Pilgrims of the Vertical : : Yosemite Rock Climbers and Nature at Risk / / Joseph E. Taylor III.
Few things suggest rugged individualism as powerfully as the solitary mountaineer testing his or her mettle in the rough country. Yet the long history of wilderness sport complicates this image. In this surprising story of the premier rock-climbing venue in the United States, Pilgrims of the Vertica...
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2010] ©2010 |
Year of Publication: | 2010 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (384 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- 1. Adventurers
- 2. Victorians
- 3. Pioneers
- 4. Members
- 5. Soldiers
- 6. Individualists
- 7. Experientialists
- 8. Moralists
- 9. Entrepreneurs
- 10. Dirtbags
- 11. Traditionalists
- 12. Consumers
- 13. Survivors
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Map and Illustration Credits
- Index