Cultural Writing. Great routes, great writing. It was a special time, this Golden Age of Yosemite climbing. Virgin walls soared 3,000 feet. Immense pinnacles had golden eagles atop them, but no cairns. The phrase "kids in a candy store" springs to mind. Excited by such possibilities, climbers who barely knew what they were up against swarmed up new routes, and then, as if to further savor their adventures, put pen to paper. Steve Roper presents fifty-four selections that represent the most interesting and significant literary output about Yosemite climbing from its beginnings, in 1933, until 1974. Sixty-seven photographs and illustrations.
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Climbing runs from routine to audacious. Here Steve Roper has gathers together accounts of some of the most audacious climbers and climbs ever. Yosemite in the Golden Age, as recorded by the climbers who made that age what it was.The photographs show you the place. The accounts show you the people. Read and remember when you were there or read and then visit the Valley. Climbing has entered a new phase. Technique, training, and better gear have moved ahead. Now those pushing the envelope are doing bold solo climbs at high altitude (Steve House, in Pakistan, among other examples). But this collection will give you a sense of how we got to where we are today and of the people who helped push things forward form the 1940s to the 1970s. Amazing tales, nicely brought together. Read and enjoy it. And keep on climbing.
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Yosemite Valley offers one of the finest localities in America for a sport that has made the Kaisergebirge and the Dolomites internationally famous-concentrated rock-climbing. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
climbing nuts, valley climbers, flake system, angle pitons, higher spire, piton cracks, climbing ethics, roo feet, last piton, northwest face, prusik knots, fixed ropes, bolt ladder, south buttress, hanging belay, good ledge, first ascent, artificial climbing, expansion bolts, first bivouac, bivouac gear, previous high point, entire climb, free climbing, hauling bag Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Half Dome, Lost Arrow, Yosemite Valley, Glen Denny, Royal Robbins, Warren Harding, Chuck Pratt, American Alpine Journal, Mount Watkins, Washington Column, Sierra Club Bulletin, Yvon Chouinard, North America Wall, Yosemite Point, Arrow Chimney, Leaning Tower, Sentinel Rock, Dave Brower, Dihedral Wall, High Sierra, Tom Frost, United States, Muir Wall, Steve Roper, Cathedral Spires New!
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Yosemite Valley offers one of the finest localities in America for a sport that has made the Kaisergebirge and the Dolomites internationally famous-concentrated rock-climbing. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
climbing nuts, valley climbers, flake system, angle pitons, higher spire, piton cracks, climbing ethics, roo feet, last piton, northwest face, prusik knots, fixed ropes, bolt ladder, south buttress, hanging belay, good ledge, first ascent, artificial climbing, expansion bolts, first bivouac, bivouac gear, previous high point, entire climb, free climbing, hauling bag Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Half Dome, Lost Arrow, Yosemite Valley, Glen Denny, Royal Robbins, Warren Harding, Chuck Pratt, American Alpine Journal, Mount Watkins, Washington Column, Sierra Club Bulletin, Yvon Chouinard, North America Wall, Yosemite Point, Arrow Chimney, Leaning Tower, Sentinel Rock, Dave Brower, Dihedral Wall, High Sierra, Tom Frost, United States, Muir Wall, Steve Roper, Cathedral Spires New!
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- The American Alpine Journal, 2005: The World's Most Significant Climbs, Vol. 47, Issue 79 by John Harlin III in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- North America the Beautiful (Journeys Through The World) by Galen Rowell on page 198, and Back Matter
- World Trade (Today's world) by C.A.R. Hills on page 29
- The Vertical World of Yosemite: A Collection of Writings and Photographs on Rock Climbing in Yosemite by Galen A. Rowell in Back Matter
- A Shropshire Lad (Dover Thrift Editions) by A. E. Housman on page 171
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- American Alpine Journal 2004 by John Harlin in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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