Mountaineering
epub |eng | 2006-05-02 | Author:Steve Bell & Dick Bass & Pat Morrow [Steve Bell & Dick Bass & Pat Morrow]

The next morning Frank Wells adjusted his oxygen regulator to two liters a minute, strapped on his face mask, and left camp 3 to start the long upward traverse across ...
( Category: Mountain Climbing August 1,2022 )
epub |eng | 2022-01-04 | Author:Helen Mort [Mort, Helen]

I pored over articles: ‘The Hardest Eight Weeks of My Life’ and ‘What Nobody Told Me About Oxytocin’. I scrolled through National Childbirth Trust guidance on stopping breastfeeding, found only ...
( Category: Mountaineering July 5,2022 )
epub |eng | 2013-05-30 | Author:Mick Fowler [Fowler, Mick]

1 Shipton’s Col was reached, but not crossed, by Shipton’s Inner-Sanctuary Survey group in 1936. It was next reached by Martin Boysen and Doug Scott (members of the 1974 first ...
( Category: Mountaineering June 17,2022 )
epub |eng | 2022-05-15 | Author:Martin Mobråten

4x4 This is a hard exercise where you’ll have a lot of tries on relatively hard problems. In addition to becoming stronger, you’ll also be improving your capacity so that ...
( Category: Rock Climbing May 31,2022 )
epub |eng | 2016-07-17 | Author:James P. Beckwourth [Beckwourth, James P.]

CHAPTER XX. Excursion to the Fort.—Arrival of Long Hair’s Village.—Building of a new Medicine Lodge.—Triumphant Entrance of my little Wife into the Lodge.—Attack on the Crow Village by the Siouxs.—Meeting ...
( Category: Mountain Climbing May 25,2022 )
epub |eng | 2022-01-17 | Author:LeRoy Parker

Coretta corrects Martin, reminding him she knows he likes to have this perfect family image, so she smiles and acts as though they have this perfect life. He questioned what’s ...
( Category: Mountaineering March 1,2022 )
epub |eng | 2020-11-12 | Author:Ed Douglas

The publisher Edward Arnold offered St George a good advance to write up their adventures but the article had been enough; Littledale didn’t care much who knew what they had ...
( Category: Historical Biographies September 7,2021 )
epub |eng | | Author:Julie Caplin [Caplin, Julie]

Chapter Thirteen The next few days passed quickly as Mina spent the mornings in the kitchen perfecting her kirscher torte recipe and the afternoons exploring the cross-country ski trails with ...
( Category: Literary Fiction August 4,2021 )
epub, azw3, mobi |eng | 2006-12-01 | Author:David Roberts [Roberts, David]

In the fall of 1967, a month before our wedding, Sharon had moved into the tiny house, converted from a garage, that I had rented on York Street, in a ...
( Category: Memoirs June 15,2021 )
epub |eng | | Author:Bob Gaines

Sport Climbing Safety Common Sport Climbing Accidents With closely spaced bolts, bolted anchors, and no dangerous runouts, what can go wrong? But accidents do happen on sport climbs, on a ...
( Category: Mountaineering May 11,2021 )
epub |eng | | Author:Jim Davidson

27 When I swung my right ice tool into the steep slope, the pick sank an inch into the ice. A handful of displaced frozen crystals arced past my head ...
( Category: Professional & Academic Biographies April 22,2021 )
epub |eng | 2021-01-12 | Author:Steve Lage

CONDUCT A PRE-CLIMBING INSPECTION Before climbing, conduct a safety inspection of the wall. Overtightening holds can cause stress cracks and may cause the hold to break. Check for cracks around ...
( Category: Mountaineering April 4,2021 )
epub |eng | 2014-11-15 | Author:Steve House, Scott Johnston, Mark Twight

Marathon Pace ____________ By Kelly Cordes Three thousand feet (914 meters) up and we were flailing—failing and falling apart. The Kahiltna Glacier bent, flowed, and turned below us—its crevasses the ...
( Category: Sports Training November 18,2020 )
epub |eng | 2012-03-01 | Author:Tristan Higbee [Higbee, Tristan]

Figure 8. Shortening a long sling 47. Yet Another Way to Carry Long Slings This method for making long slings more manageable is exclusively for 48-inch (120-centimeter) slings. Since this ...
( Category: Mountaineering November 9,2020 )