Katie Brown

Vertical World: Conversations with Today's Masters of Rock

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Produktbeschreibung

Get psyched to get vertical!Each rock generation brings new vision and new focus to ultimate climbing challenges. In Vertical World, Katie Brown, herself one of the world¿s greatest climbers, introduces nine of Americäs best and brightest masters of rock climbing. Through engaging interviews and stunning action photographs taken by top climbing photographers, the most gifted climbers of this generation bring style, grace, skill, and strength to the hardest and most beautiful rock climbs on planet Earth. They talk about their successes and failures, their training secrets, their favorite crags, their climbing partners, their wildest dreams, and their craziest adventures. These are today¿s cutting-edge climbers touching the vertical dream and climbing without limits. Dave Graham - climbed more 5.14 routes than anyone else in the worldChris Sharma - the first climber in the world to send 5.15aBeth Rodden - the world¿s best all-around female rock climberDean Potter - Americäs leading soloist, climbed Yosemite¿s Half Dome and El Capitan in a dayJason Kehl - Americäs premier high-ball bouldering aceJosh Wharton - climbed the world¿s longest route up Great Trango Tower in PakistanSteph Davis - the second woman to free climb El Capitan in a dayLisa Rands - one of the world¿s best woman boulderersTommy Caldwell - the world¿s best all-around male rock climber Vertical World® is a registered trademark of Vertical World, Inc., America's first climbing gym, www.verticalworld.com. Used by permission.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group Inc
• First
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: Januar 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 253mm x 220mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 712g
• ISBN-13: 9780762740086
• ISBN-10: 0762740086
• Artikelnr.: 21813734

Autorenporträt

By Katie Brown - Foreword by Pete Takeda

Inhaltsangabe

The following is a list of climbers profiled within Vertical World. Foreword by Pete Takeda
Senior Contributing Editor to Rock & Ice Beth Rodden
25
from Davis
CA: First American woman to establish a 5.14b (The Optimist
Smith Rock
OR). Chris Sharma
24
from Santa Cruz
CA: first person to climb 5.15a (Realization
Ceuse France). Dave Graham
24
Portland
Maine: has climbed more 5.14s than anyone else in the world
with 100+ routes under his belt. Dean Potter
32
Yosemite
CA: first person to free climb both El Cap and Half Dome in a day. Dean also free-soloed the Supercanaleta on Fitz Roy in 6.5 hours and soloed the Compressor route on Cerro Torre in 11 hours. Jason Kehl
27
from Maryland: unrepeated ascent of Evilution (V11) which stands 55 ft. tall
first ascent of After Midnight (V10/11
25 ft. high) and The Fly (V13
25 ft. high). Josh Wharton
27
Rifle
CO: Bold ascent of The Flame in northeastern Pakistan under great odds and first ascent of the world's longest route called The Great Trango Tower in Pakistan. Lisa Rands
28
from Bishop
CA: first American woman to climb V11 (Plain High Drifter
Buttermilks
CA). First woman to lead E8 6C (The End of the Affair
Curbar Edge
England).Steph Davis
31
Moab
UT: Second woman
behind Lynn Hill to free climb a route on El Cap in a day (The Freerider
5.12d/13a). Steph was also the first woman to have climbed all seven of the major peaks in Patagoniäs Fitz Roy Range.Tommy Caldwell
26
from Estes Park
CO: established the world's most difficult big wall free climb (The Dihedral Wall
5.14a
El Cap
Yosemite
CA). Katie Brown
24
from Boulder
CO: First woman to onsight both 5.13d and 5.14a (Omaha Beach
Red River Gorge
KY and Hydrophobia
Mont Sant
Spain).