DESERT TOWERS 2011 1st ed Large Hardcover New SIGNED by Steve "Crusher" Bartlett (Bartlett, Steve "Crusher")

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SIGNED ''To Ray Crusher Bartlett" WINNER Mountaineering History Prize Banff Mountain Book Festival 2011 Short Listed as a Finalist for the 2011 Boardman Tasker Prize Full title: DESERT TOWERS: FAT CAT SUMMITS AND KITTY LITTER ROCK: A HUNDRED YEARS OF ADVENTURES ON THE SANDSTONE TOWERS OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU CO, 2010, 1st edition. 352 pp, 100s of color photos. Large Hardcover with pictorial cover, No DJ was issued, New condition. This book is quite large and heavy so extra postage is required for Media Mail (only $2 extra), Priority Mail or Foreign Orders. This is by far the finest book ever done on rock climbing in the great American desert. Once a hidden treasure for a few locals, now it is on the list of climbers all over America, and the world. Desert Towers documents the history of climbers and their ascents of the wild and historic sandstone towers of the Colorado Plateau. The 350 pages of this book are lavishly illustrated with first-ascent photographs--many never seen in print before--and over two dozen contributed essays by the pioneering desert climbers of the last fifty years, many never previously seen in print. A must for any climber�s coffee table. Desert Towers is about the desert towers of the Colorado Plateau, those crazy, skinny, very temporary rock formations that stand like lost soldiers, upright and defiant. Desert Towers is about the climbers who have found the hunger and obsession to overcome their fears and scale these towers. Desert Towers is about the images. Photographs from Ed Webster, Layton Kor, Harvey Carter, Huntley Ingalls, Bill Hatcher, Andrew Burr, Laurence Gouault, David Brower, John Sherman, many, many more. Images of wild rocks, groundbreaking first ascents. Images of fear, beauty, happiness. Desert Towers is about the climbs. Climbs that feature the full arsenal of rock climbing challenges: loose rock, dangerously run out climbing, terrible anchors, huge approaches across awful terrain, flat tires, lightning, scorpions, snakes and, in addition, technically difficult climbing. Desert Towers is about the stories. Stories of grit, fear, determination, searching, victory, defeat, luck and friendship. Stories etched in the harsh, clear light of the desert. Desert Towers is about the summits. To reach a summit that few have ever visited is a rare thrill--yet a basic human urge that every child who has climbed a tree can understand. Desert Towers is about the desert-tower climbing experience. An experience in danger of being tamed (or even vanishing) in our modern, convenient world. Long may there be a few remote desert towers guarded by exquisitely frustrating challenges, their summits only to be reached by the most brave, stubborn and highly skilled. Table of Contents Chapter 1. The original desert climbers were the Anasazi, who, in a tradition followed to this day by some leading desert climbers, left little record of their ascents. The first modern desert climber was John Otto. His amazing 1911 ascent of the 400-foot-tall monolith Independence Monument set a precedent for boldness and innovation. Chapter 2. In the 1930s the climbing world became obsessed by 1,800-foot Shiprock. Colorado climber Robert Ormes made several brave attempts, but it was the 'rock engineers' from California (David Brower, Raffi Bedayn, Bestor Robinson and John Dyer) who climbed this 'Last Great Problem' in 1939. Chapter 3. Spider Rock. In 1956 came the next big breakthrough. Mark Powell, Jerry Gallwas and Don Wilson, three of the top Yosemite climbers of the day, ascended 800-foot Spider Rock in Canyon de Chelly, a climb dispatched in magnificent style. Don Wilson: The First Ascent of Spider Rock Chapter 4. Emboldened by success on Spider Rock, a year later the same threesome, plus Bill Feuerer (Dolt), tackled the 'thinnest spire in the desert'--the Totem Pole.They battled ferocious winds, frighteningly steep rock, cracks too wide for their pitons, and competition from Colorado climbers for the first ascent of this coveted summit. Mark Powell: The Totem Pole Chapter 5. The Three Best Towers. With Spider Rock, Cleopatra's Needle and the Totem Pole climbed, what next? In the late 1950s and into the 1960s, California climbers came to the desert and mostly repeated the same three towers. Steve Roper: Cleopatra�s Second Ascent. Chuck Pratt: The View from Deadhorse Point Chapter 6. By contrast, the first of the Colorado climbers came to the same desert, intent on finding new towers to climb. Castleton Tower, North Six-shooter, Sentinel Spire: there was an explosion of new climbs. Huntley Ingalls: The Colorado Plateau, Huntley Ingalls: Castleton Tower, Layton Kor: The Best of the West Chapter 7. Fisher Towers: The most sensational of the early 1960s climbs was the first ascent of the Titan. This was a huge breakthrough. If such a monstrously rotten, enormous, terrifying formation could be scaled, anything was possible. This chapter describes the first ascents of the big Fisher Towers: Titan, Kingfisher, Echo Tower, Cottontail and Oracle. Huntley Ingalls: The Finger of Fate, Harvey Carter: Kingfisher Chapter 8. Harvey Carter was a Colorado original; stubborn, strong, a dedicated climber for over sixty years. Among the thousands of first ascents he has done are some of the finest routes in the desert. This chapter celebrates his life and achievements. Chapter 9. The first ascent of Standing Rock. This tower, absurdly skinny and rotten, set a new standard for just what could safely be climbed. Steve Komito: Standing Rock Chapter 10. The Go-Go Years. Throughout the late 1960s and into the 1970s, a small handful of climbers, Kor, Carter, Fred Beckey, Eric Bjornstad, George Hurley, and few others, had the entire desert to themselves. While the climbing world elsewhere focused on ever-harder free-climbing standards, the desert became a half-forgotten backwater. For those who relished desert first ascents, there was near-unlimited scope for new climbs. Eric Bjornstad: The Rest of the Story (The Middle Sister) Chapter 11. Din� and Dash. In 1971, all climbing was banned on the Navajo Nation. Most climbers looked elsewhere, but ever since, the magnificent towers of the reservation have been a very potent attraction to climbers. An examination of the issues involved in climbing on the Navajo Nation, from the early days until the present. Chapter 12. The Mystery Towers are hard to get to, huge, rottener than the Fisher Towers, invisible from just about anywhere. The summits of these formations are seldom visited, tiny and reserved for the true desert tower aficionado. In 1969 Bill Forrest and George Hurley took on this challenge. This chapter celebrates the first ascents of these towers, and some of the other wild desert summits reached by these visionary climbers. George Hurley: The Mystery Towers Chapter 13. 1970s-1980s. The Fishers � Big Walls of Mud. With, seemingly, all the worthy summits of the Fisher Towers summited, the push was on the develop hard new aid climbs. Harvey Carter was in the forefront of this push. The Sundevil Chimney, Scheherezade, Brer Rabbit all come from this era. Lou Dawson: Harvey�s Raiders Chapter 14. Moses. In 1972, Eric Bjornstad and Fred Beckey climbed Moses, an epic tale from the Go-Go years, with multiple visits, fixed ropes, extensive aid,pitons by the score. Just a few years later Ed Webster and Steve Hong climbed Moses free in a few hours, producing an enduring classic desert climb, Primrore Dihedrals, and showing a new direction for desert climbers. Fred Beckey: The First Ascent of Moses (1972). Ed Webster: The Desert Prophet (The First Free Ascent of Moses, 1979) Chapter 15. What Are Friends For? The late 1970s invention of camming units coincided with a growing awareness that that the desert held myriad excellent free climbs in the form of incredibly parallel cracks. Wingate sandstone, particularly around Castleton Tower and Indian Creek, became a huge draw, at first for a few climbers, like Jimmy Dunn, Earl Wiggins, Ed Webster, Jeff Achey, Chip Chace, then later for ever-increasing numbers. Chapter 16. That One�s Next! With the popularity of the Wingate came a neglect of the traditional multi-pitch and multi-day aid climbs of the Fisher Towers and Mystery Towers. Which eventually made them even more appealing to a few 1990s climbers, among them Rob Slater, Mike O'Donnell and John Sherman. John Sherman: Tales from the Gripped Chapter 17. Jim Beyer was the first to bring hard modern aid climbing standards to the Fisher Towers, with a wild collection of dangerous new routes. The challenge was later taken up by other aid climbers. Jim Beyer: World�s End. Duane Raleigh: The Wasteland Chapter 18. Behind the Rocks. In the late 1980s, Moab became a focus of development. Kyle Copeland and Charlie Fowler unearthed many classic new towers. Meanwhile, even more remote areas were explored by adventurers such as Paul Horton, Tim Toula, Bret Ruckman, James Garrett, and Paul Ross. Alison Sheets: Queen for a Day--the early 1980s era of Charlie Fowler, Kyle Copeland and friends. Tim Toula: Shim� s�n� do Sh� cheii (Grand Gulch Spire): A Cock and Pull Story. Todd Gordon: The Whale�s Tale. Andrew Burr: It�s Over Chapter 19. Canyonlands National Park is the heart of the Colorado Plateau; 'the best part by far' of Utah, according to Edward Abbey. Climbing in the vast wasteland of Canyonlands has progressed (if that's the right word) in different directions to anywhere else. Strappo Hughes: The Enigmatic Syringe. Dougald MacDonald: The Big Muddy Chapter 20. Anchors Away: Leaving No Trace on New Canyonlands Ascents: Climbing and ascending new towers and leaving nothing behind. Chapter 21. Free Radicals Free Climbing the Biggest, Steepest Towers. Stevie Haston: Sundevil Chimney Free. Greg Child: Excommunication. Ben Bransby: The Finger of Fate. Jason Haas: Free Cottontail Chapter 22. Loose Cannonville: In our modern world of gym climbing, Google maps and Lady Gaga, it's still possible to find desert adventures. An account of a new climb ascended with equipment and methods little changed from 1939.
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