Climbing Adventures: A Climber's Passion
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (547 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 093480222X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 214 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
A Customer said Not a autobiography. A interesting collection of stories. They don't follow any timeline and they jumps between various years. Each story really stands alone. Some of the stories have nothing to do with climbing and a few aren't even his, but ones he has heard. Some of the stories are on his triumphs and others on his failures. Bridwell mentions several equipment manufacturers which seems odd. It's almost as if they sponsored the writing of the book. Statements like, `I sat in my Crazy Creek chair or I placed . One of the great climbers of North America finally writes. A Customer While maybe not as definitive as "Camp 4" with regards to Yosemite climbing history, this is still a must for serious climbing historians. A forward would have been nice, but you have to settle for this collection of Jim's writings/recollections. Written with Keith Peall, whomever that is. But if you climbed in the 70s as I did, you will enjoy this one
A biographical sketch of an outrageous climber Jim Bridwell.
His first book describes Jim's alpine adventures in his own engaging and inimitable style." - Royal Robbins, Author/Noted adventurer. - Ned Gillette, Adventure Photo Journalist. The rest of us are just climbers. He's done more than anyone else. It's a direttisimo into the heart and muscle, the indissoluble spirit, the full speed antics of Bridwell. He's been everywhere. -- Various. From Yosemite to Crag Dru, from Patagonia, to the Canadian Rockies, Bridwell was the man. We wondered: "would the old fox tell all?" Climbing adventures is the answer. And somehow he is still alive. - John Long, Author, How to Rock Climb. Or has had as much fun. He redefined the sport. His reputation as a climber rests upon solid achievements across a smorgasbord of climbing disciplines. No other alpine rock climber has be
Bridwell in story selection, organization, colorization and rewrite. James Dennis Bidwell is a renowned world class climber with a colorful, "worldly" personality and a limitless hunger for adventure. representative on the Inter Continental Eiger Climb. Keith Peall is co-author and Mr. . He participated in Climb for the World 1991 on behalf of the United Nations as