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SC-Rocks Around the World | 
 enlarge | Author: Stefan Glowacz
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
Category: Book
List Price: $25.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 1534509
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 144
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 12.3 x 9.5 x 0.5
ISBN: 0871568853
Dewey Decimal Number: 796
EAN: 9780871568854
ASIN: 0871568853
Publication Date: April 23, 1996
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Suitable for a gift.
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Flip through the book and you see lots of shots of people inching up vast, vertical slabs of rock. Look more closely and you find a discussion of rock climbing in England, France, Japan, Australia, Germany and the USA. The pictures are absolutely astounding, while the text gives a personal account of how all these rocks differ from one another, of their unique challenges and beauty. It's a remarkable book, of equal interest to travelers, climbers and acrophobes.
Product Description
With over 140 full-color photos, this book illustrates the celebration of free climbing by two of the sport's greatest exponents. Glowacz and Wiesmeier demonstrate state-of-the-art techniques in the world's premier climbing areas, capturing the awesome majesty of peaks on four continents as well as their harrowing experiences among them.
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| Customer Reviews:
 One of the best! December 21, 2005
If you're a climber, this book is a CLASSIC!
Beautiful photography from around the world- If you're looking for a rad coffee-table style book that showcases some beautiful routes with a great eye towards colors and composition, this is one of the best. Period.
 Ho Hum April 22, 1998
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
A large format coffee table book. I only gave this an average rating because the pictures aren't that exciting. Most of the pictures show the author on extreme climbs, 5.12 and above, or soloing easier ones. Most of the pictures show more of the author and less of the climb. I'm more interested in seeing the climb and typically easier ones that are more within my ability. Most of the climbs shown are sport routes with the exception of some of the ones shown from England. Seeing the scary bolts they used in East Germany was interesting. The author gives short two page introductions to each country which I have to say was the best part of the whole book. His writing is very good for the genre. Overall I'd skip buying the book unless you want a coffee table book. There are better coffee table books on the subject out there.
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