Climbing and mountaineering have produced wonderful writing over the years. Not to put too fine a point on it, but there is nothing like facing death to prepare one to write about life. The adrenaline-infused struggle of climbing the big walls or the world's greatest peaks does much to energize this great volume of literature, of course. But there are other reasons for its front-to-back interest. Climbing, like writing, is an individual pursuit demanding eloquence, discipline, strength, perseverance, a taste for irony perhaps, and an often poetic introspection. Sometimes even a sense of...
Climbing and mountaineering have produced wonderful writing over the years. Not to put too fine a point on it, but there is nothing like facing death ...
In this text, Pat Ament, who climbed with Gill at Horse Tooth Reservoir and Flagstaff Mountain, provides an insight into John Gill, and his evolution into a climbing pioneer.
In this text, Pat Ament, who climbed with Gill at Horse Tooth Reservoir and Flagstaff Mountain, provides an insight into John Gill, and his evolution ...
