The Best of Rock & Ice: An Anthology

By: Dougald MacDonald

For more than twenty years, Rock & Ice magazine has published excellent writing from the world's best climbers. Now, for the first time, Rock & Ice editor Dougald MacDonald has gathered together a collection of the best of the best. These twenty-five stories represent the breadth of the climbing world, from bouldering in urban landscapes to mountaineering on remote and snowy peaks. Each offers a distinctive voice, a unique perspective. Here are tales by established favourites and exciting newcomers alike, one-stop shopping for the finest literature of the sport!

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0898866650
• ISBN13: 9780898866650
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Mountaineers Books
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

Recommended

This book is an anthology of articles published in Rock and Ice, with an emphasis on fairly recent work. They are primarily trip reports and essays. Detailed description of the sort of climbing which often doesn't get much press gives many of the articles a fresh, interesting quality. In addition, they have only previously been published in the magazine, so they will be new to many readers. Definitely recommended!

This book is simply not long enough

I could have devoured five times as many of the fine stories written here as I had the good fortune to read. The variety of subject matter, coupled with the strong voices of the authors, make this book wonderfully appealing.

Constant surprises

The best thing about this anthology is the range of subject matter, from bouldering to mountaineering, from young sport climbers to veteran alpinists. Every story gives a different view of climbing. It's also filled with good humor, from John Long to the crazy story about the guy on a road trip with his pet monkey.