Yosemite in the Fifties

The Iron Age

Dean Fidelman, John Long, Tom Alder

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Patagonia Books
03 December 2015

Climbing & mountaineering

Companion to the classic Yosemite in the Sixties, this book uses the words of the climbers of the time and artfully restored photographs to chronicle the historic first ascents of Yosemite's ""mile-high"" granite walls, the legendary personalities who risked their lives to climb them, and how their endeavors initiated the birth of adventure sports. Better than half a century after the first ascent of El Capitan, the deeds of Yosemite's 1950s-era Iron Age are no longer viewed as climbs or mere adventures. Rather, they are assaults on the human barrier, pushing that much higher. Yosemite in the Fifties gives the stage almost entirely over to the original source material, the first-person narratives, archive photos (artfully restored), and memorabilia particular to the seminal ascents of the era. These words, images, and design, when cast from critical angles, all reach across generations to resurrect vanished worlds. Yosemite in The Fifties is fashioned not so much as a book but as a wormhole back to an enchanted time in the history of exploration, and a classic era of Americana now lost in time.

Designed by: Tom Alder
Edited by: Dean Fidelman, John Long
Imprint: Patagonia Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 330mm, Width: 228mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 1.672kg
ISBN: 9781938340482
ISBN 10: 1938340485
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 03 December 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Climber and photographer Dean Fidelman, with John Long, has published three books: The Stonemasters (Stonemaster Press/Patagonia Books, 2009), StoneNudes (Stonemaster Press, 2010), and The Valley Climbers (Stonemaster Press, 2011). He lives in Capitola, CA. John Long is a widely published author of both fiction and nonfiction. The Stonemasters won the Grand Prize at the Banff Film and Book Festival. He lives in Venice, CA.

Reviews for Yosemite in the Fifties: The Iron Age

This is, without a doubt, one of the most exquisitely put together rock-climbing masterpieces that I have been asked to review in a long time. Climbskibouldermagazine

Winner of Banff Mountain Book -- Mountain Image 2016 (Canada)
Winner of Indie Fab 2016 (United States)
Winner of National Outdoor Book Awards -- Design and Artistic Merit 2016 (United States)