Contact : mountain climbing and environmental thinking /
Contact : mountain climbing and environmental thinking /
edited by Jeffrey Mathes McCarthy.
- xi, 242 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-238).
The capture of Mount Robson / George Kinney -- The mind of the observer / Steve House -- The Serac / Arlene Blum -- Denali / Jonathan Waterman -- El Cap Girdle traverse / Chris McNamara -- Running on empty / Peter Metcalf -- Pounds of lard / Karen McNeil -- A day alone / Barry Blanchard -- In denial / Mark Jenkins -- The first ascent of Mount Robson / Conrad Kain -- Prose poems / Gary Snyder -- The whole natural art of protection / Doug Robinson -- Climbing into a life / John Daniel -- Into Africa / Cameron M. Burns -- Solo in Queen Maud land / Mike Libecki -- Ktaadn / Henry David Thoreau -- The Muir wall / Yvon Chouinard -- Freeing the nose / Lynn Hill -- The sorcerer / Barry Blanchard -- A near view of the High Sierra / John Muir -- House of wind / Steph Davis -- America in Spain / Terry Gifford -- Untethered in Yosemite / David Stevenson.
"Contact collects new and classic first-person climbing stories from North America's best-known climbers and writers. Mountain climbers are important but overlooked commentators on the environment, and this collection of alpine adventures demonstrates the relationship between climbers and nature both for a popular audience and for academics working in the field of environmental literature. Contributors include Gary Snyder, John Daniel, Chris McNamara, and Greg Child."--Publisher description.
0874177464 9780874177466
2007040981
Mountaineering--Anecdotes
Ecology.
GV199.82 / .C66 2008
796.522
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-238).
The capture of Mount Robson / George Kinney -- The mind of the observer / Steve House -- The Serac / Arlene Blum -- Denali / Jonathan Waterman -- El Cap Girdle traverse / Chris McNamara -- Running on empty / Peter Metcalf -- Pounds of lard / Karen McNeil -- A day alone / Barry Blanchard -- In denial / Mark Jenkins -- The first ascent of Mount Robson / Conrad Kain -- Prose poems / Gary Snyder -- The whole natural art of protection / Doug Robinson -- Climbing into a life / John Daniel -- Into Africa / Cameron M. Burns -- Solo in Queen Maud land / Mike Libecki -- Ktaadn / Henry David Thoreau -- The Muir wall / Yvon Chouinard -- Freeing the nose / Lynn Hill -- The sorcerer / Barry Blanchard -- A near view of the High Sierra / John Muir -- House of wind / Steph Davis -- America in Spain / Terry Gifford -- Untethered in Yosemite / David Stevenson.
"Contact collects new and classic first-person climbing stories from North America's best-known climbers and writers. Mountain climbers are important but overlooked commentators on the environment, and this collection of alpine adventures demonstrates the relationship between climbers and nature both for a popular audience and for academics working in the field of environmental literature. Contributors include Gary Snyder, John Daniel, Chris McNamara, and Greg Child."--Publisher description.
0874177464 9780874177466
2007040981
Mountaineering--Anecdotes
Ecology.
GV199.82 / .C66 2008
796.522