There is something deeply primitive in mankind that fires the urge to explore,
\nto search for the unknown whether it is beyond an horizon, over an ocean or,
\nmaybe, up a mountain. This desire, which includes rock faces, was possibly
\ndriven out of the necessity to search for food or minerals but, as modern
\nsociety changed, so did the motive and-rock climbing came into being as a
\nrecreation using just body-strength and willpower.<\/p>\n
This shift to a sport-like activity emerged towards the end of the 19th
\nCentury when those who would have been considered \u2018crazy people\u2019 risked life
\nand limb on the seemingly worthless and futile pursuit of what we know as
\nfree-climbing be it on small boulders, outcrops and even great vertical
\nmountain faces.<\/p>\n
This book reflects on those women and men, famous or forgotten, whose lives
\nhave been possessed by their passion for the rock.<\/p>\n
304 pages, size 24 cm x 28 cm,
\nmore than 350 pictures.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"