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Quick read with some decent photos. I'm not entirely sure what I expected. But, there wasn't as much of a description on the techniques of the climbs.
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El Capitan: Historic Feats and Radical Routes
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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.
144 pages, Hardcover
First published August 1,2000
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144 pages, Hardcover
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August 1, 2000 by Chronicle Books
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9780811824842
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0811824845
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English
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Daniel Duane is the author of two novels and four books of non-fiction, including the memoir Caught Inside: A Surfer's Year on the California Coast. He hosts the Sony Music podcast Reunion: Shark Attacks in Paradise, a co-production of HyperObject Industries and Little Everywhere. Duane has written journalism about everything from politics and food to rock-climbing and social justice, and for publications ranging from The New York Times Magazine to Wired, GQ, Esquire, Outside, and Bon Appetit. Duane won a 2012 National Magazine Award for an article about cooking with Chef Thomas Keller and has twice been a finalist for a James Beard Award. Duane holds a PhD in American Literature from UC Santa Cruz and has taught writing for the Bread Loaf Environmental Writers' Conference, University of California Santa Cruz, and the MFA program at San Francisco State University. He lives in San Francisco with his wife, the writer Elizabeth Weil, and their two daughters.
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Not a lot of depth but fun for stories you haven't heard elsewhere. Not great if you don't already have context of how epic El Capitan is. A fun quick read for those who know how beautiful Yosemite granite is
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I read one of Duane's earlier novels, Caught Inside, while researching surf culture. It really stuck with me and I was excited to find another title from him about rock climbing. I love his writing, his fascination with extreme sports, and his sort of deep philosophical exploration of man vs. nature. While Caught Inside is a personal account of Duane's experiences surfing, El Cap is more of a biographical study of top Yosemite climbers from the 50s through the 90s. He devotes a lot of page time to the first few subjects and does them justice. Unfortunately, the second half of the book seems skimmed-over and uneven. Still an enjoyable read. 3.5?
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