Fast-paced history-cum-memoir about rock climbing in the wild-and-wooly 80sHighlights ground-breaking achievements from the eraHangdog 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.
* Shows you how to get started with sport climbing, or push your skills further than you thought they could go* Sport climbing is a fun, accessible aspect of climbing that many people can participate in* Foreword by Chris Sharma, the best known American sport climberSport climbers often project a route that tests their physical limits in hopes of an eventual completion, regardless of the number of attempts.
* Adventure memoir from a renowned winter climber at the top of his game* Moro reflects on some of his most significant climbs* A bestseller in Italy, this is the first English-language edition of Moro s storySimone Moro is a celebrated Italian alpinist who specializes in winter climbing: He holds the record for first winter ascents of 8000-meter peaks Shisha Pangma, Makalu, and Gasherbrum II.
The 54 walks in this guidebook explore the popular region around Mont Blanc (4808m), the highest mountain in Western Europe, showcasing the very best routes on both the French and the Italian sides of the massif.
National Outdoor Book Award Winner - Instructional CategoryClimbing partners Maria Hines, a James Beard awardwinning chef, and Mercedes Pollmeier, an NSCA-certified strength and conditioning specialist and Level 2 nutritionist, decided that they d had enough of packaged bars and goos.
Avalanche safety educator Bruce Tremper s recently published Avalanche Essentials is a terrific little tome that condenses the conventional wisdom into 189 pages.
CLICK HERE to download the section from Big Wall Climbing on "e;First Ascents"e;* Skills and strategies unique to big walls -- illustrated in full color* Includes modern speed and free climbing tactics that have revolutionized wall climbing * Key training exercises (practiced near the ground) and real life examples reinforce instruction Dangling sweaty-palmed from a 3000-foot cliff for days on end, Jared Ogden taught himself to climb his first big wall by trial and error.
Originating in the climbing world, slacklining is the act of balancing along a narrow, flexible piece of webbing that has been anchored between two stable objects.
This full color book includes everything beginning climbers need to know to safely toprope climbing routes, from tying knots to setting anchors to belaying.
Here at last is the thrilling memoir of the legendary mountaineer Bradford Washburn, one of the last surviving explorers and adventurers of the twentieth century.
A new type of climbing guide to a cherished national park-with stunning action photosBest Climbs Rocky Mountain National Park showcases the classic routes and best climbs in America's largest national park.
This updated edition of the popular NOLS Wilderness Mountaineering reflects the most current practices, equipment, and risk management in mountain climbing.
This handy, pocket-size manual provides easy-to-understand, step-by-step guidance to climbers transitioning from basic rock climbing to sport climbing, which involves scaling larger, more challenging rock walls that have fixed anchors.
CLICK HERE to download the first chapter from PsychoverticalPsychovertical is the story of what happens to a nice lower-class kid with dyslexia who gains control over his circumstances by clinging to giant stone faces, thousands of feet in the air, for days at a time.
Best Climbs Phoenix Arizona is the next installment in the Best Climbs series from Falcon, appealing specifically to traveling climbers and local climbers who wanted to be directed toward the best local climbing.
THE ALTITUDE EXPERIENCE:Successful Trekking and Climbing Above 8,000 Feet (Falcon)Mike FarrisThe first comprehensive guide for climbing above 8,000 feetThe one-volume resource for any traveler who will be at high altitude for any period of time, this guide contains organized technical information from medical and science texts as well as anecdotes from real climbers who share their own experiences, in the body as well as the mind.
This thoroughly revised and updated third edition of Better Bouldering presents all the techniques and tricks gleaned from the forty-plus bouldering career of John Sherman, America's most noted and notorious bouldering guru.
Why We Climb is a celebration, in word and image, of those aspects of the climbing life that are most universal, meaningful, and long lasting the strong connection to partners and nature; the physical and mental mastery required (and how to achieve it); the rewards of exploring oneself and the world through climbing.
A guidebook to three hut-to-hut treks in Austrias Stubai Alps: the 79km Stubai Rucksack Route, the 60km Stubai Glacier Tour plus a South Tirol extension, and the 67km Gschnitztal Runde Tour.
This revised and updated guidebook--now in full color--provides rock climbers with information on the best climbs in Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland, accompanied with color action photographs, climbing history for each area, route ratings and trip planning information, pitch-by-pitch written descriptions, detailed colortopos and clear overview photos, descent information and gear recommendations.
Guidebook to the best graded winter climbing routes around Ben Nevis and Glen Coe, with nearly 1000 buttresses, ridges and gullies described, all illustrated with photo topos.
At the age of sixteen, Andy Cave followed in his father's and grandfather's footsteps and became a miner - one of the last recruits into a dying world.
Standard, alternate, and technical routes for all 58 Colorado Fourteener peaksA classic guidebook known for its accuracy and comprehensiveness, Colorado's Fourteeners has been updated for this thirtieth anniversary edition to include GPS coordinates, revised topographic maps, expanded route details, and new descriptions reflecting alterations to trail access.
With heart-pounding descriptions of avalanches and treacherous ascents, Barry Blanchard chronicles his transformation from a poor Metis (half-breed) kid from the wrong side of the tracks to one of the most respected alpinists in the world.
The essential guide to one of the world's most popular climbing destinations-with detailed color topos, stunning action photos, and mapsBest ClimbsJoshua TreeNational Parkis part of a series of new climbing guides from Falcon, appealing specifically to nonlocal climbers and locals with minimal time on their hands, all of whom seek visually appealing, to-the-point guides that filter out the very best climbs in some of America's most popular climbing destinations, with an emphasis on moderate routes ranging from 5.
In David Black's Canyoneering: A Guide to Techniques for Wet and Dry Canyons, readers learn the hazards and risks of canyoneering, the skills required to gain mastery of canyoneering style and technique, and simple, effective ways to negotiate hazardous terrain.
A guidebook to 100 graded scrambles in the north of the Lake District National Park, covering Wasdale, Buttermere, Patterdale and Blencathra, with easy access from Ennerdale, Keswick, Borrowdale, Threlkeld, Thirlmere.
Written by the International Federation of Mountain Guides Association (IFMGA) certified mountain guides Marc Chauvin and Rob Coppolillo, The Mountain Guide Manual is the go-to reference for novice and experienced mountain guides, as well as advanced recreationalists.
Climbing in North America is the definitive, complete history of mountaineering in the United States and Canada, from the earliest days of the sport through the 1970s.
Not only did Hornbein play a crucial role in one of the most extraordinary accomplishments in the history of mountaineering, his account of the feat is one of the finest things ever written about this peculiar, hazardous, and uncommonly engaging pursuit.
From straightforward narratives of ascents to meticulous self-examination to spiritual reveries, climbing prompts men and women to pour forth essays, articles, and books that are unlike any other field of literature.
Using unpublished diaries, Jim Perrin, the acclaimed author of The Villain and Menlove, tells the story of the greatest exploring partnership in British history.
When eleven climbers died on K2 on August 1, 2008, it was a stark reminder that the world's second-highest mountain has, for more than a century, been regarded as the most difficult and dangerous of all-for every four people who reach the top, one dies in the attempt.
'Well told, personable, fast-paced, and undoubtedly a fascinating read' Daily TelegraphGripping, moving and wildly exhilarating, Mud, Sweat and Tears is a must-read for adrenalin junkies and armchair adventurers alike.
