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  • Survival Is Not Assured

    The Life of Climber Jim Donini

    de Geoff Powter ...
    2024 National Outdoor Book Award Winner"A bold and full account of a remarkable climbing life, exceptionally well told…"--Yvon ChouinardJim Donini has been an icon of American climbing for the past 50 years, pushing the boundaries of alpine ascents around the world and inspiring generations with his achievements. In Survival Is Not Assured, award-winning author Geoff Powter dives into Donini’s ... Leer más

    $16.99 USD

  • Inner Ranges

    An Anthology of Mountain Thoughts and Mountain People

    de Geoff Powter ...
    Winner of the 2019 Banff Mountain Book Award for Climbing LiteratureWinner of the 2019 National Outdoor Book Award for Outdoor LiteratureShortlisted for the 2019 Boardman Tasker AwardInner Ranges brings together an enlightening and entertaining selection of mountain writing by one of Canada’s most respected adventure journalists and thinkers.This collection of original and previously ... ... Leer más

    $9.89 USD

  • Strange and Dangerous Dreams

    The Fine Line Between Adventure and Madness

    de Geoff Powter ...
    * Explores the darker psychological drama behind the exploits of eleven adventurers, famous and lesser-known* Written by a practicing clinical psychologist* Accounts include heretofore unpublished information provided by archival witnesses, friends, and familyEvery culture, in every era, has its adventure myths: The golden hero willing to walk through fire elevates us all beyond our fears and ... Leer más

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    Survival Is Not Assured

    The Life of Climber Jim Donini

    de Geoff Powter ...
    Narrado por Brian Wiggins ...

    Completo

    9 hora 27 minutos

    Jim Donini has been an icon of American climbing for the past fifty years, pushing the boundaries of alpine ascents around the world, and inspiring generations with his achievements. In Survival Is Not Assured, award-winning author Geoff Powter dives into Donini's remarkable life story, exploring his groundbreaking climbs and his tumultuous experiences both on and off the rock. From the tragic ... Leer más

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    With heart-pounding descriptions of avalanches and treacherous ascents, Barry Blanchard chronicles his transformation from a poor Metis (half-breed) kid from the wrong side of the tracks to one of the most respected alpinists in the world. He describes early climbs attempted with nothing to guide him but written trail descriptions and the cajones of youth. He slowly acquires the skills, equipment ... Leer más

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  • Beyond the Mountain

    de Steve House ...
    What does it take to be one of the world's best high-altitude mountain climbers? A lot of fundraising; traveling in some of the world's most dangerous countries; enduring cold bivouacs, searing lungs, and a cloudy mind when you can least afford one. It means learning the hard lessons the mountains teach.Steve House built his reputation on ascents throughout the Alps, Canada, Alaska, the Karakoram ... Leer más

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    A Life Rocked by Mountains

    Narrado por Barry Blanchard ...
    Series series Patagonia

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    14 hora 13 minutos

    With heart-pounding descriptions of avalanches and treacherous ascents, Barry Blanchard chronicles his transformation from a poor Native American/white kid from the wrong side of the tracks to one of the most respected alpinists in the world. At thirteen, he learned to rappel when he joined the 1292 Lord Strathcone’s Horse Army Cadets. Soon kicked out for insubordination, he was already hooked on ... Leer más

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  • The Third Pole

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    de Mark Synnott ...
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  • The Bold and Cold

    A History of 25 Classic Climbs in the Canadian Rockies

    Over the past 100 years, climbers have been pushing standards in the Canadian Rockies. From long alpine ridges to steep north faces, the Rockies are synonymous with cutting-edge ascents. Peaks such as Robson, Chephren, Kitchener, the Twins and Alberta elude the many and reward the few. Many of the big faces were climbed between the 1960s and 1990, the golden age of alpinism in the Rockies. The men ... Leer más

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  • Training for the New Alpinism

    A Manual for the Climber as Athlete

    In Training for the New Alpinism, Steve House, world-class climber and Patagonia ambassador, and Scott Johnston, coach of U.S. National Champions and World Cup Nordic Skiers, translate training theory into practice to allow you to coach yourself to any mountaineering goal. Applying training practices from other endurance sports, House and Johnston demonstrate that following a carefully designed ... Leer más

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  • The Ogre

    Biography of a mountain and the dramatic story of the first ascent

    de Doug Scott ...
    Some mountains are high; some mountains are hard. Few are both.On the afternoon of 13 July 1977, having become the first climbers to reach the summit of the Ogre, Doug Scott and Chris Bonington began their long descent. In the minutes that followed, any feeling of success from their achievement would be overwhelmed by the start of a desperate fight for survival. And things would only get worse ... Leer más

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  • The Manaslu Adventure

    Three hapless friends try to climb a big mountain

    de Mark Horrell ...
    Series series Footsteps on the Mountain Diaries
    The mountain gods were protective of Manaslu, a two-pronged peak in the Nepal Himalaya, and one of the world’s fourteen 8,000m peaks.Many years ago, a Japanese team tried to climb it, but the gods had sent an avalanche in their wake which destroyed a monastery and set the local people against them. When they returned the next year, they were met with sticks and stones, stripped naked and sent home ... Leer más

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