Climbing Sociology of Rural Areas That story--and the story of

That story--and the story of what happened afterwards--has been told many times

lazy and anti-state

revealing the unsettled lives of immigrants

Antonia Shimerda is the daughter of Bohemian immigrants struggling with the oceanic loneliness of life on the Nebraska prairie

Yet as Hallie and Julia get closer

Climbing Sociology of Rural Areas That story--and the story ofWritten 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