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Author Maples, James N., author.

Title Rock Climbing in Kentucky's Red River Gorge An Oral History of Community, Resources, and Tourism / James N. Maples.

Publication Info. Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2021.
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 0000.
2021.

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Description 1 online resource (pages cm)
Series Book collections on Project MUSE.
Contents A brief overview of the Red and the surrounding region -- The motherlode -- The Red River Dam, 1962-1969 -- Cumberland climbers, 1968-1975 -- Trad climbing growth and climbing guides, 1974-1986 -- Sport climbing begins in the Red, 1987-1995 -- Climbing guides, climbing bans, and climbers organizing, 1993-1997 -- White-haired goldenrod and the memorandum of understanding, 1997-2000 -- The military wall archaeological dig, 2001-2002 -- Transitioning off public land and into a new era at the Red, 2002-2004 00 -- The RocTrip, growth, and impact issues, 2005-2010 -- Learning to be a Red River local, 2011-2019 -- What comes next? : climbing in the Red and beyond, 2020-2050.
Summary "Documents fifty years of oral history from the rock-climbing community in Red River Gorge, Kentucky. Includes policy recommendations for building partnerships among climbers, local communities, and public land managers to encourage community development, ecotourism, and preservation"-- Provided by the publisher."
Note Description based on print version record.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Public Library Collection (North America)
Subject Red River Gorge Region (Ky.) -- History.
Tourism -- Kentucky -- Red River Gorge Region.
Rock climbing -- Kentucky -- Red River Gorge -- History.
Tourism. (OCoLC)fst01153142
Rock climbing. (OCoLC)fst01099140
Kentucky -- Red River Gorge. (OCoLC)fst01240410
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author Project Muse, distributor.
ISBN 9781952271168 (electronic book)
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