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Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Examining the influence of mountains on the human imagination and spirit, an accomplished climber explains why individuals are drawn to mountains, both as a source of remarkable beauty and as a challenge that must be overcome.
Author
Publisher
Broadway Books
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
For eighteen years Viesturs pursued climbing's holy grail: to stand atop the world's fourteen 8,000-meter peaks, without the aid of bottled oxygen. As he recounts his most harrowing climbs, he reveals a man torn between the safe world he and his loved ones share and the majestic and deadly places where only he can go. A cautious climber who once turned back 300 feet from the top of Everest, but who would not shrink from a peak (Annapurna) known to...
18) Fine lines
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Twenty world class athletes who have chosen the vertical world as their playground reveal their fears and the risks they take to achieve their dreams.
19) Savage summit: the true stories of the five women who climbed K2, the world's most feared mountain
Author
Publisher
Morrow
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English