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Vertical World de Katie Brown

Vertical World

Autor Katie Brown
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 dec 2006
Get psyched to get vertical!Each rock generation brings new vision and new focus to ultimate climbing challenges. In Vertical World, Katie Brown, herself one of the world¿s greatest climbers, introduces nine of Americäs best and brightest masters of rock climbing. Through engaging interviews and stunning action photographs taken by top climbing photographers, the most gifted climbers of this generation bring style, grace, skill, and strength to the hardest and most beautiful rock climbs on planet Earth. They talk about their successes and failures, their training secrets, their favorite crags, their climbing partners, their wildest dreams, and their craziest adventures. These are today¿s cutting-edge climbers touching the vertical dream and climbing without limits. Dave Graham - climbed more 5.14 routes than anyone else in the worldChris Sharma - the first climber in the world to send 5.15aBeth Rodden - the world¿s best all-around female rock climberDean Potter - Americäs leading soloist, climbed Yosemite¿s Half Dome and El Capitan in a dayJason Kehl - Americäs premier high-ball bouldering aceJosh Wharton - climbed the world¿s longest route up Great Trango Tower in PakistanSteph Davis - the second woman to free climb El Capitan in a dayLisa Rands - one of the world¿s best woman boulderersTommy Caldwell - the world¿s best all-around male rock climber Vertical World® is a registered trademark of Vertical World, Inc., America's first climbing gym, www.verticalworld.com. Used by permission.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780762740086
ISBN-10: 0762740086
Pagini: 162
Ilustrații: full-colour photography throughout
Dimensiuni: 220 x 253 x 12 mm
Greutate: 0.71 kg
Ediția:First.
Editura: Rowman & Littlefield
Locul publicării:United States

Notă biografică

By Katie Brown - Foreword by Pete Takeda

Cuprins

The following is a list of climbers profiled within Vertical World. Foreword by Pete Takeda, Senior Contributing Editor to Rock & Ice Beth Rodden, 25, from Davis, CA: First American woman to establish a 5.14b (The Optimist, Smith Rock, OR). Chris Sharma, 24, from Santa Cruz, CA: first person to climb 5.15a (Realization, Ceuse France). Dave Graham, 24, Portland, Maine: has climbed more 5.14s than anyone else in the world, with 100+ routes under his belt. Dean Potter, 32, Yosemite, CA: first person to free climb both El Cap and Half Dome in a day. Dean also free-soloed the Supercanaleta on Fitz Roy in 6.5 hours and soloed the Compressor route on Cerro Torre in 11 hours. Jason Kehl, 27, from Maryland: unrepeated ascent of Evilution (V11) which stands 55 ft. tall, first ascent of After Midnight (V10/11, 25 ft. high) and The Fly (V13, 25 ft. high). Josh Wharton, 27, Rifle, CO: Bold ascent of The Flame in northeastern Pakistan under great odds and first ascent of the world's longest route called The Great Trango Tower in Pakistan. Lisa Rands, 28, from Bishop, CA: first American woman to climb V11 (Plain High Drifter, Buttermilks, CA). First woman to lead E8 6C (The End of the Affair, Curbar Edge, England).Steph Davis, 31, Moab, UT: Second woman, behind Lynn Hill to free climb a route on El Cap in a day (The Freerider, 5.12d/13a). Steph was also the first woman to have climbed all seven of the major peaks in Patagoniäs Fitz Roy Range.Tommy Caldwell, 26, from Estes Park, CO: established the world's most difficult big wall free climb (The Dihedral Wall, 5.14a, El Cap, Yosemite, CA). Katie Brown, 24, from Boulder, CO: First woman to onsight both 5.13d and 5.14a (Omaha Beach, Red River Gorge, KY and Hydrophobia, Mont Sant, Spain).

Descriere

Details the lives and accomplishments of influential climbers. Aimed at all climbing enthusiasts, this book profiles nine of the world's best young climbers in their own words and through conversations with their peers, to create an intimate portrait, revealing their personalities, drive, passion, openness and intimacy.