This is the first and only definitive book about the free-climbing history of North America, written by Master of Rock Pat Ament. While other books have covered

The complete history of North American mountaineering from the early nineteenth century through the 1970s.

Hill describes her famous climb and meditates on how she harnesses the strength and courage to push herself to such extremes.

First published in 1993 and hailed as a classic, Yankee Rock & Ice is now reissued in a new edition with four new chapters covering the 1990s through today to b

* Author donates 25% of his proceeds from the book to the Access Fund * 50 behind-the-climb stories * 50 profiles of contemporary elite climbers * 50 complete c