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Jones, Chris, 1939-

Climbing in North America / Chris Jones.

Seattle, WA : Mountaineers, ©1997.

365 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

"Climbing in North America is the definitive, complete history of mountaineering in the United States and Canada, from the earliest days of the sport through the 1970s. In this climbing tribute, Chris Jones celebrates the climbers and their routes, peaks, and adventures, bringing them to life through anecdotes and historic black and white photos."--BOOK JACKET.

Mountaineering -- North America -- History.

Rock climbing -- North America -- History.

Originally published: Berkeley : Published for the American Alpine Club by the University of California Press, ©1976.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Lito Tejada-Flores -- Rugged Individualists -- Scientists and Surveyors -- The Heroic Age -- To the Top of the Continent -- Conrad Kain and Albert MacCarthy -- Mount Alberta -- A Piece of Bent Iron -- Robert Underhill and Jack Durrance -- The Sierrans -- The Pacific Northwest and Alaska -- Mount Waddington -- Worlds Apart -- Hard Rock, Hard Steel -- The Southern Californians -- Ungentlemanly Behavior -- The North Face -- Mount McKinley -- El Capitan -- Layton, the Great 'Un -- The Eiger of North America? -- North to the Future -- The Granite Crucible -- Into the Seventies.

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