On the Nose : : a Lifelong Obsession With Yosemite's Most Iconic Climb

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Prologue -- Virgin time -- Redemption climb -- Hollywood Hans -- Learning the Croft -- Going solo -- Blind ambition -- Married with children -- The need for speed -- Climb on -- Appendix A: Hans' logbook of Nose ascents -- Appendix B: Firsts -- Appendix C: The Nose, by the numbers.
"Hans Florine has ascended the Nose route of El Capitan over one hundred times. This book describes the most dangerous, pivotal, and inspirational of those climbs"--Provided by publisher.

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PUBLISHED
Guilford, Connecticut : Falcon, [2016]
Year Published: 2016
Description: xvi, 203 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781493024988
1493024981

ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Moye, Jayme,

SUBJECTS
Florine, Hans.
Mountaineering -- Yosemite National Park -- History.
Mountaineers -- Yosemite National Park -- Biography.
El Capitan (Calif.) -- Description and travel.
Yosemite National Park (Calif.) -- Description and travel.
Yosemite National Park (Calif.) -- Biography.