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Selected Climbs in the Northeast: Rock, Alpine, and Ice Routes from the Gunks to Acadia: Selected Climbs

Autor Peter Lewis, David Horowitz, S. Peter Lewis
en Limba Engleză Paperback – dec 2003
In the past, climbers have been forced to buy many guidebooks to specific regions in the Northeast and sift through them on their own, hoping to spot the gents. But now two mountain guides who have climbed extensively in the region share their A-list picks with us. There's not a route in this book that won't thrill you by the quality of the climb, the aesthetic experience, and its historical significance. Coverage includes rock, alpine, and ice routes from the Gunks to Acadia: New York--Shawangunks, Catskills, Adirondacks; Connecticut--Ragged Mountain; Vermont--Smuggler's Notch, Lake Willoughby; New, Hampshire--Franconia Notch, Cathedral Ledge, Mount Washington, Frankenstein Cliff, Whitehorse Ledge, Mount Webster, Mount Willard, and White's Ledge; Maine--Acadia National Park and Mount Katahdin
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780898868579
ISBN-10: 0898868572
Pagini: 309
Dimensiuni: 172 x 215 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.49 kg
Editura: Mountaineers Books
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Descriere

Two mountain guides who have climbed extensively in the region share their A-list picks. Coverage includes rock, alpine, and ice routes from the Gunks to Acadia.

Notă biografică

S. PETER LEWIS has been a rock climber since 1976, an ice climber since 1979, and a professional mountain guide since 1983. He has climbed in almost every major climbing area in the Northeast and is an expert on the area's climbing history. From 1994 to 1999, Lewis was the executive director of the American Mountain Guides Association. Lewis also has been a freelance writer and photographer specializing in adventure sports since 1983. He has written dozens of articles, published hundreds of photographs, and been featured in two profiles, in Outdoor Photographer and New Hampshire Profiles. Lewis also has worked as a newspaper reporter and has won journalism and photography awards. He has authored or co-authored six books on climbing, including Climbing: From Gym to Crag, published by The Mountaineers Books in 2000. He researched, edited, designed, and marketed with Rick Wilcox a self-published book, the second edition of An Ice Climber's Guide to Northern New England in 1992, and has just finished the third edition of the guide to be released early next year. He currently works as the publishing director for Stonehearth Open Learning Opportunities in Conway, New Hampshire. He lives in Bridgton, Maine, with his wife and two children.