25 spellbinding essays from over 20 years of Rock & Ice magazine. With Ruaridh Pringle, John Long, Will Gadds, Christian Beckwith and more. The best of the best.
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Dougald MacDonald is the editor-in-chief for Rock & Ice and has established new routes on more than a dozen desert towers and big walls. He lives in Boulder, Colorado.
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This book is simply not long enough,
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I could have devoured five times as many of the fine stories written here as I had the good fortune to read. The variety of subject matter, coupled with the strong voices of the authors, make this book wonderfully appealing.
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The best thing about this anthology is the range of subject matter, from bouldering to mountaineering, from young sport climbers to veteran alpinists. Every story gives a different view of climbing. It's also filled with good humor, from John Long to the crazy story about the guy on a road trip with his pet monkey.
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This book is an anthology of articles published in Rock and Ice, with an emphasis on fairly recent work. They are primarily trip reports and essays. Detailed description of the sort of climbing which often doesn't get much press gives many of the articles a fresh, interesting quality. In addition, they have only previously been published in the magazine, so they will be new to many readers. Definitely recommended!
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The idea of having a certain route on a certain cliff is surely an abstract one, an arbitrary test left by a first ascensionist saying, "I have climbed here, can you?" Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
bivi sack, orange guy, boulder problems, climbing magazine, hairy guy, free climbing, haul rope, left tool, first ascent, climbing partners Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Monument Basin, Rabbi Vincent, Soviet Union, Standing Rock, Rabbi Hank, Genet Basin, John Long, Ala Archa, Shark's Fin, Smith Rock, Jim Bridwell, Les Droites, Pat Ament, South Wall, Andromeda Strain, Best of the Blues, Bruce Smith, Canadian Rockies, Captain Pipe, Flammes de Pierre, Ghost River Valley, Jim Yoder, Kahiltna Glacier, Kitchatna Spires, Lynn Hill New!
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The idea of having a certain route on a certain cliff is surely an abstract one, an arbitrary test left by a first ascensionist saying, "I have climbed here, can you?" Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
bivi sack, orange guy, boulder problems, climbing magazine, hairy guy, free climbing, haul rope, left tool, first ascent, climbing partners Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Monument Basin, Rabbi Vincent, Soviet Union, Standing Rock, Rabbi Hank, Genet Basin, John Long, Ala Archa, Shark's Fin, Smith Rock, Jim Bridwell, Les Droites, Pat Ament, South Wall, Andromeda Strain, Best of the Blues, Bruce Smith, Canadian Rockies, Captain Pipe, Flammes de Pierre, Ghost River Valley, Jim Yoder, Kahiltna Glacier, Kitchatna Spires, Lynn Hill New!
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- North Wall by Roger Hubank on page 26, and page 30
- Angels of Light by Jeff Long on page 152
- Winston Churchill (Real Lives) by Mike Wilson on page 145
- Eric Shipton: Everest and Beyond by Peter Steele in Back Matter
- The Call of the Wild (Aladdin Classic Reprints) by Jack London in Back Matter
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