From his youthful second ascent of the north ridge of Mount Kennedy
in the Yukon’s Saint Elias Range, an in-and-out on skis for which
he had not entirely learned how to ski, to a recent excursion
across the Harding Icefield conceived under the influence of rain
and whiskey, David Stevenson chronicles several decades of a life
unified by a preoccupation with climbing. Reflective and literary,
and also entertaining and funny, his accounts move across the great
climbing locations of the western United States, with forays into
the spires of the Alps, and slip freely in time from the author’s
childhood, when he could not wait to head west, to his adulthood,
with a wife and two sons, in which he still feels compelled by a
longing to be on the heights.
General
| Imprint: |
University of Washington Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
March 2016 |
| Authors: |
David Stevenson
|
| Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 23mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards
|
| Pages: |
256 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-295-99553-3 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-295-99553-X |
| Barcode: |
9780295995533 |
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