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GRASPING FOR HEAVEN: INTERVIEWS WITH NORTH AMERICAN CLIMBERS Frederic V. Hartemann and Robert Hauptman 2011 1st ed New Paperback
By Hartemann, Frederic V. and Robert Hauptman
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North Carolina, 2011, 1st edition. 224 pp, 8 color photos. New large paperback.
Mountain climbing is a difficult sport, at best, and its practitioners are unique. Here is a collection of interviews with 15 famed mountain climbers and three historians of the sport. Covering international climbing in all its aspects, including rock-face climbing, ice climbing, and high-summit ascension, these mountaineers relate their experiences, the challenges and risks of their chosen sport, and the compelling drive to engage in a difficult, expensive activity.
Interviewees include:
Stacy Allison
Pete Athans
Brent Bishop
Christine Boskoff
Carlos Buhler
Charlotte Fox
Charles S. Houston
Kenneth Kamler
Jamling Tenzing Norgay
Rick Ridgeway
John Roskelley
Barbara Washburn
Eric Weihenmayer
Jim Wickwire
Sharon Wood
Elizabeth Hawley
Maurice Isserman
Audrey Salkeld
About the Authors
Frederic V. Hartemann is a physicist in San Ramon, California. He and Hauptman are veteran climbers who made ascents together for 15 years. Robert Hauptman is professor emeritus of St. Cloud State University and editor of the
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