Extreme Alpinism: Climbing Light, Fast, and High
by Mark F. Twight, James Martin
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1999 Banff Mountain Exposition Award Winner The book that launched a renaissance in climbing technique and remains relevant today Techniques and mental skills needed to climb at a more challenging level Illustrated with full-color photos throughout Big, high routes at the edge of a climber's ability are not the places for inventing technique or relying on old habits. Complacency can lead to fatal errors. So where does the hard-core aspirant or dreamer turn? The only master class in show more print,Extreme Alpinism delivers an expert dose of reality and practical techniques for advanced climbers. Focusing on how top alpine climbers approach the world's most difficult routes, Twight centers his instruction on the ethos of climbing the hardest routes with the least amount of gear and the most speed. Throughout, Twight makes it clear that the two things he refuses to compromise are safety and his climbing ethics. In addition to the extensive chapters on advanced techniques and skills, Twight also discusses mental preparedness and attitude; strength and cardiovascular training; good nutrition; and tips on equipment and clothing. show lessTags
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Twight thinks for himself, and thinks well, sometimes justifiably in opposition to conventional opinions. This book is a trove of hard-earned wisdom, finely conceived and executed. An elegant pile of concise advice about gear, technique, fitness, nutrition, attitude, teamwork, and soul. If you do a lot of climbing, something in this book could save your life. Certainly this book will enhance your climbing and help tune your whole being for better efficiency and safety. Twight also sprinkles through the book a handful of gems: brief true climbing stories, riveting and highly educational. I have read this book five times. Its treasures are in my brain and heart every time I climb.
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Mark Twight is one of America's leading alpinists. His gripping accounts have been published around the world, translated into five languages. Sports Illustrated, Outside Magazine, Rock and Ice (and a host of European magazines) have profiled him. Twight was the first and fastest to solo the "Czech Route" on Peak Communism (10,000 feet up and down show more in 36 hours). He made the first ascent of "Deprivation" on Alaska's Mount Hunter (in 72 hours round-trip), climbed five extremely difficult new routes in the French Alps, and made a non-stop, 60-hour ascent of Mount McKinley's "Czech Direct" (the previous fastest party took seven days). Twight works as a technical advisor for several climbing gear manufacturers and teaches climbing and crisis nutrition to U.S. Special Forces operatives. Home is wherever his wife, Lisa, and an 85-pound Akita named Zuma happen to be, which is in Colorado for now show less
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