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Contact : mountain climbing and environmental thinking / edited by Jeffrey Mathes McCarthy.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Reno : University of Nevada Press, [2008]Copyright date: ©2008Description: xi, 242 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0874177464
  • 9780874177466
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 796.522 22
LOC classification:
  • GV199.82 .C66 2008
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: "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.
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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.

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