Climbing - Philosophy for Everyone
Download or Read eBook Climbing - Philosophy for Everyone PDF written by Stephen E. Schmid and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-01-13 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Stephen E. Schmid |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 256 |
| Release | : 2011-01-13 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781444341461 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1444341464 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Climbing - Philosophy for Everyone by : Stephen E. Schmid
Book excerpt: Climbing - Philosophy for Everyone presents a collection of intellectually stimulating new essays that address the philosophical issues relating to risk, ethics, and other aspects of climbing that are of interest to everyone from novice climbers to seasoned mountaineers. Represents the first collection of essays to exclusively address the many philosophical aspects of climbing Includes essays that challenge commonly accepted views of climbing and climbing ethics Written accessibly, this book will appeal to everyone from novice climbers to seasoned mountaineers Includes a foreword written by Hans Florine Shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature, 2010
