Climber's Choice Book

AcknowledgmentsPrologue: The Climber as Writer Jim Perrin, Visions and Virians John Sherman, Boulevard of the Behemoths Stephen Venables, Tierra Del Fuego John Gill, Two Pieces from Master of Rock: Get the Hell Off That Rock and LifeSavers Chris Bonington, Drangnag Ri Chuck Pratt, The South Face of Mount Watkins Royal Robbins, Jack of Diamonds Reg Saner, Up and Out, the Myth of Emergence Joe Simpson, Guilty as Charged John Long, The Bird's Boys Paul Pritchard, Rubble Merchants, Slateheads, and Others Pat Ament, Reflections on Being the Best Climber in the World Greg Child, On Broad Peak Mark Synnott, The Maestri Enigma Tom Higgins, Soarks Ian McNaught-Davis, The Mustagh Tower Climbed 6th July 1956 Amy Irvine, The Path of Destruction Doug Robinson, Mountaineering Just Means Glad to Be Here: Eight Alpine Poems Ed Webster, The Fight Alison Osius, The Squalor and the Glory Kurt Diemberger, Excerpt from The Endless Knot Walter Bonatti, Concepts of Adventure (and more...)