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Fifty Classic Climbs of North America is a 1979 climbing guidebook and history written by Steve Roper and Allen Steck. [1] It is considered a classic piece of climbing literature, known to many climbers as simply "The Book", [ 2 ] and has served as an inspiration for more recent climbing books, such as Mark Kroese's Fifty Favorite Climbs . [ 3 ]
Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) is the oldest outdoor group in the United States. [5] Created in 1876 to explore and preserve the White Mountains in New Hampshire, it has expanded throughout the northeastern U.S., with 12 chapters stretching from Maine to Washington, D.C.
Mount Everest with West Ridge sloping down over snowfield (center of image) with Changtse on left skyline and Lhotse on right (annotated image). On the 1963 American Mount Everest expedition, Jim Whittaker and Sherpa Nawang Gombu reached the summit of Mount Everest on May 1, 1963, using the conventional route via the South Col.
Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills [1] is often considered the standard textbook for mountaineering and climbing in North America. The book was first published in 1960 by The Mountaineers of Seattle, Washington. The book was written by a team of over 40 experts in the field.
Breece, Nicholas, and Ericson formed the nucleus of the early board of trustees. Petzoldt was also an early Outward Bound Chief Instructor, and he wanted to establish a school which promoted concentrating on refining outdoor leadership skills. [6] The first facility opened in 1965 in Lander, Wyoming at Sinks Canyon.
USA Climbing is the national governing body of the sport of competition climbing in the United States. [1] As a 501(c)3 non-profit, they promote Sport Climbing which comprises three competition disciplines: bouldering, lead climbing, and speed climbing, in elite, youth and collegiate formats.
The AAC is historically and contemporarily associated with a number of other American and international organizations. It was a founding member of the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (Union International des Associations d’Alpinism, UIAA) in 1932 and the Arctic Institute of North America in 1948.
Mountaineering, mountain climbing, or alpinism [1] is a set of outdoor activities that involves ascending mountains. Mountaineering-related activities include traditional outdoor climbing, skiing, and traversing via ferratas that have become sports in their own right.