Exploring the physical and emotional challenges that accompany mountain adventure, this collection features essays by 25 of the top women climbers in the world.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Great book!,
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This review is from: Leading Out: Mountaineering Stories of Adventurous Women (Paperback)
In a field of mountaineering books written by men, it is certainly refreshing to find a book that provides so many anecdotes of women excelling in both alpine and rock climbing. What's best, you get to hear from women throughout history, young and old, and climbing in large and small groups. The stories are inspiring both to women and men. I highly recommend this!
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Great Fun! Great Adventures!,
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This review is from: Leading Out: Mountaineering Stories of Adventurous Women (Paperback)
This book was great fun to read, full of interesting and exciting adventures. It turns out that the editor, Rachel da Silva, is leading a Women's Everest Base Camp and Khumbu Valley trek to Nepal in fall 2000, through Adventures in Good Company, an outdoor group based in Afton, Minnesota. I would love to go and write my own adventure book! In the meantime these stories have been perfect for the armchair climber or hiker.
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As someone who's loved the mountains since she was little, I've just recently started exploring them as a grown-up. I've read much of the normal climbing literature, but this book with it's emphasis on female explorers and mountaineers really struck a chord with me. It's wonderful to read of women's long and accomplished history of mountaineering, especially with it's emphasis on climbing in the Pacific Northwest. Right now I'm stuck in the non-mountainous Midwest, but reading this book sends my spirit back to the mountains.
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very early I realized that the person who invariably climbs behind a good leader, guide or amateur, may never really learn mountaineering at all and in any case enjoys only a part of all the varied delights and rewards of climbing. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
first female ascent, climbing organization, advanced camp, women climbers, summit camp, haul bag, climbing groups, bivy sack, climbing community, mountaineering experience, climbing club, climbing partner, other climbers, climbing trips, alpine club, summit attempt, first ascent, mountaineering club, aid climbing, mountaineering skills Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South Col, British Columbia, Latin American, Miss Dish, Ang Dorjee, Women Climbers Northwest, Kathy Phibbs, North Cascades, United States, Alpine Club of Canada, Mystery Mountain, Pico Bolivar, Miriam O'Brien Underhill, Mount Everest, New York, Prem Chand, West Buttress, Canadian Rockies, Fay Fuller, Mummery Crack, New Hampshire, Phu Dorjee, Pisang Peak, Seven Sisters, Castle Rock New!
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very early I realized that the person who invariably climbs behind a good leader, guide or amateur, may never really learn mountaineering at all and in any case enjoys only a part of all the varied delights and rewards of climbing. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
first female ascent, climbing organization, advanced camp, women climbers, summit camp, haul bag, climbing groups, bivy sack, climbing community, mountaineering experience, climbing club, climbing partner, other climbers, climbing trips, alpine club, summit attempt, first ascent, mountaineering club, aid climbing, mountaineering skills Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South Col, British Columbia, Latin American, Miss Dish, Ang Dorjee, Women Climbers Northwest, Kathy Phibbs, North Cascades, United States, Alpine Club of Canada, Mystery Mountain, Pico Bolivar, Miriam O'Brien Underhill, Mount Everest, New York, Prem Chand, West Buttress, Canadian Rockies, Fay Fuller, Mummery Crack, New Hampshire, Phu Dorjee, Pisang Peak, Seven Sisters, Castle Rock New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Learning to Rock Climb (Outdoor Activities Guides) by Michael Loughman in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Space Below My Feet by Gwen Moffat on page 19, page 239, and Back Matter
- South America by Rh Value Publishing on page 71, and Back Matter
- Climbing Days by Dorothy Pilley on page 5, and page 104
- The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell on page 311, and page 312
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- Mountaineering: A Woman's Guide by Andrea Gabbard on page 105, and Back Matter
- Climb: Stories of Survival from Rock, Snow and Ice by Clint Willis in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Life and Death on Mt. Everest by Sherry B. Ortner in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- No Mountain Too High: A Triumph over Breast Cancer (Adventura Books) by Andrea Gabbard in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Gifts of the Wild: A Woman's Book of Adventure (Adventura Books) by Conlon Emerick & Goode in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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