End of the rope
Subtitle: mountains, marriage, and motherhood
By: Jan Redford
Edition: First Counterpoint hardcover edition.
Publisher: Counterpoint Press
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9781640090309
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Mountaineers; Biography
Description: "In this funny and gritty debut memoir, Jan Redford grows from a nomadic rock climber to a mother who fights to win back her future. As a teenager, in a fit of rage toward her father, Jan pits herself against a steep rock face near their cottage. At the top, fired up by the victory, she sets her sights on the improbable dream of climbing mountains. By age twenty, ' a nomadic climber with a magnetic attraction to misadventures and the wrong men. Jan finally finds the love of her life, an affable Rockies climber. When he is killed in an avalanche in Alaska, a grieving Jan finds comfort in the arms of another extreme alpinist. Before long, they are married, with a baby on the way. While her husband works as a logger and climbs distant peaks, Jan tackles the traditional role of wife and mother. But soon, she pursues her own dream, one that pits her against her husband. End of the Rope is Jan's telling of heart-stopping adventures, from being rescued off El Capitan to leading a group of bumbling cadets across a glacier. It is her laughter-filled memoir of learning to climb, and of friendships with women in that masculine world. Most moving, this is the story of her struggle to make her own way in the mountains and in life. To lead, not follow."--provided by Amazon.com.
Notes: "Distributed by Publishers Group West"--T.p. verso.
Table of contents: title: First climb; title: On the rocks; title: Lion's layback; title: The rescue; title: Speed ruts; title: Learning to roll; title: Bugaboo; title: World's toughest milkman; title: Fragile ice; title: We're gathered here today; title: Aberdeen; title: Show no fear; title: Climbing girlfriend; title: The final last straw; title: The memo; title: In the arms of a mountain; title: The underwear drawer; title: Teetering on the edge; title: Pink wedding dress; title: The waiting; title: Miracles; title: Into the shadows; title: Back on the sharp end; title: Yodel village; title: You lead, I'll follow; title: Carsick; title: Die young, stay pretty; title: Grant's lunch; title: Fractured; title: Playing dead; title: Mama spiders; title: Remember the lilac; title: Power surge; title: Leaving Chaba; title: Only four years; title: One little "non"; title: Second chances.