A Mountaineer's Life by Allen Steck

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A Mountaineer's Life by Allen Steck

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Zusammenfassung

Tales of the Trail from a Living Legend, The Slim FoxSixteen-year-old Allen Steck made his initial climb, a first ascent of Mount Maclure in the Sierras, with no hardware, no ropes, no experience. But the event turned his into a mountaineer's life. Over 70 years later, Steck, also known as The Slim Fox, has had a prolific climbing career, i

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A Mountaineer's Life by Allen Steck

* Allen Steck is a living legend, one of the best climbers with dozens of dramatic first ascents * Climbed with legend John Salathe * Long-time editor of Ascent Magazine * His nickname is The Silver Fox * Worked at The Ski Hut, specialized in sleeping bag design * In 1969, founded Mountain travel, one of the first adventure guiding outfits

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Allen Steck, born in 1926, is an American mountaineer and alpine climber. He has climbed around the world, sending a number of first ascents, including the Steck-Salathe Route up Sentinal Rock in Yosemite Valley, and Hummingbird Ridge in Alaska. Jointly with Norman Clyde, he was the first recipient of the Sierra Club's Francis P. Farquhar Mountaineering Award in 1970. Also in 1970, he won the American Alpine Club's Literary Award for co-authoring Fifty Classic Climbs of North America with Steve Roper.
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ISBN 13 9781938340703
ISBN 10 1938340701
Titel A Mountaineer's Life
Autor Allen Steck
Buchzustand Nicht verfügbar
Verlag Patagonia Books
Erscheinungsjahr 2017-10-01
Seitenanzahl 256
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