Climbing - Philosophy for Everyone: Because It's There

Acknowledgments (Stephen E. Schmid).

Philosophizing Into the Void: An Introduction to Climbing – Philosophy for Everyone (Stephen E. Schmid).

PART I TYING IN: Why Risk Climbing.

1 Climbing and the Stoic Conception of Freedom (Kevin Krein).

2 Risk and Reward: Is Climbing Worth It? (Paul Charlton).

3 Why Climb? (Joe Fitschen).

4 Jokers on the Mountain: In Defense of Gratuitous Risk (Heidi Howkins Lockwood).

PART II QUEST FOR THE SUMMIT: Cultivating the Climber.

5 High Aspirations: Climbing and Self-Cultivation (Brian Treanor).

6 More than Meets the “I”: Values of Dangerous Sport (Pam R. Sailors).

7 Mountaineering and the Value of Self-Sufficiency (Philip A. Ebert and Simon Robertson).

8 It Ain't Fast Food: An Authentic Climbing Experience (Ben Levey).

9 Zen and the Art of Climbing (Eric Swan).

PART III CUTTING THE ROPE: Climbing Ethics.

10 Freedom and Individualism on the Rocks (Dane Scott).

11 Hold Manufacturing: Why You May Be Wrong About What's Right (William Ramsey).

12 The Ethics of Free Soloing (Marcus Agnafors).

13 Making Mountains Out of Heaps: Environmental Protection One Stone at a Time (Dale Murray).

PART IV MIXED CLIMBING: Philosophy on Varied Terrain.

14 From Route Finding to Redpointing: Climbing Culture as a Gift Economy (Debora Halbert).

15 Are You Experienced? What You Don’t Know About Your Climbing Experience (Stephen M. Downes).

16 What Is a Climbing Grade Anyway? (Richard G. Graziano).

17 The Beauty of a Climb (Gunnar Karlsen).

Climbing Glossary.

Notes on Contributors.