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Where the Mountain Casts Its Shadow by Maria Coffey
epub |eng | | Author:Maria Coffey

A month after I stood in that phone booth in Vienna, Chris Bonington received the roll of film, the evidence of the body on the mountain. He sent the images ...
( Category: Mountain Climbing June 25,2019 )
Annapurna: 14 treks including the Annapurna Circuit and Sanctuary (Cicerone Guides) by Siân Pritchard-Jones & Bob Gibbons
epub |eng | 2017-02-21 | Author:Siân Pritchard-Jones & Bob Gibbons [Pritchard-Jones, Siân]

From the monastery, head south over a stream to the mani walls, then walk between the meadow walls to the settlement of Lucky. This village has a large chorten, where ...
( Category: Mountain Climbing June 13,2019 )
The Ascent of Rum Doodle by W E Bowman
epub |eng | 2010-04-01 | Author:W E Bowman [Bowman, W E]

9 The Missing Camp SOMETIMES, EVEN NOW, I awake in the night screaming as I relive in dreams the misery of that wretched night. As soon as the tents were ...
( Category: Humorous June 11,2019 )
Hike the Parks by John Soares
epub |eng | 2019-06-09 | Author:John Soares

ON THE TRAIL Start near the visitor center by the large signs with trail names and distances. Go right and pass through an area of vine maple that glows with ...
( Category: Mountain Climbing June 10,2019 )
Rock Climbing Washington by Jeff Smoot
epub |eng | 2019-05-12 | Author:Jeff Smoot

10. South Face (5.8) ** A popular Jell-O Tower route, climbing a corner crack and face through a blocky roof, just down and left from the Midway chimney. Pro: to ...
( Category: Mountaineering June 3,2019 )
Best Climbs Grand Teton National Park by Richard Rossiter
epub |eng | | Author:Richard Rossiter

The route is long and involved, hidden in the depths of the remote cleft between the west face of the Grand Teton and the north buttress of the Enclosure. There ...
( Category: Mountain Climbing April 5,2019 )
The Ascent of Nanda Devi by H W Tilman
epub |eng | 2014-10-14 | Author:H W Tilman [Tilman, H W]

– THE GORGE – The day after these memorable events dawned fine, and having discussed the position and decided on a plan, we started sorting out loads and re-bagging the ...
( Category: Mountain Climbing March 23,2019 )
The Impossible Climb by Mark Synnott
epub |eng | 2019-03-04 | Author:Mark Synnott

* * * — JOHN BRANCH of the New York Times got the first interview with Tommy and Kevin when they topped out. Jorgeson gave him the best quote when ...
( Category: Mountain Climbing March 18,2019 )
Crag Survival Handbook by Matt Samet
epub |eng | | Author:Matt Samet

FLOW The final component in improvement is flow, or how smoothly you link moves. Like a gymnastics routine, a rock climb is one continuous sequence. If you place your foot ...
( Category: Rock Climbing March 11,2019 )
Sierra Summits by Matt Johanson
epub |eng | 2019-01-10 | Author:Matt Johanson

HISTORY During the mining days of the Tioga Pass area, prospectors knew the peak as “Tioga Hill.” But now it carries the name of Andrew Jack Gaylor (1846–1921), one of ...
( Category: Mountain Climbing March 4,2019 )
Pickets and Dead Men by Bree Loewen
epub |eng | 2011-03-03 | Author:Bree Loewen

7 * * * KAUTZ, SOLO IT WAS SNOWING AND I WAS CRYING, HARD. It was newly dark and there was still a blue glow down along the edge of ...
( Category: Women in History March 4,2019 )
Thirst by Heather Anderson
epub, azw3 |eng | 2018-03-03 | Author:Heather Anderson

DAY 20 / 40 MILES I crossed the bridge over roaring Woods Creek in the morning twilight. There was something about seeing the first desperately awaited ray of dawn color ...
( Category: Mountain Climbing March 4,2019 )
Lonely Planet Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks by Lonely Planet
epub |eng | 2019-02-28 | Author:Lonely Planet

4Sleeping & Eating There are several useful campgrounds in the Paradise Valley. Pine Creek (www.recreation.gov; Luccock Park Rd; sites $15; hmid-May–Sep) and Snowbank (www.recreation.gov; Mill Creek Rd; sites $15; hmid-May–Sep) ...
( Category: Fishing March 4,2019 )
Kayaking Puget Sound & the San Juan Islands by Rob Casey
epub |eng | 2012-02-27 | Author:Rob Casey

Paddling around the south side of Goat Island brings you into the shallowest part of this route, though enough water can be found in the shifting channels of the Skagit ...
( Category: Kayaking February 28,2019 )
Fatal Mountaineer by Robert Roper
epub |eng | | Author:Robert Roper [ROPER, ROBERT]

THIRTEEN Americans on Everest, a film seen by 20 million viewers when first aired in the United States, has the heroic tone of other preseventies mountaineering accounts. Orson Welles narrates ...
( Category: Biographies February 14,2019 )

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