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gooch
Jan 14, 2002, 7:56 PM
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Check out this book." Extreme Alpinism " by Mark Twight published by the Mountaineers Has a ton of practical and useful information on Alpine climbing. Great reading, will answer lots of questions, expescially for beginers and novices.
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mountainrat
Jan 15, 2002, 3:18 AM
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Twight's Kiss or Kill: Confessions of A Serial Climber is a great book, too. More of a narrative than an informative read, though.
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andy_lemon
Jan 15, 2002, 5:11 PM
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I have Twight's Kiss or Kill... he is one of the greatest satire writers I've ever read.
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climber1
Jan 15, 2002, 8:56 PM
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you might want to check out Freedom of the Hills by the Mountaineers. tons of information in there. the recognized bible of mountaineering.
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andy_lemon
Jan 17, 2002, 4:58 PM
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I like Freedom of the hills as well but it just doesn't go into the extent of Alpinism that Twight does. I do agree... every climbers bible.
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gooch
Jan 17, 2002, 6:46 PM
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Freedom of the hills is a waelth of knowledge, and a great alround starting point Found Kiss or Kill a bit eclectic, at the same time he is telling you how much climbing means to him, he is saying how much he hates it. A good look at himself though, most people would not have the guts to be that honest, and a definate break from 200 of so copy cat everest books Extreme Alpinism is a good way to go narrow down "freedom of the hills", like having some one to proof read it and tear out all the good pages for you, then write some notes beside them as well. Did you check out the recommended reading at the back of the book? found it a bit scary how much of the same stuff we read
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