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Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Active outdoor pursuits > Climbing & mountaineering
"Still the best book on improving at climbing ... worth every
penny and more." -- Dave MacLeod, online climbing coach blog
- In full color with 52 practical training exercises designed to
advance technique
- Detailed anatomical illustrations explain climbing
physiology
- Includes an 85-minute DVD that shows concepts in action
A dynamic package of training material from a pair of expert
coaches, "The Self-Coached Climber" offers comprehensive
instruction, from the basics of gripping holds to specific
guidelines for developing a customized improvement plan. Hague and
Hunter base their methods on the four fundamental components of all
human movement--balance, force, time, and space--and explain how to
apply these principles to achieve efficient results. The DVD
presents live demonstrations of training exercises and features an
original documentary of a 5.14a/b redpoint attempt by Adam Stack
and Chris Lindner.
"Self-Coached Climber" was named a finalist in the Mountain
Exposition Category at the 2007 Banff Mountain Festival. For more
information go to: http:
//www.banffmountainfestivals.ca/festivals/2007/book/finalists.asp
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The Lovers
(Paperback)
Paolo Cognetti; Translated by Stash Luczkiw
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From the author of international bestseller The Eight Mountains
comes a story of love and community in the wild beauty of the
Italian Alps The remote alpine village of Fontana Fredda lives by
the seasons. These quiet, complex rhythms appeal to Fausto, who has
left the city of Milan behind, and with it his relationship. He
takes a job as chef in a little restaurant and entrusts himself to
new beginnings. Silvia is also seeking change: her sights are on
the glaciers where, she has read, climbing a thousand metres
towards the sky is equivalent to travelling ten times the same
distance to the north. She is in search of her personal North Pole.
When Fausto and Silvia meet one night, their story begins: a tender
story of love and renewal; of the community that sustains them; and
of lives humbled by the implacable strength and beauty of the
mountains. As intimate in focus as it is epic in scope, The Lovers
is a luminous meditation on our quest to understand our place in
one another's lives, and in the magnificence of the world around
us. Praise for The Eight Mountains: 'Exquisite... A rich, achingly
painful story' Annie Proulx 'Enchanting' Guardian 'Brilliant' New
York Times
This book is about the rise of a new ethos in British
mountaineering during the late nineteenth century. It traces how
British attitudes to mountains were transformed by developments
both within the new sport of mountaineering and in the wider
fin-de-siècle culture. The emergence of the new genre of
mountaineering literature, which helped to create a self-conscious
community of climbers with broadly shared values, coincided with a
range of cultural and scientific trends that also influenced the
direction of mountaineering. The author discusses the growing
preoccupation with the physical basis of aesthetic sensations, and
with physicality and materiality in general; the new interest in
the physiology of effort and fatigue; and the characteristically
Victorian drive to enumerate, codify, and classify. Examining a
wide range of texts, from memoirs and climbing club journals to
hotel visitors’ books, he argues that the figure known as the
‘New Mountaineer’ was seen to embody a distinctly modern
approach to mountain climbing and mountain aesthetics. Â
Here is a comprehensive illustrated guide to every aspect of rock
climbing, from basic indoor wall climbing techniques to the
ultimate adventure of scaling sea cliffs and high mountain crags.
For beginners, helpful advice is provided on essential clothing and
equipment. Handholds and footholds are described and ropework
skills for every eventuality are included. For those withmore
experience, information is provided on climbing in remote places
and the special skills needed to do this safely and responsibly,
including navigation, interpreting the weather and first aid.
Finally, the best climbing locations are described in a global
tour.
Advanced Outdoor Navigation takes you well beyond the basic skills
of map and compass to a level of complete understanding of
navigation in the outdoors. Once you master these skills, you'll
never get lost again - regardless of terrain or time of day,
whether you're traveling over rock or ice, through desert or
jungle, on a river or at sea. In these pages global survival expert
Greg Davenport shares his vast expertise in outdoor navigation,
travel, and wilderness survival. Inside you'll find in-depth
information on all three topics, accompanied by numerous
illustrations that make both basic and advanced concepts accessible
and easy to understand. Exercises at the end of every chapter will
help you practice and perfect your navigation skills.Amazing in its
depth and scope, Advanced Outdoor Navigation offers readers the
most comprehensive study of navigational skills ever published.
Who says you have to travel far from home to go on a great hike,
paddle, or bike ride? Best Outdoor Adventures the Colorado Front
Range details the best hikes, paddles, climbs, and mountain biking
routes within a few hour's drive of the Denver metro area, perfect
for the urban dweller and suburbanite who may be hard-pressed to
find great outdoor activities close to home. This guide not only
include the best mountain biking, hiking, and paddling, but also
rock climbing and zip-lining-- perfect for families!
K2 is one of the most demanding mountaineering challenges in the
world and one of the most treacherous - K2 is a legend. Extreme,
unpredictable weather and the acutely difficult climbing conditions
test the technique, endurance and psychological strength of the
most experienced mountaineers to the limit - and often beyond. Many
of the men and women who have sought to reach the summit have
failed, often with tragic consequences - over 70 of them have died
or disappeared. Yet this, the second highest mountain on Earth,
continues to exercise for the world's top mountaineers a special -
all too often lethal - attraction, and this is the subject of
Richard Sale's fascinating new book. As he traces the climbing
history of K2 over the last 150 years, he shows in graphic detail
how it acquired this awesome reputation: it was during the first
serious attempts on the summit in the 1930s and 1950s that K2
became known as the Savage Mountain.
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