American Alpine Journal, 1972 (American Alpine Journal, 1972, Vol. XVIII)
Publisher: Amer Alpine Club
Published: May 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780930410698
Subjects: Mountaineering; Outdoor Skills; Sports & Recreation; Sports
First sentence: When the history of climbing in the United States in the last two decades of the 20th century is written, 1998 will likely go down as a watershed year, not so much for technical breakthroughs in the mountains or brilliant performances on the crags, but for the fact that this was the year when a long-simmering stew of issues finally came to the forefront of the American climber's consciousness.