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 )