BIG WALL CLIMBING : Development, Techniques and Aids
by Scott, Doug K
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- COLLECTIBLE - NEAR FINE/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0195197674
- ISBN 13
- 9780195197679
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New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1974. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. COLLECTIBLE - NEAR FINE/Near Fine. Text/BRAND NEW w/trace soiling to title page verso & contents page. Blue linen boards/Fine. DJ/NF; price-clipped else Fine. History of the sport of rock face scaling. Chronicle of major ascents from 1890 through Douglas Keith Scott's (1941 - ) own two visits to the South West Face of of Everest in 1972. He will, with Dougal Haston, become the first Britons to ascent that Big Wall on 24 September 1975. Volume includes maps, site descriptions, climbing techniques with photos, diagrams of modern paraphernalia.
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- Bookseller
- 100 POCKETS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010386
- Title
- BIG WALL CLIMBING : Development, Techniques and Aids
- Author
- Scott, Doug K
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - COLLECTIBLE - NEAR FINE
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0195197674
- ISBN 13
- 9780195197679
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
- Mountaineering/Rock Climbing/Reference/Resource/Manual/Guide
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering/Rock Climbing;
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