Mountaineering
epub |eng | 2010-10-18 | Author:Geoffrey Wolff [Wolff, Geoffrey]
The Aquidneck (Photo credit 7.1) 1 In his Maritime History of Maine, William Hutchinson Rowe notes, “Very queer specimens were often brought aboard by the crimps. Three of the crew ...
( Category:
Travelers & Explorers
October 12,2018 )
epub |eng | | Author:Alex Honnold
THE CAMP 4 COLLECTIVE FILM that Renan Ozturk crafted to feature Alex’s solo of El Sendero Luminoso, a mere six minutes and twelve seconds long, is a minor masterpiece. If ...
( Category:
Mountaineering
October 5,2018 )
epub |eng | | Author:John Kaag
DECADENCE AND DISGUST To choose instinctively what is harmful to oneself … is virtually the formula for decadence. —Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols, 1888 For a man with Nietzsche’s ...
( Category:
Philosophy
September 27,2018 )
epub |eng | 2018-09-25 | Author:John Kaag [Kaag, John]
DECADENCE AND DISGUST To choose instinctively what is harmful to oneself … is virtually the formula for decadence. —Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols, 1888 For a man with Nietzsche’s ...
( Category:
Philosophy
September 26,2018 )
azw3 |eng | 2016-02-25 | Author:Mors Kochanski
Whatever needs to be warmed must be positioned close to the fire and exposed directly to its radiance. Any warmed air rises providing little warmth, beyond that flowing around or ...
( Category:
Hiking & Camping
September 25,2018 )
epub |eng | 2014-09-20 | Author:Dorcas Miller
Shiitake-Onion Soup* The dried brown buttons of shiitakes may seem costly but their bold flavor and meaty texture add immeasurably to soups and stews. Because the stems are less flavorful, ...
( Category:
Outdoor Cooking
September 21,2018 )
azw3 |eng | 2011-07-05 | Author:Krakauer, Jon [Krakauer, Jon]
Suffice it to say that [Everest] has the most steep ridges and appalling precipices that I have ever seen, and that all the talk of an easy snow slope is ...
( Category:
Mountaineering
September 21,2018 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2018-06-11 | Author:Scott Graham [Graham, Scott]
15 The spectators gasped when Alden lowered the sheet for the start of round three. In addition to the two previous gaps on the route, he had removed a number ...
( Category:
Nature & Ecology
September 14,2018 )
epub |eng | 2007-11-30 | Author:Margaret Wheeler & Martin Volken & Scott Schell [Wheeler, Margaret]
Safety Safety means freedom from danger, risk, or injury. In the context of track setting, safety determines the direction and location of your track based on the presence of objective ...
( Category:
Mountaineering
September 4,2018 )
epub |eng | 2010-09-01 | Author:Gary McCue
TO MENLUNGTSE BASE CAMP The trek to the Menlungtse base camp begins at the shang compound, where the road dead-ends. Although it’s only 1½ hours away, Chubar gompa (Isthmus monastery; ...
( Category:
Hiking & Camping
September 2,2018 )
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Sir Edmund Hillary [Hillary, Sir Edmund]
Bunny Shackleton, Nov.19 For some reason I had thought that the previous message indicating that Bunny had reached South Ice meant that his whole team had arrived. I didn’t realise ...
( Category:
Travelers & Explorers
August 11,2018 )
epub |eng | 2014-10-12 | Author:Eric Horst
Jonathan Manz on Fear and Loathing (5.12a), Red Rocks, Nevada. PHOTO BY ERIC J. HÖRST Upper-Body Strength, Power, and Endurance Conditioning A training-for-climbing program will be most effective only if ...
( Category:
Training
August 11,2018 )
epub |eng | 2010-08-08 | Author:Kev Reynolds
Lago Cadagno and Val Piora, above Valle Leventina Vals Piora and Cadlimo To the north of Tremorgio, on the opposite side of Valle Leventina, Val Piora is one of the ...
( Category:
Individual Sports
August 9,2018 )
epub |eng | 2009-08-08 | Author:Mark Obmascik
Chapter 13 Gravity LITTLE BEAR PEAK 14,037' BLANCA PEAK 14,345' ELLINGWOOD POINT 14,042' When my boot slipped, and my hip hit the snow, and my legs began plunging down the ...
( Category:
Nature & Ecology
August 9,2018 )
epub |eng | | Author:Bear Grylls [Bear Grylls]
After one of the finest night’s sleep that I had had in Nepal I woke to Mick bellowing, ‘Morning, Oso.’ I replied, as per custom, with a resounding, ‘Morning, Miguel.’ ...
( Category:
Travelers & Explorers
August 3,2018 )
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