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Publisher: The Mountaineers Books
ISBN: 9781933056500
Category : Mountaineering
Languages : en
Pages : 506
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Published annually since 1929, the American Alpine Journal is internationally renowned as the finest of its kind-the world's journal of record for documenting big new routes and remote mountain exploration. This is the reference for anyone planning anything new in the mountains or venturing into remote ranges. This book contains nearly 200 pages of exciting stories about the most important climbs of the year-as told by the climbers themselves; and about 300 photographs, many with route overlays, and 20 locator maps. In continuing celebration of the American Alpine Club's centennial.
Author: Mark Twight
Publisher: The Mountaineers Books
ISBN: 0898869196
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 212
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* Mark Twight's collected works, some never before published in North America * Includes dramatic black and white mountaineering photos * Features brand new epilogues to all of the stories They call him Dr. Doom. Raving and kicking against mediocrity, his anger and pain simmer close to the surface. He speaks and writes the language of the punk music that defined him. He is extreme alpinist Mark Twight, and he doesn't back down from the truth. He's a one-man literary punk band. If you have any doubt, here comes his knockout punch: the only collection of writing Twight swears he'll ever publish. Kiss or Kill: Confessions of a Serial Climber is raw, unfiltered Twight. These author's cut are the real deal, not the homogenized fluff offered up by magazine editors who are often unwilling to offend. Twight's words make it clear that climbing is only distantly about the summit. Several of these pieces are new to U.S. readers. Twight edited all of the selections and appended each with a current author's note; confessing his inspiration, events that followed, and lessons learned (or not learned, some might say). It adds up to a frightfully lucid look into Twight's personal life as both man and hardcore alpine climber. The dissection scares me sometimes... Whether railing against the spinelessness of American siege-style mountaineering, admitting addiction to pushing the bounds of the possible, or reveling in his ability to cut away anything in life that holds him back, Twight never blinks. Along the way, there is the drama of new and epic routes, unbreakable bonds between climbing partners, and Twight's evolution as a climber and a man. He tells every story in a unique, in-your-face style. Kiss or Kill is not an easy read. It may scare some readers-but that's the point. "I want this book to help you recognize your own anger, which will help you understand mine", says Twight. "Somewhere out there somebody understands these words and knows they matter. They were written in blood, learned by heart."
Author: Jonathan Neale
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312266233
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 378
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After spending almost a year in Nepal and India, Neale presents the true story of tragedy and survival on one of the world's most dangerous mountains and illuminates the gripping history of the Sherpa. 16-page photo insert.
Author: Anatoli Boukreev
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1250097487
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 305
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A breathtaking and lavishly illustrated autobiography in essays on Anatoli Boukreev, the late world-famous mountaineer and author of The Climb. When Anatoli Boukreev died on the slopes of Annapurna on Christmas day, 1997, the world lost one of the greatest adventurers of our time. In Above the Clouds, both the man and his incredible climbs on Mt. McKinley, K2, Makalu, Manaslu, and Everest-including his diary entries on the infamous 1996 disaster, written shortly after his return-are immortalized. There also are minute technical details about the skill of mountain climbing, as well as personal reflections on what life means to someone who risks it every day. Fully illustrated with gorgeous color photos, Above the Clouds is a unique and breathtaking look at the world from its most remote peaks.
Author: Conrad Kain
Publisher: Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
ISBN: 9781897522455
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 564
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Of all the mountain guides who came to North America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Conrad Kain is probably the most respected and well known. In this internationally anticipated reissue of "Where the Clouds Can Go" - first published in 1935, with subsequent editions in 1954 and 1979 - the original text has been accentuated with an expanded selection of over 50 archival images, highlighting climbs in the diverse mountain landscapes of North America, Europe and New Zealand. The new foreword by acclaimed mountaineer and filmmaker Pat Morrow puts Kain's adventures, explorations and appreciation of nature into a contemporary context, ensuring that the exploits of this remarkable individual remain part of international mountain culture for years to come. "Where The Clouds Can Go," the dramatic story of this uncommon man, is a mountaineering classic that shatters the boundaries of the genre.'-Bernadette McDonald, author of "Tomaz Humar" and past Vice-President of Mountain Culture at The Banff Center and former Director of The Banff Mountain Film and Book Festivals.
Author: John Harlin (III.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 496
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Author: Rick Ridgeway
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780786233656
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 546
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A renowned mountaineer chronicles his journey to Tibet with the daughter of a friend who had died in his arms in a Himalayan avalanche twenty years earlier.
Author: Bernadette McDonald
Publisher: National Geographic Society
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 284
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McDonald celebrates the high mountain landscapes of the world with a collection of work from leading authors on extreme environments. Ranging in subject from the culture, spirituality, and psychology, the diverse essays here present a thoughtful exploration of the enduring lure of mountains and their wild extremes. Photos.
Author: Chris Jones
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520029767
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 408
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The complete history of North American mountaineering from the early nineteenth century through the 1970s.
Author: Bradford Washburn
Publisher: National Geographic Society
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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By the age of 20, Washburn was a mountain-climbing wunderkind who had published four books. Most would consider this accomplishment enough for a lifetime, but for Washburn it was only a beginning. Filled with exciting and entertaining anecdotes and with Washburn's breathtaking photos and maps, "On High" is the first book to reveal, in his own words, his extraordinary life and work.
