El Capitan Historic Feats and Radical Routes

by Duane, Daniel

• ISBN13: 9780811824842
• ISBN10: 0811824845
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-08-01
• Publisher: Chronicle Books

Summary

Bargain Books are non-returnable.An unforgettable face all 3,000 granite feet of it. El Capitan towers above California's Yosemite Valley, a sheer rock wall, seemingly insurmountable, and by far the most coveted rock climb on earth.El Capitantraces the mountain's unique history and recounts the vertical adventures had there from Warren Harding's 45-day siege in 1958 up through the recent speed climbs of under 5 hours. Critically acclaimed author Daniel Duane articulates how this massive wall can totally consume a person. Duane profiles the legends who have devoted themselves to El Capitan, including Royal Robbins, Warren Harding, and John Middendorf. Accompanied by 36 moody duotones,El Capitancaptures the essence of big wall climbing.

Author Biography

Daniel Duane is a surfer, naturalist, and critically acclaimed author of Caught Inside: A Surfer's Year on the California Coast. He has written for Esquire, the New York Times Magazine, the Los Angeles Times Magazine, Men's Journal, Outside Magazine, and the Village Voice, among others. He lives in San Francisco.

Table of Contents

Introduction	13	(20)
Innocence to Experience	33	(40)
The Bomb Squad	73	(24)
Soldier's Sons	97	(18)
Obscene Devotion	115	(24)
afterword	139	(4)
photography credits	143