High Summits: 370 Famous Peak First Ascents and Other Significant Events in Mountaineering History.

Sprache: Englisch

Verlag: Hugo House Publishers, Englewood, CO, 2013

1936449358 / 9781936449354

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SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. First Edition (2013); so stated. Fine: flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A handsome like-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing no flaws. Bright, crisp and clean. Corners sharp. Still has that pleasant "New Book" scent. Virtually "As New". NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 4to. (11.4 x 8.85 x 1.75 inches). 703 pages. Illustrated with tables, charts, maps, drawings in black & white. Language: English. Weight: 53.5 ounces. Hardcover: Pictorial Hard Boards. The most significant 370 Peak First Ascents as well as over 600 other types of first ascents on mountain faces and ridges.345 detailed listings of major advancements in mountaineering gear, clothing, and climbing equipment. * 171 references to the development of various climbing techniques on snow, rock, and ice. * 58 hand-drawn maps and 57 carefully chosen photographs to accompany over 2,800 climbing events around the world. * Appendices that include 17 unique mountain summit collections and the author's ten most significant events in mountaineering history.Taken from expedition accounts, biographies and autobiographies, climbing journals and diaries, mountaineering museums, magazines and newspapers, films, documentaries, newsletters, and interviews, High Summits is one of the most comprehensive studies of its kind. A must-have reference book for anyone interested in mountaineering, from the aficionado and weekend climber, to anyone who just likes to read about the majesty and allure of climbing the most significant peaks in the world. "Wolfe's meticulous compilation of this much mountaineering history and lore into one volume is simply a stunning achievement that makes for an invaluable reference as well as an entertaining read." --Walter R. Borneman. Historian and co-author of 100 Years Up High: Colorado Mountains and Mountaineers, Fred Wolfe's exhaustive research teases out the details of mountaineering's entire, worldwide history. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.…

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Titel
High Summits: 370 Famous Peak First Ascents and Other Significant Events in Mountaineering History.
Autor
Frederick L. Wolfe.
Verlag
Hugo House Publishers, Englewood, CO
Erscheinungsjahr
2013
Einband
Hardcover
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN-10
1936449358
ISBN-13
9781936449354
Auflage
First Edition (2013); so stated.
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