Yosemite in the Fifties: The Iron Age
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| Rating | : | 4.56 (736 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1938340485 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 176 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-30 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
L. Leichtfuss said A Must Have. A terrific book on the roots of rock climbing in Yosemite. The stories are excellent as are the pictures. I have given this book as a gift to non climbers, people who just love the outdoors and they were fascinated by it.. great, and I got it for a steal Amazon Customer I can't get enough of these big vintage climbing coffee table books. This one is of course, great, and I got it for a steal. There is a bit of overlap with the book "California surfing and climbing" just FYI.. "More fantastic black and white Yosemite pics galore" according to M. Petnuch. Superb collection of some of the most historic climb pics that didnt' always get out to print from the golden era of Yosemite.
Yosemite in The Fifties is fashioned not so much as a book but as a wormhole back to an enchanted time in the history of exploration, and a classic era of Americana now lost in time.. Rather, they are assaults on the human barrier, pushing that much higher.Yosemite in the Fifties gives the stage almost entirely over to the original source material, the first-person narratives, archive photos (artfully restored), and memorabilia particular to the seminal ascents of the era.These words, images, and design, when cast from critical angles, all reach across generations to resurrect vanished worlds. Companion to the classic Yosemite in the Sixties, this book uses the words of the climbers of the time
Climbskibouldermagazine. This is, without a doubt, one of the most exquisitely put together rock-climbing masterpieces that I have been asked to review in a long time