Climbing

Hil Malatino (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

128 Seiten

2026
Duke University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4780-3881-8 (ISBN)

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Written by longtime climber Hil Malatino, Climbing explores the why of the sport, asking what pushes him and so many others to drag themselves to the gym and the crag time and again; to restructure their intimate lives around the pursuit of a new goal; and to devote thousands of hours forging their nerves to perform physical and mental feats while dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of feet off the ground. In chapters that explore gender, class, and sizeism in climbing culture, as well as grief, addiction, queer and trans-worldmaking, and the tensions between conservation and recreation, Climbing teases out how the art of navigating across rock can help us learn how to revel in being weird, vulnerable, and radically interdependent animals temporarily gifted the complicated tragicomedy of a body. It is a story of collective obsession and transformation that tracks how holding yourself on the wall helps you learn how to hold onto the ambiguities of life on earth.

Hil Malatino is Associate Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Philosophy at Pennsylvania State University. He is also the author of Side Affects: On Being Trans and Feeling Bad and Trans Care.

Acknowledgments vii
1. To Failure 1
2. Exhaustion Therapy
3. Self-Arrest
4. Binding
Notes
Bibliography

Erscheint lt. Verlag	14.7.2026
Reihe/Serie	Practices
Zusatzinfo	20 illustrations
Verlagsort	North Carolina
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 127 mm
Gewicht	445 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	1-4780-3881-0 / 1478038810
ISBN-13	978-1-4780-3881-8 / 9781478038818
Zustand	Neuware