Rise of the Ranges of Light
Author: David Gilligan
Publisher: Heyday Books
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 209
ISBN-13: 9781597141512
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: David Gilligan
Publisher: Heyday Books
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 209
ISBN-13: 9781597141512
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Daniel Arnold
Publisher: Catapult
Published: 2011-01-01
Total Pages: 433
ISBN-13: 1582436169
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →“A splendid chronicle of early climbing in the Sierra Nevada.” —Royal Robbins It’s 1873. Gore–Tex shells and aluminum climbing gear are a century away, but the high mountains still call to those with a spirit of adventure. Imagine the stone in your hands and thousands of feet of open air below you, with only a wool jacket to weather a storm and no rope to catch a fall. Daniel Arnold did more than imagine—he spent three years retracing the steps of his climbing forefathers, and in Early Days in the Range of Light, he tells their riveting stories. From 1864 to 1931, the Sierra Nevada witnessed some of the most audacious climbing of all time. In the spirit of his predecessors, Arnold carried only rudimentary equipment: no ropes, no harness, no specialized climbing shoes. Sometimes he left his backpack and sleeping bag behind as well, and, like John Muir, traveled for days with only a few pounds of food rolled into a sack slung over his shoulder. In an artful blend of history, biography, nature, and adventure writing, Arnold brings to life the journeys and the terrain traveled. In the process he uncovers the motivations that drove an extraordinary group of individuals to risk so much for airy summits and close contact with bare stone and snow. “Ever wish you could travel back to climbing’s early days and follow the earliest first–ascent visionaries? This fantasy comes to life . . . in this elegant narrative.” —Climbing Magazine
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Published: 1941
Total Pages: 642
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Final yearly issue includes index of special articles. December through March issues contain reports of snow and ice conditions.
Author: Richard Grossinger
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 473
ISBN-13: 1583944842
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Explores and compares neuroscientific and philosophical views of reality and human consciousness"--Provided by publisher.