Downward Bound

Downward Bound
Title Downward Bound PDF eBook
Author Warren Harding
Publisher Joseph Reidhead Publishers
Pages 220
Release 2016-03-30
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 9781940777405

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Downward Bound is Warren Harding's offbeat and inventive climbing classic. Harding gives readers an introduction to climbing and recounts his first ascents of the Nose and the Wall of the Early Morning Light on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley.The introduction to rock climbing and big walls is farcical. The tales of his ascents are vivid. And throughout he strives to return some of the fun to climbing through humorous story telling of the climbing culture of the 60s and 70s. Downward Boundis a testament to the rebellious and magnetic Batso. Excerpt: Why do people climb? How the hell do I know? Answers to this perennial question range from Mallory's rather facetious (I think) "Because it's there" to (again) Mallory's enigmatic "If you ask the question, there can be no answer." Personally, I dig another version of Mallory's statement. Like, "We climb because it's there and we're mad!" How else could you explain freezing your ass off, battling heat and thirst, scaring yourself to death just to get up some rock face or mountain peak. Rock climbing is especially questionable in this respect. In basic mountain climbing the object is to reach the summit by any or the easiest route possible. In rock climbing it's not really necessary to reach a summit; the game seems to amount to finding the most difficult ways of getting nowhere."

The Inland Waters Shipping Proclamation and Regulations

The Inland Waters Shipping Proclamation and Regulations
Title The Inland Waters Shipping Proclamation and Regulations PDF eBook
Author Iraq
Publisher
Pages 92
Release 1920
Genre Inland navigation
ISBN

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The Federal Reporter

The Federal Reporter
Title The Federal Reporter PDF eBook
Author Peyton Boyle
Publisher
Pages 2136
Release 1902
Genre Law reports, digests, etc
ISBN

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Includes cases argued and determined in the District Courts of the United States and, Mar./May 1880-Oct./Nov. 1912, the Circuit Courts of the United States; Sept./Dec. 1891-Sept./Nov. 1924, the Circuit Courts of Appeals of the United States; Aug./Oct. 1911-Jan./Feb. 1914, the Commerce Court of the United States; Sept./Oct. 1919-Sept./Nov. 1924, the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia.

Pilgrims of the Vertical

Pilgrims of the Vertical
Title Pilgrims of the Vertical PDF eBook
Author Joseph E. Taylor III
Publisher Harvard University Press
Pages 379
Release 2010-10-15
Genre Sports & Recreation
ISBN 0674058607

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Few things suggest rugged individualism as powerfully as the solitary mountaineer testing his or her mettle in the rough country. Yet the long history of wilderness sport complicates this image. In this surprising story of the premier rock-climbing venue in the United States, Pilgrims of the Vertical offers insight into the nature of wilderness adventure. From the founding era of mountain climbing in Victorian Europe to present-day climbing gyms, Pilgrims of the Vertical shows how ever-changing alignments of nature, technology, gender, sport, and consumer culture have shaped climbers’ relations to nature and to each other. Even in Yosemite Valley, a premier site for sporting and environmental culture since the 1800s, elite athletes cannot be entirely disentangled from the many men and women seeking recreation and camaraderie. Following these climbers through time, Joseph Taylor uncovers lessons about the relationship of individuals to groups, sport to society, and nature to culture. He also shows how social and historical contexts influenced adventurers’ choices and experiences, and why some became leading environmental activists—including John Muir, David Brower, and Yvon Chouinard. In a world in which wild nature is increasingly associated with play, and virtuous play with environmental values, Pilgrims of the Vertical explains when and how these ideas developed, and why they became intimately linked to consumerism.

Annual Report

Annual Report
Title Annual Report PDF eBook
Author Isthmian Canal Commission (U.S.)
Publisher
Pages 628
Release 1910
Genre Panama Canal (Panama)
ISBN

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List of Lighthouses, Light-vessels, Buoys, Beacons, Etc., on the Coast and Rivers of China

List of Lighthouses, Light-vessels, Buoys, Beacons, Etc., on the Coast and Rivers of China
Title List of Lighthouses, Light-vessels, Buoys, Beacons, Etc., on the Coast and Rivers of China PDF eBook
Author China. Hai guan zong shui wu si shu
Publisher
Pages 178
Release 1948
Genre Beacons
ISBN

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Supreme Court Case on Appeal

Supreme Court Case on Appeal
Title Supreme Court Case on Appeal PDF eBook
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Pages 956
Release
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