Download or read book The American Alpine Journal 2021 written by American Alpine American Alpine Club and published by . This book was released on 2021-09 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world's most comprehensive and respected source of information about each year's long new climbs and expeditions.* In-depth reports on major climbs, written by the climbers and carefully edited by a team of experts * Our Recon section covers the history, recent climbing activity, and new-route potential of a wild area. This year: the ice climbs of Newfoundland's western fjords * The 2021 edition includes a special report on climbs during the year of COVIDPublished annually since 1929, the American Alpine Journal is renowned as the world's journal of record for long new climbs of all kinds. The AAJ publishes each year's most compelling stories, told by the climbers themselves and carefully edited by a team of experts. Each year we reveal many newly discovered climbing destinations and unclimbed summits, from Alaska to the Karakoram.
Download or read book The American Alpine Journal 2020 written by American Alpine Club and published by . This book was released on 2020-09 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American Alpine Journal 2016 written by American Alpine Club and published by . This book was released on 2016-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published annually since 1929, the American Alpine Journal is renowned as the world's journal of record for major climbs of all kinds. The journal includes the most compelling stories, told by the climbers themselves. The Climbs & Expeditions section documents the year's greatest first ascents, from Alaska to Afghanistan, and from Patagonia to Pakistan. This year the AAJ has more photos than ever before. --Amazon.com.
Download or read book No Shortcuts to the Top written by Ed Viesturs and published by Crown. This book was released on 2006-10-17 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • This gripping and triumphant memoir from the author of The Mountain follows a living legend of extreme mountaineering as he makes his assault on history, one 8,000-meter summit at a time. “From the drama of the peaks, to the struggle of making a living as a professional climber, to the basic how-tos of life at 26,000 feet, No Shortcuts to the Top is fascinating reading.”—Aron Ralston, author of Between a Rock and a Hard Place and subject of the film 127 Hours For eighteen years Ed Viesturs pursued climbing’s holy grail: to stand atop the world’s fourteen 8,000-meter peaks, without the aid of bottled oxygen. But No Shortcuts to the Top is as much about the man who would become the first American to achieve that goal as it is about his stunning quest. As Viesturs recounts the stories of his most harrowing climbs, he reveals a man torn between the flat, safe world he and his loved ones share and the majestic and deadly places where only he can go. A preternaturally cautious climber who once turned back 300 feet from the top of Everest but who would not shrink from a peak (Annapurna) known to claim the life of one climber for every two who reached its summit, Viesturs lives by an unyielding motto, “Reaching the summit is optional. Getting down is mandatory.” It is with this philosophy that he vividly describes fatal errors in judgment made by his fellow climbers as well as a few of his own close calls and gallant rescues. And, for the first time, he details his own pivotal and heroic role in the 1996 Everest disaster made famous in Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air. In addition to the raw excitement of Viesturs’s odyssey, No Shortcuts to the Top is leavened with many funny moments revealing the camaraderie between climbers. It is more than the first full account of one of the staggering accomplishments of our time; it is a portrait of a brave and devoted family man and his beliefs that shaped this most perilous and magnificent pursuit.
Download or read book The American Alpine Journal 2013 written by American Alpine Club and published by American Alpine Club. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The annual American Alpine Journal (AAJ), now in its 84th year, documents the world's most significant climbs and expeditions. - For the first time in its history, the AAJ will be printed in full color, throughout the book. - Feature articles by the world's leading climbers, including Alex Honnold, Freddie Wilkinson, Adam Ondra, Mike Libecki, and many more. - In-depth "Recon' section covering the history, recent climbing activity, and new-route potential of the Mt. Whitney area in California. - Expanded coverage of climbs in the United States! Published annually since 1929, the American Alpine Journal is internationally renowned as the world's "journal of record' for major climbs of all kinds. Our feature articles include the most compelling stories, told by the climbers themselves. In Climbs & Expeditions, great ascents are documented from Antarctica to Afghanistan and from Patagonia to Pakistan.This year, the AAJ will be published in full color for the first time in its 84-year history, with some significant design enhancements. There is also twice as much coverage of climbsin the United States - more stories about climbs close to home!Included with this coverage will be a major story about the history, recent climbing, and new-route potential of Southern California's popular Mt. Whitney area.
Download or read book The American Alpine Journal written by John Harlin (III.) and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The American Alpine Journal written by American Alpine Club and published by Amer Alpine Club. This book was released on 1997-10-31 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 2008 American Alpine Journal written by John Harlin and published by American Alpine Club. This book was released on 2008-08-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This annual publication recounts the year's important mountaineering summits and feats, both the dramatic successes and heartbreaking failures. With early 200 pages of exciting stories about the most important climbs of the year, as told by the climbers themselves, and nearly 300 pages of short reports from new routes in the world's mountains, it's the reference for everyone planning anything new in the mountains or venturing into remote ranges. Includes 350 b&w photographs and maps.This year's American Alpine Journal features Freddie Wilkinson and his all-star partners discovering still-unclimbed summits and awesome new routes in a remote corner of the Alaska Range. Pakistan's fabled Charakusa Valley keeps producing stunning long rock routes and jawdropping alpine test pieces, as revealed by Steve House, Nicolas Favresse, and partners. Even the Alps, where the sport began, keeps dishing out new challenges, including Miha Valic's tour de force: all 82 "official" 4,000-meter summits in a 102-day winter season.Peter Hackett reports on the latest knowledge in high-altitude physiology, while Roger Payne provides an overview of current activities and the future potential of new-routing in Sikkim. Plus more from Peru, Patagonia and Yosemite.
Download or read book The World s Most Significant Climbs written by American Alpine Club and published by Mountianeers Books. This book was released on 2007-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Climbing the World s 14 Highest Mountains written by Richard Sale and published by Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The year 2000 is the fiftieth anniversary of the ascent of Annapurna, the first of the 8000-meter peaks to be climbed. In the decade following that first ascent in 1950, all but one of the world's fourteen highest mountains were climbed; the period from 1950 to 1960 can be considered the Golden Age for high altitude climbing. Only Shisha Pangma remained unclimbed until 1964 when a Chinese party led by Hsu Ching reached the summit." "This book brings together the stories behind the discovery, exploration and first successful ascents of each of the fourteen highest peaks, as well as accounts of the most important attempts and ascents that followed. Many of these stories illustrate how modern technology has enabled mountaineers to climb the previously unscaled peaks, while still demonstrating the importance of the human element."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Download or read book Climbing Beyond written by James Pearson and published by Aurum. This book was released on 2017-10-05 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you are scaling the world’s most challenging peaks, bouldering on epic rock faces or hanging underneath cavernous crags spread out along the ocean, rock climbing is one of the world’s most exciting sports. From the most beautiful routes in the UK, France and America to deep-water soloing in Majorca and opening new lines in South Africa, James Pearson and Caroline Ciavaldini, two of rock climbing’s biggest stars, take you to the sport’s most iconic, unusual and daring destinations. With stunning photography showcasing rock climbing’s various styles and landscapes, each entry also includes expert tips, grading details and helpful topography of specific routes or sectors. Climbing Beyond is a beautiful homage to the sport of rock climbing and an inspiration to anyone who has ever dreamed of chalking up their hands and taking on the world’s most epic rock faces.
Download or read book The Top of the World written by Steve Jenkins and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2002-04-29 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this stunning picture book, Steve Jenkins takes us to Mount Everest - exploring its history, geography, climate, and culture. This unique book takes readers on the ultimate adventure of climbing the great mountain. Travel along and learn what to pack for such a trek and the hardships one may suffer on the way to the top. Avalanches, frostbite, frigid temperatures, wind, and limited oxygen are just a few of the dangers that make scaling this peak one of the most extreme physical challenges one can experience. To stand on the top of Mount Everest is to stand on top of the world. With informative text and exquisitely detailed cut paper illustrations, Steve Jenkins brings this extreme journey alive for young adventurers.
Download or read book Deep Play written by Paul Pritchard and published by Vertebrate Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 1997 Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature, Paul Pritchard's Deep Play is a unique, stylish and timeless commentary reflecting the pressures and rewards of climbing some of the world's hardest and most challenging rock climbs. Pritchard started climbing in Lancashire before moving to join the vibrant Llanberis scene of the mid 1980s, at a time when the adventurous development of the Dinorwig slate quarries was in full swing. Many of the new slate routes were notable for their fierce technical difficulty and sparse protection, and Pritchard took a full part in this arcane sub-culture of climbing and at the same time deployed his skills on the Anglesey sea cliffs to produce a clutch of equally demanding wall climbs. Born with an adventurous soul, it was not long before Pritchard and his friends were planning exotic trips. In 1987, paired with Johnny Dawes, Pritchard made an epoch-making visit to Scotland's Sron Ulladale to free its famous aid route, The Scoop. Pritchard and Dawes, with no previous high altitude experience, then attempted the Catalan Pillar of Bhagirathi III in the Garwhal Himalaya in India, a precocious first expedition prematurely curtailed when Pritchard was hit by stonefall at the foot of the face. In 1992, Pritchard and Noel Craine teamed up with the alpinists Sean Smith and Simon Yates to climb a big wall route on the East Face of the Central Tower of Paine, Patagonia. Pritchard followed this with an equally fine first ascent of the West Face of Mt Asgard on Baffin Island. Other trips - to Yosemite, Pakistan and Nepal as well as returns to Patagonia - resulted in a clutch of notable repeats, first ascents and some failures. The failure list also included two life threatening falls (one on Gogarth, the other on Creag Meaghaidh), which prompted the author into thought-provoking personal re-assessments, in advance of his later near-terminal accident on The Totem Pole in Tasmania. A penetrating view of the adventures and preoccupations of a contemporary player, Deep Play stands alone as a unique first-hand account of what many consider to be the last great era in British climbing.
Download or read book 2019 American Alpine Journal written by American Alpine American Alpine Club and published by . This book was released on 2019-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published annually since 1929, The American Alpine Journal is renowned as the world's journal of record for long new climbs of all kinds. The AAJ publishes each year's most compelling stories, told by the climbers themselves and carefully edited by a team of experts. Each year we also reveal many newly discovered climbing destinations, from Alaska to the Karakoram.
Download or read book American Alpine Journal 2014 written by American Alpine Club and published by . This book was released on 2014-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The annual American Alpine Journal (AAJ) documents the world's most significant climbs and expeditions.- In-depth "Recon" section on the Mt. Whitney area of California, covering the history, recent climbing activity, and new-route potential- Feature articles by the world's leading climbers and mountain writers, including Ueli Steck, Jonathan Siegrist, Doug Robinson, and many othersThis year, The AAJ has expanded its coverage of rock climbing and new routes in the United States - more stories about climbs close to home!
Download or read book The Mountain Within written by Alexander Huber and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-06-24 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the best mountaineers of our generation ?nally reveals the details of his many exciting extreme alpine ascents—ascents in which his only equipment is a pair of shoes and a small bag for holding chalk. Clinging to the crevasses in mountain walls, with muscles bulging as he makes his free ascent, Huber has become one of the world’s most recognized and photographed extreme alpine climbers. Along with many other legendary ascents detailed here, he and his brother set a new record of 2 hours and 46 minutes on El Capitan, The Nose, Yosemite Park in the Fall of 2007—a climb that usually takes three days. When he free-soloed the Kommunist’s famous peaks, Alexander Huber declared, “Why? For me, it is the search for my limits. On the other side, I am aware that the time is limited.” With major corporate sponsors like Adidas and Atmoic, this is a fascinating insight into one of the world’s best mountaineers.
Download or read book American Alpine Journal 2015 written by Dougald MacDonald and published by . This book was released on 2015-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published annually since 1929, the American Alpine Journal is internationally renowned as the world's journal of record for major climbs of all kinds. Feature articles include the most compelling stories, told by the climbers themselves. In Climbs & Expeditions, we document the year's greatest first ascents, from Antarctica to Afghanistan, and from Patagonia to Pakistan. This year, the AAJ continues to expand its coverage of rock climbing and new routes in the United States. This includes a major story about the history, recent climbing, and new-route potential of little-known Cloud Peak in Wyoming's Bighorn Mountains.
