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Mountaineering In Italy A Collection Of Historical Climbing Articles On The Alps And The Dolomites
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Book Synopsis Climbing in the Dolomites - A Collection of Historical Mountaineering and Rock Climbing Articles on the Peaks of Italy by : Various
Download or read book Climbing in the Dolomites - A Collection of Historical Mountaineering and Rock Climbing Articles on the Peaks of Italy written by Various and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-03-06 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Book Synopsis The Dolomite Mountains by : Josiah Gilbert
Download or read book The Dolomite Mountains written by Josiah Gilbert and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Dolomites written by James Rushforth and published by Rockfax Limited. This book was released on 2014 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Located in northern Italy, the 'Pale Alps' contain climbing of every shape and size. The area is particularly renowned for its via ferrata, cabled routes pre-dating the Great War. This guide covers everything you need for a climbing trip, regardless of ability.
Book Synopsis Via Ferratas of the Italian Dolomites: Vol 2 by : Graham Fletcher
Download or read book Via Ferratas of the Italian Dolomites: Vol 2 written by Graham Fletcher and published by Cicerone Press Limited. This book was released on 2015-02-17 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guidebook to the via ferrata routes of the southern Italian Dolomites. This guide covers via ferrata routes in the major mountain ranges of Civetta, Schiara and Pala as well as those to the west in the Brenta. A significant addition (and, as far as we are aware, not previously published in any English language guidebook) is the inclusion of routes around the northern end of Lake Garda and the Piccole Dolomites north of Vicenza. Here the mountains are generally lower and you can enjoy ferrata climbing over a much extended season, with some routes accessible for most of the year. This is the second in a series of two guidebooks to the via ferratas of the Italian Dolomites. (Volume One covers the eastern, northern and central areas of the Dolomites, while Volume Two completes the picture, focusing on the southern, Brenta and Lake Garda areas.)
Book Synopsis Via Ferratas of the Italian Dolomites Volume 1 by : James Rushforth
Download or read book Via Ferratas of the Italian Dolomites Volume 1 written by James Rushforth and published by Cicerone Press Limited. This book was released on 2024-02-14 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guidebook presents 75 via ferrata routes in the stunning Italian Dolomites. Part of a 2-volume set, this book covers Val di Fassa/Canazei, Selva, Badia/La Villa, Covara, Arabba, Falzarego, Cortina, Misurina, Sesto and Auronzo in the northern, central and eastern Dolomites. Routes are graded by technical difficulty and seriousness and there are comprehensive route descriptions accompanied by access notes, maps and topos. A wide range of grades, lengths and styles, from routes for novices to difficult and technical climbs are covered. Stunning photography completes this inspirational guide to some of the most breathtaking via ferrata routes in the world. The Italian Dolomites boast some of the most magnificent mountain scenery on the planet and some of the most iconic. Soaring rocky spires and jagged ridgelines are interspersed with gentle valleys and idyllic mountain villages. The Dolomites are also home to the world's greatest concentration of via ferratas - mountain routes or climbs that are protected by a series of cables, metal rungs, pegs and ladders.
Book Synopsis Ski Touring and Snowshoeing in the Dolomites by : James Rushforth
Download or read book Ski Touring and Snowshoeing in the Dolomites written by James Rushforth and published by Cicerone Press Limited. This book was released on 2017-01-31 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guidebook to 50 ski touring and snowshoeing routes in the Dolomites. The routes, which carry an Alpine (and when appropriate, a Volo/Toponeige) grading, range from 5km to 18km, taking between 2 and 7 hours to complete. The routes are based in and around areas such as Canazei, Arabba, Corvara and San Martino, taking in stunning scenery, quaint villages and enchanting mountain vistas. Clear route descriptions are accompanied by 1:50K mapping and photo topos, together with information such as total ascent and descent (as well as aspect), expected duration of route and equipment required. Also provided is invaluable practical advice on things such as mountain safety and navigation, equipment, transport options to, from and around the Dolomites, ski passes, accommodation and more. Regarded as one of the most beautiful mountain ranges in the world, the Dolomites offer endless winter escapades. Those who venture off the beaten track and into the backcountry (whether by ski or by shoe) will discover a veritable winter wonderland.
Book Synopsis Mountaineering Literature by : Jill Neate
Download or read book Mountaineering Literature written by Jill Neate and published by The Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 1986 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long established as a standard reference work worldwide, this is a thorough bibliography of all mountaineering books that are of practical use to climbers or for reading pleasure or historical interest. Documenting more than 2000 books of mountaineering literature, it also includes nearly 900 climber's guidebooks, a sampling of more than 400 works of mountaineering fiction, plus journals and bibliographies.
Book Synopsis Trekking in the Dolomites by : Gillian Price
Download or read book Trekking in the Dolomites written by Gillian Price and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Northern Italy's famous Alta Via long-distance walking routes are spread across the Dolomites, running roughly north to south and reaching as far as the Austrian border. There are six of these routes, and they increase in difficulty: Alta Via 1 has few exposed sections and is suitable for novice alpine trekkers; AV2 is much more challenging, only suitable for experienced alpine trekkers with a good head for heights, while AVs 3-6 have extended via ferrata sections and considerable exposure. AVs 1 and 2 are described in detail in this guidebook. The 120km AV1 is described over 11 day stages; AV.
Book Synopsis Great Cycling Climbs by : Graeme Fife
Download or read book Great Cycling Climbs written by Graeme Fife and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A narrative guide to the most scenic and inspiring cycling climbs in the French Alps. The Alps are a place of legend for cyclists, road racers, and enthusiasts alike. Home to one of the most demanding sections of the Tour de France, the mountains offer some of Europe’s most glorious cycling climbs through Geneva, Chamonix, Annecy, Chambe´ry, Grenoble, Le Bourg-d’Oisans, and Barcelonnette. In this comprehensive guide, Graeme Fife, author, teacher, and passionate cycling enthusiast, presents the greatest mountain routes of the Alps. Aided by Peter Drinkell’s beautiful color photography, Fife reveals each journey with historical snapshots, humorous observations, and stirring stories from cycling’s past, detailing the challenges of each climb and the key features to look out for along the way. A selection of photographs of the routes and stunning scenery is included in each chapter, and illustrated maps document the climbs of each region. Whether planning a weekend tour or an epic cycling adventure, this beautifully illustrated guide is essential reading for cyclists of all stripes.
Book Synopsis Classic Dolomite Climbs by : Anette Köhler
Download or read book Classic Dolomite Climbs written by Anette Köhler and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The German rock-climbers Anette Kohler and Norbert Memmel have compiled this outstanding topo guide to the Dolomites. They have selected 100 fine rock climbs drawn from the grades III to VI with the odd harder route'
Download or read book The Alpine Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 786 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The White Spider by : Heinrich Harrer
Download or read book The White Spider written by Heinrich Harrer and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1989 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Emilio Comici: Angel of the Dolomites by : David Smart
Download or read book Emilio Comici: Angel of the Dolomites written by David Smart and published by Rocky Mountain Books Ltd. This book was released on 2020-09 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Banff Mountain Book Competition: Climbing Literature Award The first English-language biography of one of the most renowned Italian climbers, Emilio Comici, who bagged over 200 first ascents in the Eastern Alps prior to his death at 39 years of age in 1940. Between 1925 and his death in 1940, Emilio Comici was the pre-eminent climber in the Eastern Alps, the hotbed of global rock climbing at that time. He made first ascents on some of the highest and most notorious walls in the Alps, including the northwest face of the Civetta, as well as dozens of other climbs. Comici invented many modern big-wall techniques and the big-wall idiom itself that later took root in Yosemite Valley. Comici also made solo ascents of some of the hardest routes in the Alps, including his climb on the north face of the Cima Grande. He also designed the first artificial climbing wall that was ever actually built. This book explores how family tragedy and growing up in working class Trieste under Austrian occupation shaped Comici's complex personality and attitudes toward climbing. He was loyal to his friends, deeply concerned about the vulnerable, including his fellow climbers, and yet highly competitive, a born vagabond and yet also a dandy, irresistible to women, and yet unable to settle down, devoted to his mother and to the mountains, and finally, like many other Italian climbers of the period, a member of the Italian fascist party although he was profoundly anti-German and opposed to racial persecution.
Book Synopsis The Mountains of My Life by : Walter Bonatti
Download or read book The Mountains of My Life written by Walter Bonatti and published by Random House Digital, Inc.. This book was released on 2001 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The legendary mountaineer describes his adventures in such ranges as the Alps and Himalayas, and provides details of what really happened during a controversial 1954 Italian expedition that made the first ascent of K2.
Book Synopsis Walking in the Alps by : Kev Reynolds
Download or read book Walking in the Alps written by Kev Reynolds and published by Cicerone Press Limited. This book was released on 2011-07-21 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of this classic guidebook by Kev Reynolds on walking and trekking in the Alps. This book is a definitive guide to the many thousands of possible routes, with a geographical span that ranges from the Maritime Alps of southern France to the Julians of Slovenia, from Italy's Gran Paradiso to the little-known Türnitzer Alps of eastern Austria, and from the ice-bound giants of the Bernese Oberland to the green rolling Kitzbüheler Alps and the bizarre towers of the Dolomites of South Tirol, showing the amazing diversity of this wonderful mountain chain. There are walks to suit every taste: gentle and undemanding, long and tough, and everything in between. Written by Britain's most respected authority on the Alps, this is a fully updated edition of this important book.
Book Synopsis Unjustifiable Risk? by : Simon Thompson
Download or read book Unjustifiable Risk? written by Simon Thompson and published by Cicerone Press Limited. This book was released on 2012-03-06 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To the impartial observer Britain does not appear to have any mountains. Yet the British invented the sport of mountain climbing and for two periods in history British climbers led the world in the pursuit of this beautiful and dangerous obsession. Unjustifiable Risk is the story of the social, economic and cultural conditions that gave rise to the sport, and the achievements and motives of the scientists and poets, parsons and anarchists, villains and judges, ascetics and drunks that have shaped its development over the past two hundred years. The history of climbing inevitably reflects the wider changes that have occurred in British society, including class, gender, nationalism and war, but the sport has also contributed to changing social attitudes to nature and beauty, heroism and death. Over the years, increasing wealth, leisure and mobility have gradually transformed climbing from an activity undertaken by an eccentric and privileged minority into a sub-division of the leisure and tourist industry, while competition, improved technology and information, and increasing specialisation have helped to create climbs of unimaginable difficulty at the leading edge of the sport. But while much has changed, even more has remained the same. Today's climbers would be instantly recognisable to their Victorian predecessors, with their desire to escape from the crowded complexity of urban society and willingness to take "unjustifiable" risk in pursuit of beauty, adventure and self-fulfilment. Unjustifiable Risk was shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker prize in 2011.
Download or read book The Publishers Weekly written by and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 2296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
