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Author : David Roberts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Huntington, Mount
ISBN : STANFORD:36105004070806
Account of first ascent of west face of Mt. Huntington, Alaska, in 1965.
Author : William B McMorris
Publisher : Hassell Street Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1014997747
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Author : Steve Jenkins
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2002-04-29
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780547349565
In this stunning picture book, Steve Jenkins takes us to Mount Everest - exploring its history, geography, climate, and culture. This unique book takes readers on the ultimate adventure of climbing the great mountain. Travel along and learn what to pack for such a trek and the hardships one may suffer on the way to the top. Avalanches, frostbite, frigid temperatures, wind, and limited oxygen are just a few of the dangers that make scaling this peak one of the most extreme physical challenges one can experience. To stand on the top of Mount Everest is to stand on top of the world. With informative text and exquisitely detailed cut paper illustrations, Steve Jenkins brings this extreme journey alive for young adventurers.
Author : Virginia Loh-Hagan
Publisher : Cherry Lake
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781634705516
Extreme Mountain Climbing presents the thrills and spills of this intriguing extreme sport. The carefully written, considerate text will hold the readers' interest and allow for successful mastery and comprehension. Written with a high interest level to appeal to a more mature audience, these books maintain a lower level of complexity with clear visuals to help struggling readers along. A table of contents, glossary with simplified pronunciations, and index all enhance achievement and comprehension.
Author : John Long,Bob Gaines
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-02
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781493001330
This completely revised and updated edition with all new color photos brings together in a single volume the anchoring systems most popular among climbers. Most climbers today learn their craft on artificial climbing walls and on sport routes with fixed protection. Their first efforts to lead on trad routes often come as a rude shock--they find that they haven't the skills and training to safeguard the climb or to set up solid belays. This new edition of Climbing Anchors is the climber's complete and authoritative source of information on protection, from fundamental knots to sophisticated rigging and equalizing skills.
Author : Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner
Publisher : Mountaineers Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781594858574
• First woman—and only the fourth climber ever—to summit all fourteen 8,000-meter peaks without supplemental oxygen or high-altitude porters • Though the two climbers are friends, Kaltenbrunner’s path to high places has been very different from Edurne Pasaban’s record-breaking feat • Positive, uplifting account of a remarkable athlete Effusive, charismatic, tough, Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner is one of the world’s most successful high-altitude mountaineers and the first woman to climb all fourteen 8,000-meter peaks without supplemental oxygen——and she also eschews high-altitude porters. Mountains in My Heart covers her early years learning to climb in Austria, her personal life, her training as an oncology nurse, and her ever-present passion for mountains, especially the Himalaya. Her love of being in the mountains shines through in her writing: For Gerlinde the important thing was not the race to be the first woman to climb the 8,000-meter peaks, but rather to experience the mountains and climb them in her self-sufficient style. Self-sufficiency did not, however, mean climbing without her husband, Ralf Dujmovits; in 2009, Lhotse became her twelfth and his fourteenth 8,000-meter peak! Kaltenbrunner shares the challenges, dangers, and euphoria of her high-altitude climbs, detailing medical emergencies and her own feelings about being high in the mountains. Her writing is honest, captivating, and unrestrained.
Author : Roger Frison-Roche,Sylvain Jouty
Publisher : Flammarion-Pere Castor
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : UOM:39015039885036
Beginning with the first conquest of the Alps in the eighteenth century, the drive to scale the world's tallest peaks has inspired generations of amateur and professional climbers and explorers. In breathtaking illustrations and an exciting, accessible text, Roger Frison-Roche and Sylvain Jouty bring the history of mountain climbing vividly to life. Supplemented by biographies of fifty of the world's most celebrated mountain climbers and a detailed chronology, this thrilling chronicle of the triumphs and defeats that have marked the history of the sport will appeal to mountain-climbing enthusiasts and anyone who loves the great outdoors.
Author : Alan Kane
Publisher : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781771600972
Annotation Armed with first-hand information, Alan Kane describes over 170 scrambles in a clear, concise format. This includes equipment needed, when to go, how to get there, where to park and what to expect as you work your way to the summit. Photos showing the ascent line complement descriptions that include historical trivia, origins of placenames and summit views. Routes range from off-trail hiking suitable for strong hikers to challenging routes at the low end of technical climbing where use of specific handholds is required on steep, airy terrain.
Author : Tod Olson
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-21
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781338207378
A nail-biting tale of survival and brotherhood atop one of the world's most dangerous mountains. This fast-paced, three-part narrative takes readers on three expeditions over 15 years to K2, one of the deadliest mountains on Earth. Roped together, these teams of men face perilously high altitudes and battering storms in hopes of reaching the summit. As each expedition sets out, they carve new paths along icy slopes and unforgiving rock, creating camps on ledges so narrow they fear turning over in their sleep. But disaster strikes -- in 1939, four men never make it down the mountain. Fourteen years later, a man develops blood clots in his legs at 25,000 feet, leaving his team with no safe path off the mountain. Filled with displays of incredible strength and heart-stopping danger, Into the Clouds tells the incredible stories of the men whose quest to conquer a mountain became a battle to survive the descent.
Author : Jessica Cohn
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781433988332
For a daring few, the tallest points on earth are a challenge to rise above. In this exciting book, readers will discover the breathtaking world of mountain climbing. Discover the stunning environments climbers have ascended to, and the history of mountain climbing. Full-color photographs show the gravity-defying feats of mountain climbing, while educating readers on the science the sport. Each book also provides interactive challenges to encourage the exercise of both body and mind.
Author : Chic Scott
Publisher : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0921102593
Recipient of the Banff Mountain Book Festival's Canadian Rockies Award A book to be read and digested, then sampled, then read and dipped into often...a fine achievement for this dedicated author... Bruce Fairley, Canadian Alpine Journal HOLY SHIT WAAAAAAAAAT A FABBBBBULOUS TOME. Tami Knight, Illustrator/Mountaineer This important new book tells the story of Canada's 200-year mountaineering history. Through the use of stories and pictures, Chic Scott documents the evolution of climbing in Canada. He introduces us to the early mountain pioneers and the modern day climbing athletes; he takes us to the crags and the gyms, from the west coast to Quebec, and from the Yukon to the Rockies. But most importantly, Scott showcases Canadian climbers--the routes that challenged them, the peaks that inspired them, their insatiable desire to climber harder, to push the limits. Begin the trek through Canada's climbing history... Learn about Swiss guides hired by CPR hotels who ushered in the glory years of first ascents. Continue through to the turn of the twentieth century when British and American climbers of leisure found themselves hampered by the difficulties of travel through the Canadian wilderness. Learn about the European immigrants of the 1950s who pushed the limits on the rock walls, and the American superstars who led the search for frightening new routes on the big north faces. Be there when British expatriates pioneer an exciting new trend in world mountaineering--waterfall ice climbing. Witness the popular growth of sport climbing, both on the crags and in the gyms. Finally, enjoy the story of home-grown climbers. Initially slow to take up the challenge, both at home and overseas, they are now leaders in the climbing world.
Author : Steffen Kjær
Publisher : Alpine Avenue Books
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-02-26
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9788799411887
The rock wall is steep, and every muscle is clenched. Fingers are slipping. Blood is pumping. Carefully, carefully, a foot is placed on a small ledge. Now the climber must reach for the next handhold. Steffen Kjaer is a mountaineer and journalist. He describes the challenges of climbing as only someone can who has faced them himself. Over the last ten years, he has climbed some of the most legendary cliff faces in the world. Here, he tells you what it’s like. The book is illustrated with impressive photos.
Author : Donald R. Tjossem
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439650646
This book contains images of many of the mountains and views that are available to be climbed in Washington State. Washington's mountains have been used for many years as a training ground for major international mountain climbing expeditions. The very first Americans to climb Mount Everest trained on the mountains of Washington State. Many of these scenes have never been seen by the casual hiker or climber, merely because they cover such a large geographic area of the state and are otherwise very remote.
Author : Kelly Cordes
Publisher : Patagonia
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-11-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781938340345
Patagonia’s Cerro Torre, considered by many the most beautiful peak in the world, draws the finest and most devoted technical alpinists to its climbing challenges. But controversy has swirled around this ice-capped peak since Cesare Maestri claimed first ascent in 1959. Since then a debate has raged, with world-class climbers attempting to retrace his route but finding only contradictions. This chronicle of hubris, heroism, controversies and epic journeys offers a glimpse into the human condition, and why some pursue extreme endeavors that at face value have no worth.
Author : Annie Smith Peck
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1912
Category : Bolivia
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173026613430