable achievements lies a tough, recalcitrant reality: the character of the man himself. Whillans carried within himself a sense of personal invincibility, forceful, direct and uncompromising. It gave him sporting superstar status - the flawed heroism of a Best, a McEnroe, an Ali. In his own circle, his image was the working-class hero on the rock-face, laconic and bellicose, ready to go to war with the elements or with any human who crossed his path on a bad day.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : The Mountaineers Books
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Mountaineering
ISBN : 1933056509

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2003 American Alpine Journal by Anonim Pdf

Published annually since 1929, the American Alpine Journal is internationally renowned as the finest of its kind-the world's journal of record for documenting big new routes and remote mountain exploration. This is the reference for anyone planning anything new in the mountains or venturing into remote ranges. This book contains nearly 200 pages of exciting stories about the most important climbs of the year-as told by the climbers themselves; and about 300 photographs, many with route overlays, and 20 locator maps. In continuing celebration of the American Alpine Club's centennial.

Author : F P Davidson,E G Frankl,C L Meador
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1997-06-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781782420576

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Macro-Engineering by F P Davidson,E G Frankl,C L Meador Pdf

This volume makes available a reflection on large-scale engineering for building a better world. International authorities from engineering, oceanography, academia, public service, and law describe how great and imaginative concepts may be refined, tested, adapted, financed, implemented and put to use. Here are records and commentaries about some of the world's significant engineering achievements, including the planning and design of Nigeria's new capital city, and the use of software by the US military to clean up the Exxon-Valdez oil spill pollution in Alaska. Describes a method of large-scale engineering for building a better world Provides records and commentaries about significant engineering achievements International authorities from engineering, oceanography, academia, public service and law describe how great and imaginative concepts may be refined, tested, adapted, financed and implemented