Rocks Around the World - Softcover

Stefan Glowacz

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0871568853 ISBN 13: 9780871568854

Publisher: Random House, Inc., 1996

Synopsis

With over 140 full-color photos, this book illustrates the celebration of free climbing by two of the sport's greatest exponents. Glowacz and Wiesmeier demonstrate state-of-the-art techniques in the world's premier climbing areas, capturing the awesome majesty of peaks on four continents as well as their harrowing experiences among them.

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Review:

Flip through the book and you see lots of shots of people inching up vast, vertical slabs of rock. Look more closely and you find a discussion of rock climbing in England, France, Japan, Australia, Germany and the USA. The pictures are absolutely astounding, while the text gives a personal account of how all these rocks differ from one another, of their unique challenges and beauty. It's a remarkable book, of equal interest to travelers, climbers and acrophobes.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House, Inc.
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0871568853
• ISBN 13: 9780871568854
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144