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DOWNWARD BOUND: A MAD! GUIDE TO ROCK CLIMBING. Harding 1975 1st edition DJ SIGNED by Royal Robbins, Layton Kor and Glen Denny
By Harding, Warren.
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NJ, 1975, 1st edition. 204 pp, ills. A cult classic of modern rock climbing in Yosemite. Harding pokes fun at Robbins' high ethical standards, and describes his first ascent of the Nose. Hardcover, DJ, Near Fine.

 
SIGNED by Royal Robbins, Layton Kor and Glen Denny.

This book is a combination of instruction, satire, and autobiography. Harding (1924-2002) is best known for his first ascent of El Capitan in Yosemite, the pioneering ascent of the Nose route with numerous partners, in 1958. He also made the controversial first ascent of El Capitan's Wall of the Early Morning Light in 1970, a climb that attracted national press attention. 

 
Anecdotes abound in connection with Harding's contemporary climbers in the Valley: Royal Robbins, T.M. Herbert, Yvon Chouinard, Don Lauria, Chuck Pratt, Galen Rowell, etc.

The book closes with an tongue in cheek appendix where Harding rates these and other climbers (61 total) on a scale of 1 to 10, and presents his reasons plus some biographical notes on each climber.


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