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Chargement... The Magnificent Mountain Women (Second Edition): Adventures in the Colorado Rockies (original 1990; édition 2003)par Janet Robertson, Arlene Blum (Introduction)
Information sur l'oeuvreThe magnificent mountain women : adventures in the Colorado Rockies par Janet Robertson (1990)
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Since the Pikes Peak gold rush in the mid-nineteenth century, women have gone into the mountains of Colorado to hike, climb, ski, homestead, botanize, act as guides, practice medicine, and meet a variety of other challenges, whether for sport or for livelihood. Janet Robertson recounts their exploits in a lively, well-illustrated book that measures up to its title, The Magnificent Mountain Women. Arlene Blum provides a new introduction to this edition. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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 Google Books — Chargement...GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)796.5The arts Recreational and performing arts Athletic and outdoor sports and games Outdoor leisureClassification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne: (2.88)
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The year before we went up into Rocky Mountain National Park and received our first lesson about alpine plants in the tundra. We were taught by Bea (called Bettie in the book). My wife and I both got a mild case of altitude sickness on that jaunt - the only case we have ever had and we have gone to altitude many times since then in the US, Canada, Switzerland, Austria and Itaiy.
If you know Colorado at all, you will recognize many of the places. She even mentions Enos Mills several times. The last chapter talks a lot about technical climbing. We have been up parts of the 14ers but never on the end of a rope. . .
This is an enjoyable read if you know the area and know about the impact these women had on Colorado in particular and on botany, mountain ecology, etc in general. (