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Valley of giants : stories from women at the heart of Yosemite climbing / edited by Lauren DeLaunay Miller.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Seattle, WA : Mountaineers Books, [2022]Copyright date: ©2022Description: 238 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781680515145
  • 1680515144
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Contents:
Foreword / Mari Gingery -- Preface / Lauren DeLaunay Miller -- Learning to rise, 1930-1959. Pioneer / Marjory Bridge Farquhar -- Washington Column / Ruth Dyar Mendenhall -- "That should be challenging enough" / Bea Vogel -- Seeing farther, 1960-1974. Tales of an ordinary woman / Chela Varrentzoff Kunasz -- Crackdown in camp 4 / Meredith Little -- We were the jewels / Hope Morehouse Meek -- Girls can be dirtbags too / Jan Sacherer -- First ascent / Liz Robbins -- Just keep climbing / Elaine Matthews -- Walls without balls / Sibylle Hechtel -- Aficionados of the steep, 1975-1989. Running it out / Sally Moser -- My first time / Molly Bruce Higgins -- Steak-salad: an ascent of the sentinel / Carla Firey -- Growing up in Yosemite Valley / Julie Brugger -- A natural path / Lucy Parker -- Leading by example / Ellie Hawkins -- Sandbagged by the stonemasters / Maria Boone Cranor -- The Shield / Lynn Hill -- Sunkist / Lydia Bradey -- Dancing in the sky, 1990-2010. The many gifts of climbing in Yosemite / Abby Watkins -- Full circle on Astroman / Nancy Feagin -- Memories / Silvia Vidal -- Humbled by Yosemite / Sarah Watson -- I remember / Chelsea Griffie -- Illogical progression / Heidi Wirtz -- All the way: Salathé free / Steph Davis -- A good day / Katie Brown -- Meltdown / Beth Rodden -- Thirty bruises / Kate Rutherford -- On the shoulders of giants, 2011-present. Valley of giants / Libby Sauter -- Seven walls in seven days / Quinn Brett -- Magic mushroom / Babsi Zangerl -- Like mother, like daughter / Jane Jackson and Catherine Cullinane -- Letter from a mother to her village / Eliza Kerr -- Alone on the nose / Miranda Oakley -- Yield point / Alexa Flower -- Epico / Lola Delnevo -- Is it worth it? / Josie McKee.
Summary: "Collection of journal excerpts, original essay, interviews, archival materials, and memorable firsts spanning the past century of climbing in Yosemite Valley."-- Provided by publisher.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 796.5227 V187 Available 33111010819056
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2022 Banff Mountain Book Competition Climbing Literature Winner

"Long overdue anthology highlights women in Yosemite climbing history."- Climbing Magazine Contributors include Lynn Hill, Steph Davis, Liz Robbins, Beth Rodden, Kate Rutherford, Katie Brown and more Introduction by Mari Gingery Author is deeply connected with the Valley community through her work with Yosemite Search and Rescue (YOSAR) Though long overlooked, women have always been at the center of Yosemite--climbing, crafting equipment, and establishing new routes. In Valley of Giants , editor and climber Lauren DeLaunay Miller pulls together journal excerpts, original essays, interviews, archival materials, and memorable firsts that span the past century of climbing in the Valley.

This first-ever collection of both famed and untold stories from women at the heart of Yosemite climbing gathers almost 40 contributors, from Bea Vogel who forged her own pitons to Molly Higgins who participated in the first all-female ascent of the Nose on El Capitan to Liz Robbins who established routes in Yosemite Valley during the Golden Age. Astonishing Stonemasters like Lynn Hill, as well as many other notable climbers, including Steph Davis, Kate Rutherford, Beth Rodden, Chelsea Griffie, Libby Sauter, and more share their recollections of the exhilaration they felt up on the wall and the determination it took to get there. As Mari Gingery, one of the first women to climb the Shield on El Cap, writes in the foreword, "the stories feature a medley of intrepid female characters" who "offer fresh perspectives."

Organized into five distinct eras in Yosemite climbing history, this groundbreaking anthology captures a range of stories from heartbreaking losses to soaring joys, trip reports of significant ascents to moments that convey the larger essence of the Valley--and what it means to call this iconic place "home."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Mari Gingery -- Preface / Lauren DeLaunay Miller -- Learning to rise, 1930-1959. Pioneer / Marjory Bridge Farquhar -- Washington Column / Ruth Dyar Mendenhall -- "That should be challenging enough" / Bea Vogel -- Seeing farther, 1960-1974. Tales of an ordinary woman / Chela Varrentzoff Kunasz -- Crackdown in camp 4 / Meredith Little -- We were the jewels / Hope Morehouse Meek -- Girls can be dirtbags too / Jan Sacherer -- First ascent / Liz Robbins -- Just keep climbing / Elaine Matthews -- Walls without balls / Sibylle Hechtel -- Aficionados of the steep, 1975-1989. Running it out / Sally Moser -- My first time / Molly Bruce Higgins -- Steak-salad: an ascent of the sentinel / Carla Firey -- Growing up in Yosemite Valley / Julie Brugger -- A natural path / Lucy Parker -- Leading by example / Ellie Hawkins -- Sandbagged by the stonemasters / Maria Boone Cranor -- The Shield / Lynn Hill -- Sunkist / Lydia Bradey -- Dancing in the sky, 1990-2010. The many gifts of climbing in Yosemite / Abby Watkins -- Full circle on Astroman / Nancy Feagin -- Memories / Silvia Vidal -- Humbled by Yosemite / Sarah Watson -- I remember / Chelsea Griffie -- Illogical progression / Heidi Wirtz -- All the way: Salathé free / Steph Davis -- A good day / Katie Brown -- Meltdown / Beth Rodden -- Thirty bruises / Kate Rutherford -- On the shoulders of giants, 2011-present. Valley of giants / Libby Sauter -- Seven walls in seven days / Quinn Brett -- Magic mushroom / Babsi Zangerl -- Like mother, like daughter / Jane Jackson and Catherine Cullinane -- Letter from a mother to her village / Eliza Kerr -- Alone on the nose / Miranda Oakley -- Yield point / Alexa Flower -- Epico / Lola Delnevo -- Is it worth it? / Josie McKee.

"Collection of journal excerpts, original essay, interviews, archival materials, and memorable firsts spanning the past century of climbing in Yosemite Valley."-- Provided by publisher.

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