How to Climb Mount Whitney in One Day

Sharon Baker Salony

ISBN 10: 0965307301 / ISBN 13: 9780965307307

Verlag: Dublin-Shore Publications, Inc, 1997

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Detailed hour by hour, mile by mile,illustrated trail guide to help you climb the highest peak in the contiguous United States. Includes the following in part:

How to prepare and condition for your climb.
What dangers to watch for and how to deal with them.
How to tell if you're at risk to climb.
How to choose and pack the right equipment for your climb.
Easy and difficult parts of the trail detailed as well as time/mileage measurements and altitude indicators.
Map indicators denoting where on the trail you may "Hit the Wall", how often, and how to overcome this phenomenon; also explaining the nature of "Hitting the Wall."

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Sharon Baker-Salony is a freelance writer formerly from Southern California, now living in Gardnervile, Nevada. She hikes the Sierra Nevada peaks in her spare time and completed hr first successful summit at 49 years of age. She's made many hikes in the Sierra Nevada and surrounding mountain ranges and tries to make one or more one-day trips up Mount Whitney every year.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: How to Climb Mount Whitney in One Day
Verlag: Dublin-Shore Publications, Inc
Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Good
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket