Rock Climbing Oregon S Smith Rock State Park

Author : Alan Watts
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-06
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781461745853

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Rock Climbing Smith Rock State Park by Alan Watts Pdf

The comprehensive guide to the place that brought sport climbing to North America— a full-color, thoroughly updated new edition Smith Rock State Park. It was on the impressive crags of this Oregon hideaway that American sport climbing came into its own, and to this day, some of the hardest climbs in the United States are found on these walls. Alan Watts, who has played a leading role in the development of this popular rock-climbing destination, details more than 1,700 routes at Smith Rock and the surrounding area. This new edition updates hundreds of routes, includes hundreds of new ones, and has new photos of each crag, wall, and route. No other guide is as comprehensive or thorough, and no author more respected for his intimate knowledge of one of the world's most popular climbing destinations.

Author : Alan Watts
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 585 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2023-08-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781493030194

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Rock Climbing Oregon's Smith Rock State Park by Alan Watts Pdf

Smith Rock State Park. It was on the impressive crags of this Oregon hideaway that American sport climbing came into its own, and to this day, some of the hardest climbs in the United States are found on these walls. Alan Watts, who has played a leading role in the development of this popular rock-climbing destination, details more than 2,200 routes at Smith Rock and the surrounding area. This new edition updates hundreds of routes and has new photos of the many crags, walls, and routes. No other guide is as comprehensive or thorough, and no author more respected for his intimate knowledge of one of the world’s most popular climbing destinations.

Author : Jonathan Thesenga
Publisher : Wolverine Publishing
Page : 87 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2009-10
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0979264499

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Smith Rock Select by Jonathan Thesenga Pdf

Smith Rock is where it all began the birthplace of American sport climbing. The soaring orange walls of this Oregon State Park have some of the best and most celebrated climbs in the country, and a wealth of terrain, both sport and trad, that will challenge climbers of all levels of ability. Discover it for yourself with this select guide to almost 300 of the best routes.

Author : Jeff Smoot
Publisher : Mountaineers Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781680512335

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Hangdog Days by Jeff Smoot Pdf

Fast-paced history-cum-memoir about rock climbing in the wild-and-wooly ’80s Highlights ground-breaking achievements from the era Hangdog Days vividly chronicles the era when rock climbing exploded in popularity, attracting a new generation of talented climbers eager to reach new heights via harder routes and faster ascents. This contentious, often entertaining period gave rise to sport climbing, climbing gyms, and competitive climbing--indelibly transforming the sport. Jeff Smoot was one of those brash young climbers, and here he traces the development of traditional climbing “rules,” enforced first through peer pressure, then later through intimidation and sabotage. In the late ’70s, several climbers began introducing new tactics including “hangdogging,” hanging on gear to practice moves, that the old guard considered cheating. As more climbers broke ranks with traditional style, the new gymnastic approach pushed the limits of climbing from 5.12 to 5.13. When French climber Jean-Baptiste Tribout ascended To Bolt or Not to Be, 5.14a, at Smith Rock in 1986, he cracked a barrier many people had considered impenetrable. In his lively, fast-paced history enriched with insightful firsthand experience, Smoot focuses on the climbing achievements of three of the era’s superstars: John Bachar, Todd Skinner, and Alan Watts, while not neglecting the likes of Ray Jardine, Lynn Hill, Mark Hudon, Tony Yaniro, and Peter Croft. He deftly brings to life the characters and events of this raucous, revolutionary time in rock climbing, exploring, as he says, “what happened and why it mattered, not only to me but to the people involved and those who have followed.”

Author : TIMOTHY. KRAUSE
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1096530515

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SEVEN WONDERS OF OREGON by TIMOTHY. KRAUSE Pdf

Author : Eric Bjornstad
Publisher : Falcon Guides
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0934641927

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Rock Climbs in the National Parks by Eric Bjornstad Pdf

Where-to guide for technical climbing in National Parks in Utah

Author : Alan Watts
Publisher : Falcon Guides
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Rock climbing
ISBN : 0934641188

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Climber's Guide to Smith Rock by Alan Watts Pdf

Comprehensive guide to this area in central Oregon that brought the sport of climbing to America.

Author : Jonathan Thesenga
Publisher : Wolverine Publishing
Page : 87 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Rock climbing
ISBN : 0972160965

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Smith Rock Select by Jonathan Thesenga Pdf

Smith Rock is where it all began - the birthplace of American sport climbing. The soaring orange walls of this Oregon State Park have some of the best and most celebrated climbs in the country, and a wealth of terrain, both sport and trad, that will challenge climbers of all levels and ability. Discover it for yourself with this select guide to almost 300 of the best routes. This thin guide is designed for the visiting climber to find all the best climbs, without the trouble of lugging around a huge complete guide in your pack all day. A significant improvement on previous guides - Smith Rock Select features full color photos with routes drawn in on top, plus descriptions of every route covered. Discover why Smith Rocks is the best place in Oregon - and the entire Pacific Northwest - for Rock climbing.

Author : Wilson Wewa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0870719009

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Legends of the Northern Paiute by Wilson Wewa Pdf

Legends of the Northern Paiute shares and preserves twenty-one original and previously unpublished Northern Paiute legends, as told by Wilson Wewa, a spiritual leader and oral historian of the Warm Springs Paiute. These legends were originally told around the fires of Paiute camps and villages during the "story-telling season" of winter in the Great Basin of the American West. They were shared with Paiute communities as a way to pass on tribal visions of the "animal people" and the "human people," their origins and values, their spiritual and natural environment, and their culture and daily lives. The legends in this volume were recorded, transcribed, reviewed, and edited by Wilson Wewa and James Gardner. Each legend was recorded, then read and edited out loud, to respect the creativity, warmth, and flow of Paiute storytelling. The stories selected for inclusion include familiar characters from native legends, such as Coyote, as well as intriguing characters unique to the Northern Paiute, such as the creature embodied in the Smith Rock pinnacle, now known as Monkey Face, but known to the Paiutes in Central Oregon as Nuwuzoho the Cannibal. Wewa's apprenticeship to Northern Paiute culture began when he was about six years old. These legends were passed on to him by his grandmother and other tribal elders. They are now made available to future generations of tribal members, and to students, scholars, and readers interested in Wewa's fresh and authentic voice. These legends are best read and appreciated as they were told--out loud, shared with others, and delivered with all of the verve, cadence, creativity, and humor of original Paiute storytellers on those clear, cold winter nights in the high desert.

Author : Jeff Smoot
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0692068015

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Schurman Rock by Jeff Smoot Pdf

Part history, part biography, part climbing guide, Schurman Rock: A History & Guide describes the design and construction of Schurman Rock, the world's first artificial climbing wall, built in 1938-39 at Camp Long in Seattle, Washington. The book includes a history of the creation of Camp Long by by William G. Long, a Superior Court judge, who seized the opportunity to turn an unused 68-acre tract of swampy forest land into a wilderness camp for youth, and a biography of Clark Schurman, a Scoutmaster and Chief Climbing Guide at Mount Rainier, who envisioned and then built his "dream rock" to provide a place to teach mountaineering skills to youth. Thousands of kids and adults, including Fred Beckey and Jim and Lou Whittaker, learned to climb on Schurman Rock over the past 80 years. In 1938, Schurman published an article describing 22 routes on the rock--"short bits" as he called them. This book expands on this with a guide to several boulder problems on the rock. Includes many historic photos and a foreword by Pacific Northwest climbing legend Jim Whittaker.

Author : Bob Gaines
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781493039401

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Best Climbs Joshua Tree National Park by Bob Gaines Pdf

Best Climbs Joshua Tree National Park gives climbers a selection of more than 280 of the very best routes at one of the country's most popular climbing destinations. Full color photographs along with a contemporary design make this book as visually appealing as it is useful.

Author : Dierdre Wolownick
Publisher : Mountaineers Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2019-04-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781680512434

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The Sharp End of Life by Dierdre Wolownick Pdf

Wife and mother. Teacher and musician. Marathoner and rock climber. At 66, Dierdre Wolownick-Honnold became the oldest woman to climb El Capitan in Yosemite--and in The Sharp End of Life: A Mother’s Story, she shares her intimate journey, revealing how her climbing achievement reflects a broader story of courage and persistence. Dierdre grew up under the watchful eyes of a domineering mother and realized early on that her parents’ plans for her future weren’t what she wanted for herself. Later, what seemed like a storybook romance brought escape, with new experiences and eye-opening travel, but she quickly discovered that her husband was not the happy-go-lucky man he had first appeared. Adapting as best she could, Dierdre juggled work and raising two young children, encouraging them to be fearlessly confident. She noted with delight how her “little lady” Stasia took it upon herself to look out for her baby brother, and watched in amazement as Alex (Honnold of "Free Solo" fame) started climbing practically before he could crawl. After years of struggle in her marriage and her ultimate divorce, Dierdre found inspiration in her now-adult children’s passions, as well as new depths within herself. At Stasia’s urging, she took up running at age 54 and soon completed several marathons. Then at age 58, Alex led her on her first rock climbs. A world of friendship and support suddenly opened up to her within the climbing “tribe,” culminating in her record-setting ascent of El Cap with her son. From confused young wife and busy but lonely mother to confident middle-aged athlete, Dierdre brings the reader along as she finds new strength, happiness, and community in the outdoors--and a life of learning, acceptance, and spirit.

Author : Jeff Smoot
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781493039425

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Rock Climbing Washington by Jeff Smoot Pdf

This updated edition of Rock Climbing Washington features more than 1,500 routes throughout the state of Washington. Explore the granite cliffs of Index, Leavenworth, Darrington, and Tieton River Canyon; tackle the exposed alpine routes on the spires at Washington Pass; or hang from steep sport climbs at North Bend, Frenchman Coulee, and Marcus and China Bend near Spokane.

Author : Benjamin Ruef,Adam R. Bolf,Benjamin P. Ruef
Publisher : Falcon Guides
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 076274006X

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Rock Climbing Oregon by Benjamin Ruef,Adam R. Bolf,Benjamin P. Ruef Pdf

This book is the only guide available that covers all the major climbing areas in the state with routes ranging from 5.1 to 5.14a.

Author : Krishnan Naganathan
Publisher : Notion Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-17
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781648999604

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FOR THE LOVE OF MOUNTAINS by Krishnan Naganathan Pdf

A whim to experience outdoor life sparked a life-changing experience and a new love affair, a love for the mountains. More than a travelogue, I have relived each of my favorite mountain haunts visually in this book. Every picture and every day in the mountains have a story behind it. These stories include the local people, whose guests we were, friends, and yours truly. I have trekked many of these trails multiple times, hence some of them have more pictures than others. These visits in the last 11 years have transformed me from an introvert to an extrovert, a weakling with a bad back (three slipped discs) to a fit 50-year-old. I became a better photographer and a better traveler over time and this is reflected in the quality of pictures as well. I often tell my friends that a week of hiking in the mountains is equivalent to a lifetime of memories. And I have plenty of them to share in this photo book.