On the Nose : a lifelong obsession with Yosemite's most iconic climb / / Hans Florine with Jayme Moye

• Autore: Florine Hans
• Pubblicazione: Guilford, Connecticut ; ; Helena, Montana : , : Falcon, , 2016; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 p.)
• Disciplina: 796.522092
• Soggetto topico: Mountaineering - California - Yosemite National Park - History; Mountaineers - California - Yosemite National Park
• Soggetto geografico: El Capitan (Calif.) Description and travel; Yosemite National Park (Calif.) Description and travel
• Persona (resp. second.): MoyeJayme
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction; Prologue; Chapter 1Virgin Time; Chapter 2Redemption Climb; Chapter 3Hollywood Hans; Chapter 4Learning the Croft; Chapter 5Going Solo; Chapter 6Blind Ambition; Chapter 7Married with Children; Chapter 8The Need for Speed; Chapter 9Climb On; Appendix AHans's Logbook of Nose Ascents; Appendix BFirsts; Appendix CThe Nose by the Numbers; Acknowledgments; About the Authors
• Sommario/riassunto: The Nose is the most famous rock climb on earth, tracing the 3,000-foot prow of the granite formation known as El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. Climbers didn't figure out how to scale it until 1958- five years after Everest. In 1989, a young climber named Hans Florine attempted to ascend the Nose, an effort that took him 46 hours. He would go on to climb it an unprecedented 101 times (and counting) and whittle his total effort down to a mere 2.5 hours-a feat that has no parallel in modern outdoor sport. Florine's story is at once an audacious adventure that spans nearly three decades, pro
• Titolo autorizzato: On the Nose
• ISBN: 1-4930-2499-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910812887903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II