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[PDF Download] Yosemite PDF Best Ebook Download Best Book Yosemite, Download Online Yosemite Book, Download pdf Yosemite, Download Yosemite E-Books, Download Yosemite Online Free, Free Download Yosemite Best Book, pdf Yosemite read online, Read Best Book Online Yosemite, Read Online Yosemite Best Book, Read Online Yosemite Book, Read Online Yosemite E-Books, Read Yosemite Online Free, Yosemite pdf read online Book details ● Author : Alexander Huber ● Pages : 176 pages ● Publisher : Menasha Ridge Press 2003-11- 10 ● Language : English ● ISBN-10 : 0897325575 ● ISBN-13 : 9780897325578 Book Synopsis Yosemite Valley is Mecca of the climbing sports. Such legends of climbing as John SalathÃ©, Royal Robbins, and Warren Harding have immortalized their names in the granite of the valley. The giant walls of El Capitan and Half Dome haven t lost their magic attraction to this day. Climbers from all over the world pilgrimage to Yosemite year-round to do a Big Wall, to attempt Midnight Lightning, the most famous boulder in the world, and to experience the flair of the past in legendary Camp 4. From the surveys of geologists in the 1860 s to the "free speed" climbs of today, over 100 years of climbing history accompany a range of superb color landscape photos that echo the great traditions of the Ansel Adams and the Sierra Club large format books of the 1970s. Essays by well-known climbers Warren Harding, Royal Robbins, Jim Bridwell, Mark Chapman, Jerry Moffatt, John Long, Peter Croft, Lynn Hill, Thomas Huber, Dean Potter, and Leo Houlding illustrate the evolution in climbing equipment and varied techniques needed to ascend the rock peaks and amazing walls..

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