Contact: Mountain Climbing And Environmental Thinking
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| Rating | : | 4.47 (651 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0874177464 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-10-08 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Derring-do, reconstructed A fascinating and insightful book, that shows how climbing and mountaineering writing has evolved. The earliest style of mountaineering writing is of "conquest" which ties into idea of manifest destiny and exploration of a wild frontier. Then McCarthy goes on to show how this cha
. Contact collects new and classic first-person climbing stories from North America’s best-known climbers and writers. Mountain climbers are important but overlooked commentators on the environment, and this collection of alpine adventures demonstrates the relationship between climbers and nature both for a popular audience and for academics working in the field of environmental literature. Contributors include Gary Snyder, John Daniel, Chris McNamara, and Greg Child
Bayers, author of Imperial Ascent: Mountaineering, Masculinity, and Empire “Contact is a timely book because it gives us the opportunity to examine the reason we climb and a chance to see our connection to the environment. In addition to an intellectual appraisal of climbing, these are fine tales of risk and adventure.” --Conrad Anker, climber . “What McCarthy does here is not only bring together great stories; he contextualizes them in such a way as to create a paradigm for examining the impact humans have in even the most remote corners of the glo