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 enlarge | Author: John Long
Publisher: Falcon
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
Buy Used: $2.51
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 177599
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 176
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 0.5
ISBN: 156044858X
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.5220922
EAN: 9781560448587
ASIN: 156044858X
Publication Date: October 1, 1999
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Condition: Used - Good
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 Damn Good Book February 1, 2002
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This Book was awesome. It kept me on the edge of my feet. John Long is a great climbing author and I haven't read a bad book from him yet. If you want to be on your feet and like to be excited, this is the one for you.
Excellent stories of climbing fear and extreme desire August 6, 2001
I am an avid novice rock climber and this book is a great series of short vignettes that explore the many different facets of the most extreme side of climbing: the free solo. Hard to imagine, this is true "working without a net" extreme sport, that is really not so extreme when you hear it told from the perspective of folks with lots of ability and desire, and the fortitude to constantly battle the fear that creeps into such attempts. I enjoyed this book and found the first person perspectives were fresh and insightful without getting metaphysical.
Very good collection October 19, 2000
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is an excellent anthology of writing about solo climbing. Highlights include Croft's Minarets trip report and Twight's (perhaps inadvertently) hilarious The Abattoir.
Well worth the price December 10, 1999
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
This anthology is well selected and well edited. I read it cover to cover, over two days, and had trouble putting it down even when I had finished it. Each contribution is a real "cliffhanger." (Sorry...I couldn't resist...)
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