Extreme Alpinism: Climbing Light, Fast & High - Softcover

Twight, Mark; Martin, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0898866545 ISBN 13: 9780898866544

Publisher: Mountaineers Books, 1999

Synopsis

For accomplished climbers who want to take it to the next level, this is the book for you. Mark Twight provides expert advice on how to approach the world''s most demanding routes. He covers training for psychological fitness and gives tips on clothing.'

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Review:

Twight has been one of America's boldest climbers for a couple of decades, and his book is a primer for serious mountaineers.--The Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho

About the Author:

MARK TWIGHT is one of America's leading alpinists. His gripping accounts have been published around the world and translated into five languages. He is also the author of the best-selling book Extreme Alpinism: Climbing Light, High and Fast, from The Mountaineers Books. A trip leader for Joseph Van Os Photo Safaris, JAMES MARTIN has contributed to Outdoor Photographer magazine and has seventeen books to his credit. For the Planet Ice project, he has ventured to Antarctica, Greenland, Baffin Island, the Alaska Range, Mount Everest, Patagonia, Central Africa's Ruwenzori Mountains, Mount Kilimanjaro, the Alps, the Canadian Rockies, Glacier National Park in Montana, Ecuador's volcanoes, Washington State's Cascade Mountains, Alaska's North Slope, the Three Gorges in China's Yunnan Province, and Shishapangma, also in China. He is represented by Getty Images and ImageState. For more information on Martin and his newly released book with Braided River, please visit www.planeticebook.com or Planet Ice.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mountaineers Books
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0898866545
• ISBN 13: 9780898866544
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240