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Author
Publisher
Mountaineers Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Definitive biography of one of America's most influential outdoor figures"--
"Robbins’s passing in 2017 was covered from the BBC News to NPR to the New York Times, which deemed him the "conscience of rock climbers" Includes never-before-published information drawn from Robbins’s family archives and personal papers International interest in the Golden Age of Yosemite only continues to grow Acclaimed writer David Smart illuminates the...
Author
Publisher
Vertebrate Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"More and more people around the world are discovering how great climbing is, both indoors and outdoors. The Climbing Bible by internationally renowned climbers and coaches Martin Mobråten and Stian Christophersen is a comprehensive guide to help you train effectively to become a better climber. The authors have been climbing coaches for a number of years. Based on their own extensive experience and research, this book collates the best European...
43) 127 hours
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
The powerfully uplifting true story of one man's struggle to survive against mountainous odds. Aron Ralston has a passion for all things outdoors. But when a falling boulder traps him in a remote Utah canyon, a thrill-seeker's adventure becomes the challenge of a lifetime. Over the next five days, Ralston embarks on a remarkable personal journey in which he relies on the memories of family and friends as well as his own courage and ingenuity to turn...
45) Free solo
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Follows free solo climber Alex Honnold, as he prepares mentally and physically to climb the 3200-foot El Capitan in Yosemite without a rope or safety gear.
Publisher
Mountaineers Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
This first-ever collection of both famed and untold stories from women at the heart of Yosemite climbing gathers almost 40 contributors, from Bea Vogel who forged her own pitons to Molly Higgins who participated in the first all-female ascent of the Nose on El Capitan to Liz Robbins who established routes in Yosemite Valley during the Golden Age. Astonishing Stonemasters like Lynn Hill, as well as many other notable climbers, including Steph Davis,...
Publisher
SnowCreek Consort
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
"Examines the life of climbing legend Ron Kauk, who, through imagery and ... narration shares insights and stories of his life of climbing in Yosemite. As Ron shares his way of life, he strives to awaken us ... to our connection with the natural world and our responsibility to preserve it."--Container.
Author
Publisher
University of Nevada Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
On August 27, 2007, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an earlier district court ruling that sport climbing on a Washoe Indian sacred site in western Nevada must cease. Cave Rock, a towering monolith jutting over the shore of Lake Tahoe, has been sacred to the Washoe people for over five thousand years. Long abused by road builders and vandals, it earned new fame in the late twentieth century as a world-class sport rock-climbing site.
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Series
Secret agent Jack Stalwart volume 13
Publisher
Weinstein Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When a plane goes missing over Mount Everest, Jack and his fellow agents must brave the highest mountain on Earth to recover its cargo--the first true yeti skull ever recovered.
53) Take
Author
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In search of her missing father, Cara and her ex-boyfriend Nat venture into the Cascade Mountains, up a harrowing rock face, and navigate through time as they explore the impact of Pearl Harbor and its Japanese Incarceration Camps, Cara's family, and eachother.
Two teens uncover a secret hidden in the Cascade Mountains that spans generations, stringing together family skeletons, lost stories, and a discovery of love and self in this tense and emotional...
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