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Wall Free Climb in the World by Tommy Caldwell
FREE PASSAGE Finding the path of least resistance means climbing the hardest big- wall free climb in the world By Tommy Caldwell Obsession is like an illness. At first you don't realize anything is happening. But then the pain grows in your gut, like something is shredding your insides. Suddenly, the only thing that matters is beating it. You’ll do whatever it takes; spend all of your time, money and energy trying to overcome. Over months, even years, the obsession eats away at you. Then one day you look in the mirror, see the sunken cheeks and protruding ribs, and realize the toll taken. My obsession is a 3,000-foot chunk of granite, El Capitan in Yosemite Valley. As a teenager, I was first lured to El Cap because I could drive my van right up to the base of North America’s grandest wall and start climbing. I grew up a clumsy kid with bad hand-eye coordination, yet here on El Cap I felt as though I had stumbled into a world where I thrived. Being up on those steep walls demanded the right amount of climbing skill, pain tolerance and sheer bull-headedness that came naturally to me. For the last decade El Cap has beaten the crap out of me, yet I return to scour its monstrous walls to find the tiniest holds that will just barely go free. So far I have dedicated a third of my life to free climbing these soaring cracks and razor-sharp crimpers. Getting to the top is no longer important. -
Ascents in the Karavshin Valley. Eight Members of the North Face
Karavshin Valley Ascents in the Karavshin Valley. Eight members of The North Face Climbing Team spent three and a half weeks between July 10 and August 6 in Kirghizstan climbing in a spectacular region of the Pamir Alai range com monly referred to as the Ak-Su. Knowledgeable Russian climbers informed us that the name “Ak-Su,” meaning “white water,” simply refers to various rivers and specific summits and that the area is correctly called the Karavshin region. The members of the team included Conrad Anker, Greg Child, Lynn Hill, Jay Smith, Kitty Calhoun-Grissom, Dan Osman, Chris Noble and me. Russian climbers first visited the Karavshin in 1987, holding competi tive climbing events on a number of the huge granite towers. Chasing rumors of excellent granite formations in a hospitable climate, Europeans began climbing there in the early 1990s, putting up a number of long difficult free climbs. I spoke with only one other American climber (Tom Hargis) who had firsthand knowledge of the area; Tom had made several trips to the region in the company of a group of Russian climbers from St. Petersburg. This very active group has been primarily responsible for many of the more recent and harder climbs and consequently they provide the most current information on what has and has not been climbed. Unfortunately, this infor mation has not been written down and must be gathered from the notes and recollections of numerous individuals. As a result, a complete record of climbs in the area is difficult to compile. Armed with only sketchy informa tion ferreted from various French journals combined with a few references appearing in American and British magazines, we arrived to discover that nearly all of the major peaks and faces had routes established on them already. -
Mountaineering War and Peace at High Altitudes
Mountaineering War and Peace at High Altitudes 2–5 Sackville Street Piccadilly London W1S 3DP +44 (0)20 7439 6151 [email protected] https://sotherans.co.uk Mountaineering 1. ABBOT, Philip Stanley. Addresses at a Memorial Meeting of the Appalachian Mountain Club, October 21, 1896, and other 2. ALPINE SLIDES. A Collection of 72 Black and White Alpine papers. Reprinted from “Appalachia”, [Boston, Mass.], n.d. [1896]. £98 Slides. 1894 - 1901. £750 8vo. Original printed wrappers; pp. [iii], 82; portrait frontispiece, A collection of 72 slides 80 x 80mm, showing Alpine scenes. A 10 other plates; spine with wear, wrappers toned, a good copy. couple with cracks otherwise generally in very good condition. First edition. This is a memorial volume for Abbot, who died on 44 of the slides have no captioning. The remaining are variously Mount Lefroy in August 1896. The booklet prints Charles E. Fay’s captioned with initials, “CY”, “EY”, “LSY” AND “RY”. account of Abbot’s final climb, a biographical note about Abbot Places mentioned include Morteratsch Glacier, Gussfeldt Saddle, by George Herbert Palmer, and then reprints three of Abbot’s Mourain Roseg, Pers Ice Falls, Pontresina. Other comments articles (‘The First Ascent of Mount Hector’, ‘An Ascent of the include “Big lunch party”, “Swiss Glacier Scene No. 10” Weisshorn’, and ‘Three Days on the Zinal Grat’). additionally captioned by hand “Caution needed”. Not in the Alpine Club Library Catalogue 1982, Neate or Perret. The remaining slides show climbing parties in the Alps, including images of lady climbers. A fascinating, thus far unattributed, collection of Alpine climbing. -
El Capitan, Golden Gate, One-Day Free Ascent
AAC Publications El Capitan, Golden Gate, One-Day Free Ascent California, Yosemite National Park On November 4, Emily Harrington (USA) became the first woman to free El Capitan’s Golden Gate (ca 38 pitches, 5.13a) in a single day, the fourth person to free this route in a day, and the fourth woman to free climb any route on El Cap in a day. Golden Gate, freed by Alexander and Thomas Huber in October 2000, shares the same line as Freerider before breaking off to the right from El Cap Spire (and after the notorious Monster Offwidth). A one-day ascent is notably difficult as the route’s hardest pitches are all in the last ten. Harrington first redpointed Golden Gate over six days in 2015, and returned in November 2019 to attempt an in-a-day ascent. On November 24 she took a serious fall while simul-climbing the Freeblast slabs low on the route, resulting in a rescue and a trip to the hospital, though she avoided serious injury. On her successful ascent in 2020, Harrington took another serious fall, on the Golden Desert pitch, and hit her head. Though she had a deep gash on her forehead, she persevered through the remaining pitches and topped out the route after 21 hours and 13 minutes. Previous one-day free ascents of El Cap by women included Lynn Hill’s ground-breaking climb of the Nose (harder than Golden Gate) in 1994 and two ascents of Freerider (generally considered easier overall than Golden Gate) by Steph Davis and Mayan Smith-Gobat. -
Mountaineering Books Under £10
Mountaineering Books Under £10 AUTHOR TITLE PUBLISHER EDITION CONDITION DESCRIPTION REFNo PRICE AA Publishing Focus On The Peak District AA Publishing 1997 First Edition 96pp, paperback, VG Includes walk and cycle rides. 49344 £3 Abell Ed My Father's Keep. A Journey Of Ed Abell 2013 First Edition 106pp, paperback, Fine copy The book is a story of hope for 67412 £9 Forgiveness Through The Himalaya. healing of our most complicated family relationships through understanding, compassion, and forgiveness, peace for ourselves despite our inability to save our loved ones from the ravages of addiction, and strength for the arduous yet enriching journey. Abraham Guide To Keswick & The Vale Of G.P. Abraham Ltd 20 page booklet 5890 £8 George D. Derwentwater Abraham Modern Mountaineering Methuen & Co 1948 3rd Edition 198pp, large bump to head of spine, Classic text from the rock climbing 5759 £6 George D. Revised slight slant to spine, Good in Good+ pioneer, covering the Alps, North dw. Wales and The Lake District. Abt Julius Allgau Landshaft Und Menschen Bergverlag Rudolf 1938 First Edition 143pp, inscription, text in German, VG- 10397 £4 Rother in G chipped dw. Aflalo F.G. Behind The Ranges. Parentheses Of Martin Secker 1911 First Edition 284pp, 14 illusts, original green cloth, Aflalo's wide variety of travel 10382 £8 Travel. boards are slightly soiled and marked, experiences. worn spot on spine, G+. Ahluwalia Major Higher Than Everest. Memoirs of a Vikas Publishing 1973 First Edition 188pp, Fair in Fair dw. Autobiography of one of the world's 5743 £9 H.P.S. Mountaineer House most famous mountaineers. -
Climb99 Special Hillwalkers A-Z After Everest Technical Extra
Climb99 Special Be there 3-5 December Hillwalkers A-Z Gear, boots, winter After Everest Five decades of British Expeds. Technical Extra Conference, standards, PPE ACCESSACCESS NEWSNEWS WINWIN AA HIGHLANDHIGHLAND WEEKENDWEEKEND ALPINEALPINE BOLTSBOLTS KENYAKENYA ISSUE 15 AUTUMN '99 gripped?gripped? FREE TO ALL BMC MEMBERS £2.00 21821_Summit_15_Cover.p65 1 9/13/99, 9:40 AM FOREWORD.. SUMMITS OF DIVERSITY ust over six years ago the BMC’s Mountaineering Festival at the Buxton Opera House had the theme Jof Freedom. There was a strong line up of high- profile speakers, an exhibition, and an indoor bouldering league team challenge. Although not a sell-out, Buxton ‘93 was an enjoyable and memorable event. The event programme cover was a cartoon based on Delacroix’s famous painting of ‘Liberty guiding the people’ – only the BMC version had mountaineering luminaries at the barri- cade defending freedom of access. The Festival pro- gramme introduction talked about “the freedom to enjoy our cliffs and mountain environment” which it said “seem(ed) to be increasingly under threat”. As we come to the end of the 1990’s things have changed. It still appears to be universally accepted that access is the most important part of the BMC’s work - without access there is no climbing or hill walking. However, the careful evolution of the BMC’s Access Charter, lobbying of Government and developing partnerships with other relevant bodies, has created significant stepping stones towards improving an individual’s right to responsible freedom of access to the open countryside. Progress has been impressive - although there is still some way to go for the Government to deliver its commitment to improve access for responsible outdoor recreation. -
North America 1993
H ADAMS CARTER North America 1993 Alaska Apparently not much of note was done on Denali (Mt McKinley) in 1993. Mark Leffler and Robert Schneider made the second ascent of the route pioneered in 1991, solo, by the late Miroslav Smid on the western side of the S face (Smid died in a fall in Yosemite in the autumn of 1993). Four young Frenchmen, Xavier Cret, Robin Molinatti, Pierre Rizzardo and Paul Robach, made the second ascent of the Ridge ofNo Return, which ends at 4575m on the S buttress. Renato Casarotto had taken 12 days to do the climb solo. The French climbed the vertica12000m in only three days. Speed ascents seem to be fashionable. Brad J9hnson climbed solo to the N sum mit and back from the 5250m camp in 3hrs 40min. Michael Kennedy and Greg Child made a remarkably fast ascent of the W face of Mt Huntingdon by the difficult Quirk-Nettle route, flying in on 15 May and out on the 19th. A party that landed a week later, hoping also to climb the route, was chased from its camp by a 'hopelessly misplaced bear', who ate up all their food. Nearby, the SE face of Royal Tower in Little Switzerland, was climbed by Peter Haeussler and Lloyd Miller. A British Armed Services party made the second ascent of the long and quite difficult Archangel Ridge of Foraker. Paul Edwards and David Peel got to the summit on 26 April, but because of frostbite they had to be heli coptered out. British climbers Geoff Hornby and David Barlow made the first ascent of Pt 10,920 (2765m, 'Thunder Mountain'), just south of McKinley. -
Catalogue 48: June 2013
Top of the World Books Catalogue 48: June 2013 Mountaineering Fiction. The story of the struggles of a Swiss guide in the French Alps. Neate X134. Pete Schoening Collection – Part 1 Habeler, Peter. The Lonely Victory: Mount Everest ‘78. 1979 Simon & We are most pleased to offer a number of items from the collection of American Schuster, NY, 1st, 8vo, pp.224, 23 color & 50 bw photos, map, white/blue mountaineer Pete Schoening (1927-2004). Pete is best remembered in boards; bookplate Ex Libris Pete Schoening & his name in pencil, dj w/ edge mountaineering circles for performing ‘The Belay’ during the dramatic descent wear, vg-, cloth vg+. #9709, $25.- of K2 by the Third American Karakoram Expedition in 1953. Pete’s heroics The first oxygenless ascent of Everest in 1978 with Messner. This is the US saved six men. However, Pete had many other mountain adventures, before and edition of ‘Everest: Impossible Victory’. Neate H01, SB H01, Yak H06. after K2, including: numerous climbs with Fred Beckey (1948-49), Mount Herrligkoffer, Karl. Nanga Parbat: The Killer Mountain. 1954 Knopf, NY, Saugstad (1st ascent, 1951), Mount Augusta (1st ascent) and King Peak (2nd & 1st, 8vo, pp.xx, 263, viii, 56 bw photos, 6 maps, appendices, blue cloth; book- 3rd ascents, 1952), Gasherburm I/Hidden Peak (1st ascent, 1958), McKinley plate Ex Libris Pete Schoening, dj spine faded, edge wear, vg, cloth bookplate, (1960), Mount Vinson (1st ascent, 1966), Pamirs (1974), Aconcagua (1995), vg. #9744, $35.- Kilimanjaro (1995), Everest (1996), not to mention countless climbs in the Summarizes the early attempts on Nanga Parbat from Mummery in 1895 and Pacific Northwest. -
2010 Metolius Climbing 2
2010 METOLIUS CLIMBING 2 It’s shocking to think that it’s been twenty-five years since we cranked up the Metolius Climbing machine, and 2010 marks our 25th consecutive year in business! Wow! Getting our start in Doug Phillips’ tiny garage near the headwaters of the Metolius River (from where we take our name), none of us could have envisioned where climbing would be in 25 years or that we would even still be in the business of making climbing gear. In the 1980s, the choices one had for climbing equipment were fairly limited & much of the gear then was un-tested, uncomfortable, inadequate or unavailable. Many solved this problem by making their own equipment, the Metolius crew included. 3 (1) Smith Rock, Oregon ~ 1985 Mad cranker Kim Carrigan seen here making Much has changed in the last 2 ½ decades since we rolled out our first products. The expansion we’ve seen has been mind-blowing the 2nd ascent of Latest Rage. Joined by fellow Aussie Geoff Wiegand & the British hardman Jonny Woodward, this was one of the first international crews to arrive at Smith and tear the and what a journey it’s been. The climbing life is so full of rich and rewarding experiences that it really becomes the perfect place up. The lads made many early repeats in the dihedrals that year. These were the days metaphor for life, with its triumphs and tragedies, hard-fought battles, whether won or lost, and continuous learning and growing. when 5.12 was considered cutting edge and many of these routes were projected and a few of Over time, we’ve come to figure out what our mission is and how we fit into the big picture. -
Tra Prese Artificiali E Premi Nobel
PAESE : AUTORE : Meridiani Montagne (ITA)(ITA)Italia- it Luigi Dodi Print Tipo media: PAGINE :145 Periodici Tiratura: 68.500 Meridiani PublicationMontagnedate: SUPERFICIE :01.11.20170 % Diffusione: Pagina: 145 Spread: 41.612 1 novembre 2017 Readership: 41.612 Montagne in arrampicata Tra prese artificiali e premi Nobel Il Rock Master Festival è arrivato all'edizione numero 31 Un successo Ghe si rinnova e cresce ancora, Quest'anno, ad Arco cliTrento, si è vista anche la presenza de premo Nobel per la fisica Mike Kosteritz na stinding ovarion agonistica) In prima fili, in ha accolto, la sera di attesa del verdetto, sedev2no U venerdì 2 agosto, un Adam Ondra, Margo Hayes e emozionato Micliael Kosterlitz Stefano Ghisolfi (per il Wild mcntrc saliva sul palco dcl Gouniry Rock Award). Janja Casinò munkipale di Arco. Garribrei, SIl4una Coxsey e L'occasione è stata la corise- Domen kofic (per il La Spor- gna del Climbing Ainbassador tiva Competition Award): 67 by Dryrn® di Aquafil (a chi anni di età totali per i primi, ha contribuito alla promo- 65 per i secondi, •74 unni da zione dell'arrampicata nel solo per Kosterlitz, Spalle mondo, nella cornice degli larghe, bicipili scolpiti e ma Arco Rock Legends, gh storici gliettine alk moda da una Oscar dellarrampicata. giunti parte, abbigliamento sobrio 1hi loro 12 dizione che im- e flernrni tipicamente inglese preziosicono il Rock Master dafla]tra. E passato e il futuro Festival. Kosterlitz Nobei per dell'arrampicata, riuniti nella -<I la fisica 2016, ra il pubblico di stessa sala I due premi dedi- Arco è rcordato più per il suo cati ai climber, per la crona- glorioso passato di scilatore, ca, srno stati vinti da Margo che per i suoi lavori cientifìci. -
TERREMOTO Del Club Alpino Italiano N
Montagne360 La rivista del Club alpino italiano ottobre 2016 € 3,90 TERREMOTO del Club alpino italiano n. 49/2016. Poste Italiane Spa, sped. in abb. Post. - 45% art. 2 comma 20/b - legge 662/96 Filiale di Milano - legge 20/b 2 comma - 45% art. Post. in abb. sped. Spa, Italiane Poste 49/2016. n. del Club alpino italiano Conto corrente “IL CAI PER IL SISMA DELL’ITALIA CENTRALE (LAZIO, MARCHE E UMBRIA)” IBAN IT06 D056 9601 6200 0001 0373 X15 3,90. Rivista mensile Rivista 3,90. € Montagne360. Ottobre 2016, 2016, Ottobre Montagne360. EDITORIALE orizzonti e orientamenti Noi ci siamo La terra ha tremato forte la notte dello scorso 24 Abruzzo e Umbria. Va sottolineato che i presidenti agosto. dei gruppi regionali hanno evidenziato che la priorità L’Italia era ancora in ferie. Qualcuno aveva scelto di era destinare le prime risorse alle due aree più colpite impiegare le vacanze per scoprire Amatrice, Arquata (Marche e Lazio). Questo primo stanziamento verrà del Tronto, Accumoli, Pescara del Tronto e le tante utilizzato secondo le priorità emergenziali che saran- frazioni di quella splendida porzione di territorio no valutate direttamente dai due Gruppi regionali in- dell’Italia centrale. Qualcun altro era tornato nei luo- teressati. É inoltre stata avviata la raccolta fondi “Il ghi d’origine per trascorrere qualche giorno insieme CAI per il sisma dell’Italia centrale (Lazio, Marche e a genitori e nonni. In quest’intreccio di storie, c’è an- Umbria)”, a tutti va il mio invito a contribuire. che quella di chi aveva scelto di vivere a Amatrice per Il dolore per le vittime fa prepotentemente riemergere dimenticare un altro terremoto al quale era sopravvis- la riflessione sulle cause. -
Canada Archives Canada Published Heritage Direction Du Branch Patrimoine De I'edition
Writing the Ascent: Narrative and Mountaineering Accounts A thesis submitted to the Department of English Lakehead University Thunder Bay, ON In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Arts in English By Justin Allec April, 2009 Library and Bibliotheque et 1*1 Archives Canada Archives Canada Published Heritage Direction du Branch Patrimoine de I'edition 395 Wellington Street 395, rue Wellington Ottawa ON K1A0N4 Ottawa ON K1A0N4 Canada Canada Your file Votre reference ISBN: 978-0-494-49954-2 Our file Notre reference ISBN: 978-0-494-49954-2 NOTICE: AVIS: The author has granted a non L'auteur a accorde une licence non exclusive exclusive license allowing Library permettant a la Bibliotheque et Archives and Archives Canada to reproduce, Canada de reproduire, publier, archiver, publish, archive, preserve, conserve, sauvegarder, conserver, transmettre au public communicate to the public by par telecommunication ou par Plntemet, prefer, telecommunication or on the Internet, distribuer et vendre des theses partout dans loan, distribute and sell theses le monde, a des fins commerciales ou autres, worldwide, for commercial or non sur support microforme, papier, electronique commercial purposes, in microform, et/ou autres formats. paper, electronic and/or any other formats. The author retains copyright L'auteur conserve la propriete du droit d'auteur ownership and moral rights in et des droits moraux qui protege cette these. this thesis. Neither the thesis Ni la these ni des extraits substantiels de nor substantial extracts from it celle-ci ne doivent etre imprimes ou autrement may be printed or otherwise reproduits sans son autorisation.