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Title: High Drama
Condition: New
Subtitle: The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of American Competition Climbing
EAN: 9781629377759
ISBN: 9781629377759
Publisher: Triumph Books
Format: Paperback
Release Date: 03/03/2020
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 215mm
Item Length: 139mm
Item Weight: 548g
Author: John Burgman
Contributor: Kynan Waggoner (Foreword by)
Genre: Sports & Hobbies
Description: One afternoon in 1987, two renegade climbers in Berkeley, California, hatched an ambitious plan: under the cover of darkness, they would rappel down from a carefully scouted highway on-ramp, gluing artificial handholds onto the load-bearing concrete pillars underneath. Equipped with ingenuity, strong adhesive, and an urban guerilla attitude, Jim Thornburg and Scott Frye created a serviceable climbing wall. But what they were part of was a greater development: the expansion and reimagining of a sport now slated for a highly anticipated Olympic debut in 2020.

High Drama explores rock climbing's transformation from a pursuit of select anti-establishment vagabonds to a sport embraced by competitors of all ages, social classes, and backgrounds. Climbing magazine's John Burgman weaves a multi-layered story of traditionalists and opportunists, grassroots organizers and business-minded developers, free-spirited rebels and rigorously coached athletes.
Item Width: 30mm
Release Year: 2020

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