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Yosemite Valley Free Climbs
Author | : Greg Barnes |
Publisher | : Wilderness Press |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Rock climbing |
ISBN | : |
Over 230 of the best routes in Yosemite Valley from 16-pitch trad climbs to one-pitch sport routes. While many hard Yosemite testpieces are included, this book focuses on topropes, crags, and multi-pitch climbs in the 5.4-5.9 range. Includes formerly obscure climbs to provide more options for avoiding crowds. As in all SuperTopo books, the authors personally climbed and documented each route with meticulous care to create the most detailed and accurate topos ever published.
Valley of Giants
Author | : Lauren Delaunay |
Publisher | : Mountaineers Books |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2022-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781680515145 |
Anthology featuring both untold and famous stories from the female trailblazers of Yosemite climbing
Yosemite Climbs
Author | : George Meyers |
Publisher | : Falcon Guides |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : Rock climbing |
ISBN | : 9780960945207 |
Yosemite Big Walls
Author | : Chris McNamara |
Publisher | : Supertopo |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : |
A sumptuous historical survey of "The Road" that also offers itineraries, practicalities, and the whereabouts of top-rated related museum collections.
Yosemite Valley Bouldering
Author | : Matt Wilder |
Publisher | : Supertopo |
Total Pages | : 172 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : |
Yosemite Valley is one of the best granite bouldering areas in the world. This guide aims to inspire current and future Yosemite boulderers and makes Valley bouldering more accessible. This latest title from SuperTopo has clear descriptions, detailed topos, and dozens of photos. From Camp 4 holdless desperates to classic moderates in serene settings, Yosemite Valley Bouldering has problems to suit all skill levels. In addition to the problem information, this book helps you plan your trip, gives insider info for staying in the Valley, and provides beautiful photos of the problems and narrative on Yosemite's bouldering history. Over 700 boulder problems in 30+areas. 50+ color photos and topos, photo-diagrams, and detailed descriptions.
Climber's Guide to Yosemite Valley
Author | : Steve Roper |
Publisher | : Random House (NY) |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 1971 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : |
Pilgrims of the Vertical
Author | : Joseph E. Taylor III |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 379 |
Release | : 2010-10-15 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 0674058607 |
Few things suggest rugged individualism as powerfully as the solitary mountaineer testing his or her mettle in the rough country. Yet the long history of wilderness sport complicates this image. In this surprising story of the premier rock-climbing venue in the United States, Pilgrims of the Vertical offers insight into the nature of wilderness adventure. From the founding era of mountain climbing in Victorian Europe to present-day climbing gyms, Pilgrims of the Vertical shows how ever-changing alignments of nature, technology, gender, sport, and consumer culture have shaped climbers’ relations to nature and to each other. Even in Yosemite Valley, a premier site for sporting and environmental culture since the 1800s, elite athletes cannot be entirely disentangled from the many men and women seeking recreation and camaraderie. Following these climbers through time, Joseph Taylor uncovers lessons about the relationship of individuals to groups, sport to society, and nature to culture. He also shows how social and historical contexts influenced adventurers’ choices and experiences, and why some became leading environmental activists—including John Muir, David Brower, and Yvon Chouinard. In a world in which wild nature is increasingly associated with play, and virtuous play with environmental values, Pilgrims of the Vertical explains when and how these ideas developed, and why they became intimately linked to consumerism.
On the Nose
Author | : Hans Florine |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2016-09-01 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 149302499X |
Hans Florine embodies the genius of "and"—collaborative and competitive, fast and safe, audacious and disciplined, visionary and quantitative. The themes that run through Florine's 101 ascents of Yosemite's most iconic route can benefit people who will never climb a rock, indeed anyone inspired by the idea of a passionate, lifelong quest of any type. —Jim Collins, author of Good to Great Hans Florine is a big-wall climbing legend in his own time. He holds the speed record on the Nose route of El Capitan, a 3,000-foot granite cliff in Yosemite Valley that’s considered the Everest of the rock-climbing world. Ascending the Nose takes most climbers anywhere from 12 to 96 hours. Florine, along with climbing partner Alex Honnold, does it in an astounding 2.5 hours. But Florine’s story is not one of super-human athletic prowess; it’s one of persistence and dogged determination. In 30 years of climbing, he's ascended the Nose a mind-blowing, death-defying 100 times, more than anyone else ever has, and most likely ever will. In On the Nose, Florine describes the most dangerous, pivotal, and inspirational of those climbs, providing a rare look inside the adrenaline-charged world of competitive climbing in Yosemite Valley. He tells of his very first attempt on the Nose, which ended in failure after 14 hours, his friendships (and rivalries) with climbing’s most colorful personalities, and his battle with Dean Potter to secure the definitive speed record on the Nose—an endeavor that’s been called the wildest competition known to man. Perhaps most interestingly, Florine attempts to answer the question why. Why would anyone undertake one of the greatest adventure epics on earth 100 times? His answers provide unique insights on how to live a satisfying life, how to achieve big goals, and how an otherwise ordinary guy can become a rock star.
Camp 4
Author | : Steve Roper |
Publisher | : The Mountaineers Books |
Total Pages | : 434 |
Release | : 2013-01-31 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 1594852820 |
* Includes stories of such greats as Royal Robbins, Yvon Chouinard, Allen Steck, and Warren Harding * Captures the raucous, outrageous, innovative spirit of climbing in Yosemie during this period * Portrays the advances in equipment and style that revolutionized big-wall climbing In the 1960's, California's Yosemite Valley was the center of the rock-climbing universe. Young nonconformists -- many of them the finest rock climbers in the world -- channeled their energy toward the largely untouched walls and cracks. Soon climbers from around the globe were coming to Camp 4 -- gathering spot for the creators of the Golden Age of Yosemite climbing -- to see what all the fuss was about. Climber and author Steve Roper spent most of 10 years living in the Yosemite Valley with its intriguing inhabitants. Camp 4 is his take on the era's top climbers and the influences behind their achievements. The text is full of stories both hilarious and revealing about the likes of bolt-disdaining Royal Robbins; fun-loving, big-wall expert Warren Harding; free-climber Frank Sacherer; multi-talented Chuck Pratt; master craftsman Yvon Chouinard; and ill-fated Mark Powell. Roper also tips his hat to the elder statesmen of the 1930s and 1940s who pioneered early, important climbs in the valley. Camp 4 looks at the most significant climbs, and the most riveting controversies of a legendary era. With more than 50 fascinating historical photographs, most never before published, Camp 4 is the definitive history of Yosemite climbing during this period.