Valley walls
Subtitle: a memoir of climbing & living in Yosemite
By: Glen Denny
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
ISBN-13: 9781930238633
Subjects: Rock climbing; Mountaineers; Biography
Description: "Before the first free ascent of the Dawn Wall on El Capitan captivated the world, a rag-tag group of innovators build the sport of modern American rock climbing from a makeshift home base in Yosemite's Camp 4. Photographer Glen Denny was a key figure in that Golden Age of climbing, capturing pioneering feats on camera while tackling challenging ascents himself. Now, in prose both exhilarating and poignant, he gives us true tales of colorful characters and a legendary locale, of brotherhood and sky-high quest, and of living cheap and dodging park rangers" --
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: into the valley; title: Learning to climb; title: Royal arches; title: One day on Whitney; title: The endless night; title: Base of El Cap; title: The wall of Conness; title: Early season; title: The ledge; title: Bad weather; title: The icy game; title: One inch; title: Climber central; title: Dihedral wall; title: Nice catch; title: The grove; title: The rostrum; title: Dog days; title: Staircase falls; title: Planet half dome; title: Season's end; title: The nose.