American Alpine Journal 1999 (American Alpine Journal)
Contributors: Christian Beckwith (Editor); John Svenson (Illustrator)
Publisher: American Alpine Club
Published: July 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 450
ISBN-13: 9780930410841
Subjects: Climbing & mountaineering; Travel; Reference; Sports & Recreation; Special Interest - Adventure; Mountaineering; General
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.