El Capitan: Historic Feats and Radical Routes

Duane, Daniel

ISBN 10: 0811824845 / ISBN 13: 9780811824842

Published by Chronicle Books, 2000

About this Item

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1st edition, 1st printing, 4to., 141pp. Illustrated. Sharp copy in a likewise DJ with no ownership markings. Well packaged in a box; ships with tracking.

Seller Inventory # 200827005

Bibliographic Details

• Title: El Capitan: Historic Feats and Radical Routes
• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0811824845
• ISBN 13: 9780811824842
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Weight: 31 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • Mountaineering

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Synopsis

An unforgettable faceall 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 Capitan traces the mountain's unique history and recounts the vertical adventures had therefrom 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 Capitan

captures the essence of big wall climbing.

About the Authors

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.

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.