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

Contributor(s): Miller, Lauren DeLaunay [editor.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Seattle, Washington : Mountaineers Books, [2022]Description: 238 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour), map ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781680515145; 1680515144Subject(s): Mountaineering -- California -- Yosemite National Park -- History | Rock climbing -- California -- Yosemite National Park -- History | Women mountaineers -- California -- Yosemite National Park -- HistoryDDC classification: 427
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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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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