This first-ever collection of both well known and previously untold stories from women at the heart of Yosemite climbing gathers almost 40 contributors, from Bea Vogel who forged her own pitons to Molly Higgins who participated in the first all-female ascent of the Nose on El Capitan to Liz Robbins who established routes in Yosemite Valley during the Golden Age. Astonishing climbers like Lynn Hill, as well as many other notables, including Steph Davis, Kate Rutherford, Beth Rodden, Chelsea Griffie, Libby Sauter, and more share their recollections of the exhilaration they felt up on the wall and the determination it took to get there. As Mari Gingery, one of the first women to climb the Shield on El Cap, writes in the foreword, "the stories feature a medley of intrepid female characters" who "offer fresh perspectives."
Organized into five distinct eras in Yosemite climbing history, this ground-breaking anthology captures a range of stories from heart-breaking losses to soaring joys, trip reports of significant ascents to moments that convey the larger essence of the Valley - and what it means to call this iconic place "home."
Edited by Lauren DeLaunay Miller.
Card cover, 21.5cm x 15.5cm, 240 pages.
Published 2022.
ISBN: 9781680515145.