Featuring all-original research, this revelatory episode reveals how David Brower helped revolutionize American climbing from within the ranks of the 10th Mountain Division.
The story also examines the extraordinary new recruits who made up the 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment and the parallel development of the 10th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop and the Mountain Training Group.
Highlights include:
• David Brower's Rock Climbing chapter and its influence on military and civilian climbing
• The influx of the remarkable new soldiers of the 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment
• The evolution of the 10th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop and Mountain Training Group
• How the Camp Hale experiment helped shape postwar American outdoor culture
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