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Rock Climbing in Kentucky's Red River Gorge : An Oral History of Community, Resources, and Tourism /

"Documents fifty years of oral history from the rock-climbing community in Red River Gorge, Kentucky. Includes policy recommendations for building partnerships among climbers, local communities, and public land managers to encourage community development, ecotourism, and preservation"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Maples, James N. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2021.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A brief overview of the Red and the surrounding region
  • The motherlode
  • The Red River Dam, 1962-1969
  • Cumberland climbers, 1968-1975
  • Trad climbing growth and climbing guides, 1974-1986
  • Sport climbing begins in the Red, 1987-1995
  • Climbing guides, climbing bans, and climbers organizing, 1993-1997
  • White-haired goldenrod and the memorandum of understanding, 1997-2000
  • The military wall archaeological dig, 2001-2002
  • Transitioning off public land and into a new era at the Red, 2002-2004 00
  • The RocTrip, growth, and impact issues, 2005-2010
  • Learning to be a Red River local, 2011-2019
  • What comes next? : climbing in the Red and beyond, 2020-2050.