A Fine Kind of Madness: Mountain Adventures Tall and True,9780898867343

A Fine Kind of Madness: Mountain Adventures Tall and True

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ISBN13: 9780898867343
ISBN10: 0898867347
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-09-01
Publisher(s): Mountaineers Books
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Summary

In this standout collection of the writings of Laura and Guy Waterman, readers will discover a rich blend of adventures great and small. Some fiction, some nonfiction, all these stories explore the basic impulse to climb, its roots, and the underlying drives of remarkable individual climbers. This collection is certain to be a touchstone for all who are drawn to the mountains.

Table of Contents

Preface 7(3)
BLAZING THE WAY
Strong Personalities Leave Their Mark on the Mountains---and on Their Fellow Climbers
10(58)
The Big Little Man from Dresden
11(9)
The Lioness at Dusk: A Story
20(13)
The Last Act of a Gentleman
33(4)
The Two Highest Women in the World: A Story
37(12)
The Rise and Fall of a Short-Run Deity
49(9)
Anniversary Waltz in Pinnacle Gully: Four Climbing Generations on Huntington Ravine's Classic Route
58(10)
Interlude
Education in Verticality: A Short Comedy or Farce in Four Scenes
68(6)
SHADOWS ON THE CLIFF
Danger and Death on the Mountainside
74(66)
A Night in Odell Gully
77(8)
Winter Above Tree Line
85(13)
Mount Everest and the Bronx Plumber: A Story
98(12)
Staircase to Starland: A Story
110(10)
A Troubled Tale of the Notch of the Mountains: A Story
120(11)
Climbing with Margaret: A Story
131(9)
Interlude
The First Ascent: A Story
140(16)
THE REVELATION AND THE REMAINING UNREVEALED
The Meaning and the Enduring Mystery of Climbing to Diverse and Diverging Climbers
156(49)
The Death of Passaconaway
158(6)
Reaching for the F***ing Stars: A Story
164(6)
Can Women Lead on Ice?: Learning by the Process of Default
170(4)
The Gearfreak Caper: A Story
174(9)
Five Winter Trips: The End of Adventure?
183(16)
Why the Lorax Lost
199(6)
Afterword 205

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