The Rage: Reflections on RiskRisk-taker Steve De Maio explores risk in this eclectic collection of climbing essays and poetry written over a 20-year period. Starting with the 'Hard Years' of his youth when he was out of work and moving through to the present, De Maio's stories can be sombre, humorous or just plain outrageous. Yet throughout this collection, the author examines the theme of risk: what it is, how it can be managed and how his attitude toward it has changed over time. |
Contents
Foreword by Chic Scott | 7 |
Highlander | 13 |
Solo | 21 |
Jimmy and the Kid | 31 |
The Gladiator | 37 |
The Gambler | 48 |
The Rage | 54 |
Interlude in South America 19961997 | 71 |
In the Throne Room | 92 |
Getting and Keeping Money in Quito | 99 |
Out of Retirement for a Spell 19972000 | 103 |
The East End Boys | 116 |
and Beyond | 136 |
This | 159 |
Kids on the Wind | 167 |
Mailing a Letter in Punto Fijo | 77 |
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