Hangdog Days: Conflict, Change, and the Race for 5.14
ISBN-13:
9781680512328
ISBN-10:
1680512323
Author:
Jeff Smoot
Publication date:
2019
Publisher:
Mountaineers Books
Format:
Paperback
320 pages
Category:
Composers & Musicians
,
Arts & Literature
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ISBN-13:
9781680512328
ISBN-10:
1680512323
Author:
Jeff Smoot
Publication date:
2019
Publisher:
Mountaineers Books
Format:
Paperback
320 pages
Category:
Composers & Musicians
,
Arts & Literature
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Hangdog Days: Conflict, Change, and the Race for 5.14 (ISBN-13: 9781680512328 and ISBN-10: 1680512323), written by authors
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2019 Banff Mountain Book Competition Category Finalist in Mountain Literature2019 Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature Finalist
"If you climbed during that era, you'll turn each page eagerly to find out what happens next (even though you know). If you didn't, you'll likely do the same.... In many ways,Hangdog Days reads as the great American climbing novel. Smoot accepts Todd [Skinner]'s call to join him, and brings us along." -Gripped
- Fast-paced history-cum-memoir about rock climbing in the wild-and-wooly '80s
- Highlights ground-breaking achievements from the era
Jeff Smoot was one of those brash young climbers, and here he traces the development of traditional climbing "rules," enforced first through peer pressure, then later through intimidation and sabotage. In the late '70s, several climbers began introducing new tactics including "hangdogging," hanging on gear to practice moves, that the old guard considered cheating. As more climbers broke ranks with traditional style, the new gymnastic approach pushed the limits of climbing from 5.12 to 5.13. When French climber Jean-Baptiste Tribout ascended To Bolt or Not to Be, 5.14a, at Smith Rock in 1986, he cracked a barrier many people had considered impenetrable.
In his lively, fast-paced history enriched with insightful firsthand experience, Smoot focuses on the climbing achievements of three of the era's superstars: John Bachar, Todd Skinner, and Alan Watts, while not neglecting the likes of Ray Jardine, Lynn Hill, Mark Hudon, Tony Yaniro, and Peter Croft. He deftly brings to life the characters and events of this raucous, revolutionary time in rock climbing, exploring, as he says, "what happened and why it mattered, not only to me but to thepeople involved and those who have followed."
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