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Vantage point : 50 years of the best climbing stories ever told / compiled by the editors of Climbing magazine.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- The Editors of Climbing Magazine
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rock climbing--United States.
- Rock climbing.
- Rock climbing--Anecdotes.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Guilford, Connecticut : Falcon Guides, [2018]
- Summary:
- For nearly 50 years, Climbing Magazine's goal has been to inspire and entertain with compelling coverage of climbing in all its forms, from bouldering to the big walls, trad rock to sport climbing, ice climbing to mountaineering. Vantage Point offers a collection of the most inspiring, thought-provoking, and humorous stories featured in Climbing over the past five decades-an anthology that will move you to grab your chalkbag, rope, and harness.
- Contents:
- Intro
- INTRODUCTION: 50 YEARS OF AWESOME
- PART ONE: THE 1970s
- THE 1970s: CLIMBING BECOMES CLEAN, FREE, AND A LITTLE BOLDER
- THE DRAGON ROUTE
- HOT HENRY: AN INTERVIEW WITH HENRY BARBER
- CLIMBING AND THE ALPINE ENVIRONMENT: ETHICS OF PRESERVATION
- OGRE DESCENT
- PUMPING SANDSTONE
- THE FOOLISH AND THE WISE: THE FIRST FREE ASCENT OF THE WISDOM
- FRIENDS: A LOOK AT NEW TECHNOLOGY IN CLIMBING
- LATOK I: A CLIMB WITHOUT A SUMMIT
- PART TWO: THE 1980s
- THE 1980s: A DECADE OF RADICAL CHANGE AND TRANSITION
- WITLESSLY BOLD, HEROICALLY DULL
- THE DANCE OF THE WOO-LI MASTERS
- SHAWANGUNK SOLO CLIMBS: FOOL'S GOAL
- KISS OR KILL
- WOLFGANG GÜLLICH
- SALATHÉ WALL: 1988
- UP AGAINST IT
- PART THREE: THE 1990s
- THE 1990s: SPORT CLIMBING COMES INTO ITS PRIME
- TALES FROM THE GRIPPED
- A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A MOUNTAINEER
- THE SHINING MOUNTAIN
- BALANCING ACT
- PART FOUR: THE 2000s
- THE 2000s: EL CAPITAN AND THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED
- NOW GOING
- THE DIHEDRAL WALL
- THE LINE OF CONTROL
- THE BLACK DOG
- FANTASY LAND
- PART FIVE: THE 2010s
- THE 2010s : A LIFETIME OF CLIMBING
- HALF LIFE
- VAMPIRE DIARY
- EXPADDICTION
- A BELIEF
- THE FREERIDER.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4930-3478-2
- OCLC:
- 1040694456
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