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On the Line
Climbing's first top rope soloing manual.
Memorials of Andrew Kirkpatrick, and His Wife Jane Bayard (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from Memorials of Andrew Kirkpatrick, and His Wife Jane Bayard Fifteen kirkpatrick place, east seventy-fourth street, new york, September, 1870. Andrew kirkpatrick, a jurist and judge, of New Jersey, whose name Will always be conspicuous in the annals of his native State, was descended from Scot tish ancestors who, notwithstanding the fact that they were strict Presbyterians, were, nevertheless, actively. Engaged, under the Earl of Mar, in the rebellion of 1715, in favor of Prince Francis Edward, the Elder Pretender to the throne of Great Britain. They after ward availed themselves of the clemency of the gov ernment, which was satisfied with exacting no higher penalty at that time th...
Memorials of Andrew Kirkpatrick, and His Wife Jane Bayard
Excerpt from Memorials of Andrew Kirkpatrick, and His Wife Jane Bayard A portion of the following sketch of the life and character of Chief-Justice Kirkpatrick was read before the New-Jersey Historical Society, May 19, 1870. It is now given to the press, together with a brief biography of his wife, Jane Bayard, and a list of their descendants, to be printed, not published, by request of their only surviving child, Mrs. Mary Kirkpatrick How. The portrait of the Chief Justice is copied from an original painting by Waldo. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Down
"This book will save your life" Pete Whittaker (Wide Boyz) Down is a groundbreaking encyclopedic study of the art of descent. Its purpose is to create a single source for all descent techniques, both the well established and ideal for the novice climber, as well as the cutting edge, high value techniques for experienced and pro climbers. The book was written and illustrated over three years by award winning climber and writer Andy Kirkpatrick (Psychovertical, Cold Wars, 1001 Climbing Tips, Higher Education), and is based on four decades of epics and retreats. At 80,000 words (400 pages) and 300 illustrations, this is both a labour of love and an important and timely book for a community that loses far too many climbers to rappelling accidents.
Down
"This book will save your life" Pete Whittaker (Wide Boyz) Down is a groundbreaking encyclopedic study of the art of descent. Its purpose is to create a single source for all descent techniques, both the well established and ideal for the novice climber, as well as the cutting edge, high-value techniques for experienced and pro climbers. The book was written and illustrated over three years by award-winning climber and writer Andy Kirkpatrick (Psychovertical, Cold Wars, 1001 Climbing Tips, Higher Education), and is based on four decades of epics, retreats and F**k-ups. At 80,000 words (400 pages) and 300 illustrations, this is both a labour of love and an important and timely book for a comm...
Cold Wars
I was aware that I was cold - beyond cold. I was a lump of meat left for too long in a freezer, a body trapped beneath the ice, sinking down into the dark. 'I was freezing to death.' In this brilliant sequel to his award-winning debut "Psychovertical", mountaineering stand-up Andy Kirkpatrick has achieved his life's ambition to become one of the world's leading climbers. Pushing himself to new extremes, he embarks on his toughest climbs yet - on big walls in the Alps and Patagonia - in the depths of winter. Kirkpatrick has more success, but the savagery and danger of these encounters comes at huge personal cost. Questioning his commitment to his chosen craft, Kirkpatrick is torn between family life and the dangerous path he has chosen. Written with his trademark wit and honesty, "Cold Wars" is a gripping account of modern adventure.
Psychovertical
CLICK HERE to download the first chapter from Psychovertical Psychovertical is the story of what happens to a nice lower-class kid with dyslexia who gains control over his circumstances by clinging to giant stone faces, thousands of feet in the air, for days at a time. In this case, Kirkpatrick uses his 12-day solo climb of the Reticent Wall on California's El Capitan as the experience that helps him understand how growing up poor and struggling with dyslexia and low self-confidence set him on a path of extreme adventure. Kirkpatrick's writing is gripping and highly entertaining -- even non-climbers will enjoy his raw intensity, gallows humor, and honest, self-deprecating storytelling style....
Higher Education
Higher Education is the most in-depth and complete climbing manual ever written, a labour of love by award-winning author and climber Andy Kirkpatrick. Based on forty years of climbing experience, as well as knowledge gained from climbing over forty walls, in Yosemite, the Alps, Norway and Antarctica, this book is the ultimate big wall encyclopedia.
On the Line
Top rope soloing has been a climbing technique employed by climbers without partners for fifty years, allowing a climber to top rope climbs with a certain degree of safety lacking in free soloing. For various reasons, these techniques were never formally codified or documented for others to learn from or build upon; instead, they were passed on through word of mouth. One possible reason for this lack of formalization was the inherent risk associated with these techniques, making people hesitant to take responsibility for potential accidents. However, the advent of the internet changed this dynamic. Suddenly, the subject began to receive significantly more attention, both on climbing forums a...
