Vertical World: Conversations With Today's Masters Of Rock - Softcover

Brown, Katie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0762740086 ISBN 13: 9780762740086

Verlag: Falcon Guides, 2007

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Vertical World details the lives and accomplishments of the most influential climbers of this generation, sharing through casual conversation an intimate portrait of each climber, revealing their personalities and drive with great frankness and intimacy. All athletes included are under thirty-five and have broken a major barrier or made a significant accomplishment within the sport - in all cases, something that will stand the test of time. The athletes represent all areas of climbing, from bouldering and sport climbing to mountaineering and big wall climbing.

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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 America’s 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 world
Chris Sharma - the first climber in the world to send 5.15a
Beth Rodden - the world’s best all-around female rock climber
Dean Potter - America’s leading soloist, climbed Yosemite’s Half Dome and El Capitan in a day
Jason Kehl - America’s premier high-ball bouldering ace
Josh Wharton - climbed the world’s longest route up Great Trango Tower in Pakistan
Steph Davis - the second woman to free climb El Capitan in a day
Lisa Rands - one of the world’s best woman boulderers
Tommy 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.

|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 America’s 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 world
Chris Sharma - the first climber in the world to send 5.15a
Beth Rodden - the world’s best all-around female rock climber
Dean Potter - America’s leading soloist, climbed Yosemite’s Half Dome and El Capitan in a day
Jason Kehl - America’s premier high-ball bouldering ace
Josh Wharton - climbed the world’s longest route up Great Trango Tower in Pakistan
Steph Davis - the second woman to free climb El Capitan in a day
Lisa Rands - one of the world’s best woman boulderers
Tommy Caldwell - the world’s best all-around male rock climberVertical World® is a registered trademark of Vertical World, Inc., America's first climbing gym, www.verticalworld.com. Used by permission.

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• Verlag: Falcon Guides
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0762740086
• ISBN 13: 9780762740086
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 176