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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) 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