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Rock climbing in Kentucky's Red River Gorge : an oral history of community, resources, and tourism / James N. Maples.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Maples, James N., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rock climbing--Kentucky--Red River Gorge--History.
- Rock climbing.
- Tourism--Kentucky--Red River Gorge Region.
- Tourism.
- Red River Gorge Region (Ky.)--History.
- Red River Gorge Region (Ky.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Morgantown, West Virginia : West Virginia University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- "Documents fifty years of oral history from the rock-climbing community in Red River Gorge, Kentucky. Includes policy recommendations for building partnerships among climbers, local communities, and public land managers to encourage community development, ecotourism, and preservation"-- Provided by the publisher."
- Contents:
- A brief overview of the Red and the surrounding region
- The motherlode
- The Red River Dam, 1962-1969
- Cumberland climbers, 1968-1975
- Trad climbing growth and climbing guides, 1974-1986
- Sport climbing begins in the Red, 1987-1995
- Climbing guides, climbing bans, and climbers organizing, 1993-1997
- White-haired goldenrod and the memorandum of understanding, 1997-2000
- The military wall archaeological dig, 2001-2002
- Transitioning off public land and into a new era at the Red, 2002-2004 00
- The RocTrip, growth, and impact issues, 2005-2010
- Learning to be a Red River local, 2011-2019
- What comes next? : climbing in the Red and beyond, 2020-2050.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781952271168
- 1952271169
- OCLC:
- 1261048163
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