Vantage point : 50 years of the best climbing stories ever told / compiled by the editors of Climbing magazine.

The 1970s: Climbing becomes clean, free, and a little bolder / Jim Erickson -- The Dragon Route (July/August 1973, No. 20) / Karl Karlstrom -- Hot Henry: an Interview with Henry Barber (May/June 1974, No. 25) / Demetri Kolocotronis -- Climbing and the Alpine Environment: ethics of preservation (November/December 1975, No. 33) / Michael Kennedy -- Ogre descent (November/December 1977, No. 45) / Doug Scott -- Pumping sandstone (January/February 1978, No. 46) / John Long -- The foolish and the wise: the first free ascent of the wisdom (July/August 1978, No. 49) / Glenn Randall -- Friends: a look at new technology in climbing (November/December 1978, No. 51) / commentary by Steven Levin -- Latok 1: a climb without a summit (March/April 1979, No. 53) / Michael Kennedy -- The 1980s: A decade of radical change and transition / Paul Piana -- Witlessly bold, heroically dull (January/February 1980, No.58) / Tobin Sorenson -- The dance of the Woo-Li masters (November/December 1981, No. 69) / Jim Bridwell -- Shawangunk solo climbs: fool's goal (April 1986, No. 95) / Russ Clune -- Kiss or kill (October 1986, No. 98) / Marc Twight -- Wolfgang Güllich (June 1987, No. 102) / interview by Beth Wald -- Salathé Wall: 1988 (October 1988, No. 110) / Paul Piana -- Up against it (April 1989, No. 113) / Ed Webster -- The 1990s: Sport climbing comes into its prime / Randy Leavitt -- Tales from the Gripped (October/November 1993, No. 140) / John Sherman -- A day in the life of a mountaineer (December 1994/February 1995, No. 149) / Pater Croft -- The shining mountain (September 1997, No. 171) / Andy Cave -- Balancing act (November 1999, No. 189) / Jeff Acheu -- The 2000s: El Capitan and the road less traveled / Beth Rodden -- Now going (February 2000, No. 191) / Conrad Anker -- The Dihedral Wall (October 2004, No. 234) / Tommy Caldwell -- The line of control (January 2008, No. 263) / Micah Dash -- The black dog (April 2008, No. 265) -- Ragged edges: a private suicide / Kenneth Long -- The slender cord: free soloing and the road to perdition / Fitz Cahall -- True to self: life and delusions on the mountains / Majka Burhardt -- Calling all the heroes: a black day in the Texas desert / Matt Samet -- The black hole: night soloing in the Tuolumne High Country / Chad Shepard -- Fantasyland (July 2008, No. 267) / Kelly Cordes -- The 2010s: A lifetime of climbing / Chris Sharma -- Half life (February 2011, No. 292) / Jeff Achey -- Vampire diary (December 2021-January 2013, No. 311) / Jeff Achey -- Expaddiction (March 2014, No. 323) / Mike Libecki -- A belief (April 2015, No. 334) / Tommy Caldwell -- The freerider (August 2017, No. 355) / James Lucas.

"A collection of inspiring, thought-provoking, and humorous stories featured in Climbing magazine over the past two decades"--