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Climbing the Seven Summits

Author : Mike Hamill
Publisher : The Mountaineers Books
ISBN 13 : 1594856494
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (948 download)

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Download or read book Climbing the Seven Summits written by Mike Hamill and published by The Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 2012-05-04 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CLICK HERE to download the first 50 pages from Climbing the Seven Summits * First and only guidebook to climbing all Seven Summits * Full color with 125 photographs and 24 maps including a map for each summit route * Essential information on primary climbing routes and travel logistics for mountaineers, with historical and cultural anecdotes for armchair readers Aconcagua. Denali. Elbrus. Everest. Kilimanjaro. Kosciuszko. Vinson. To a climber, these mountains are known as the Seven Summits* -- the highest peaks on each continent. If you've ever dreamed of climbing Denali or Everest, or joining the even more exclusive "Seven Summiters " club, then Climbing the Seven Summits is the guidebook you need to turn your dream into reality. With Mike Hamill as your guide, you will discover different approaches to tackling the list, as well as details on what you'll need to plan an expedition and what to expect from each climb. For each mountain you'll learn about documents and immunizations, expedition costs, training, guiding options, climbing styles, best seasons, essential gear, day-by-day itineraries, summit routes, maps showing approaches and camps, regional natural history, cultural notes, and even post-climb activities like going on safari in Africa or wine-touring in South America. Throughout you'll also find helpful and inspiring stories from the likes of Conrad Anker, Vern Tejas, Damien Gildea, Eric Simonson, and other famed climbers. Special insider tips from Hamill, based on his years of experience, as well as full-color photographs of each peak round out this collectible guidebook. And, because there remains some controversy about whether Kosciuszko in Australia or Carstenz Pyramid on the island of New Guinea is the "seventh summit," this guidebook to the Seven Summits actually covers eight mountains! *Within mountaineering circles there is debate over which peaks are considered the official Seven Summits. For the purposes of this guidebook, the Seven Summits are based on the continental model used in Western Europe, the United States, and Australia, also referred to as the 'Bass list.'

Brightest of Silver Linings: Climbing Carstensz Pyramid In Papua At Age 65

Author : Carol Masheter
Publisher : eBookIt.com
ISBN 13 : 1456623389
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (566 download)

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Download or read book Brightest of Silver Linings: Climbing Carstensz Pyramid In Papua At Age 65 written by Carol Masheter and published by eBookIt.com. This book was released on 2014-11-27 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few people have heard of Carstensz Pyramid, a sharp fin of limestone 16,000 feet above sea level, surrounded by mountainous jungle in Papua, a part of the world wracked by political and tribal violence, where kidnappings of climbers still occur. Why bother to climb such a troublesome, little-known peak? This book describes Carol Masheter's decision to climb Carstensz Pyramid at age 65, how she prepared for and experienced the strenuous hike through the jungle, the steep climb up a limestone wall of 2,000 feet, the hand-over-hand Tyrolean traverse, the challenges, joys, and lessons learned on the "other side of nowhere."

Sacred Summits

Author : Peter Boardman
Publisher : Vertebrate Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1906148775
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book Sacred Summits written by Peter Boardman and published by Vertebrate Publishing. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mountaintops have long been seen as sacred places, home to gods and dreams. In one climbing year Peter Boardman visited three very different sacred mountains. He began on the South Face of the Carstensz Pyramid in New Guinea. This is the highest point between the Andes and the Himalaya, and one of the most inaccessible, rising above thick jungle inhabited by warring Stone Age tribes. During the spring Boardman made a four-man, oxygen-free attempt on the world's third highest peak, Kangchenjunga. Hurricane-force winds beat back their first two bids on the unclimbed North Ridge, but they eventually stood within feet of the summit – leaving the final few yards untrodden in deference to the inhabiting deity. In October, he climbed the mountain most sacred to the Sherpas: the twin-summited Gauri Sankar. Renowned for its technical difficulty and spectacular profile, it is aptly dubbed the Eiger of the Himalaya and Boardman's first ascent took a gruelling twenty-three days. Three sacred mountains, three very different expeditions, all superbly captured by Boardman in Sacred Summits , his second book, first published shortly after his death in 1982. Combining the excitement of extreme climbing with acute observation of life in the mountains, this is an amusing, dramatic, poignant and thought-provoking book. Peter Boardman and Joe Tasker died on Everest in 1982, whilst attempting a new and unclimbed line. Both men were superb mountaineers and talented writers. Their literary legacy lives on through the Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature, established by family and friends in 1983 and presented annually to the author or co-authors of an original work which has made an outstanding contribution to mountain literature.

The Adversity Advantage

Author : Erik Weihenmayer
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451687095
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book The Adversity Advantage written by Erik Weihenmayer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-02-21 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the world’s foremost blind athlete and a Harvard Business School lecturer comes an inspiring, seven-step program for converting both mundane and dramatic struggles into the kind of fuel that spur personal and professional greatness. Adversity is one of the most potent forces in life. It shapes your character, clarifies your priorities, and defines your path. It can also fuel your greatness. Each of us faces a rich assortment of adversities every day, ranging from minor hassles to major setbacks and challenges, even tragedies. Nobody knows this better than blind adventurer Erik Weihenmayer and adversity expert Dr. Paul Stolz. In this exciting new edition of The Adversity Advantage, this dream-team joined forces to offer incredible experiences and practical science to teach you how to turn life challenges into a powerful advantage. Weihenmayer, who is the only blind person to climb Mount Everest and the Seven Summits, shares his struggles on high mountains to turn adversity on its head and do the impossible. Coauthor Stoltz has spent decades decoding the human relationship with adversity and is the creator of the globally acclaimed Adversity Quotient. Fully revised and updated, this new edition of The Adversity Advantage offers lessons from real-life adventure, seemingly insurmountable challenges, and extensive research to help you achieve greatness. This unique book provides an exciting and insightful framework for surpassing obstacles and reaching higher goals. Its seven proven principles will help you harness the adversity in your life and turn it into agility, innovation, energy, and happiness: · Take it on! · Summon your strength · Engage your core · Pioneer possibilities · Pack light, pack right · Suffer well · Deliver greatness, every day Let The Adversity Advantage inspire you to overcome obstacles, no matter how daunting!

No Summit Out of Sight

Author : Jordan Romero
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476709629
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book No Summit Out of Sight written by Jordan Romero and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The story of Jordan Romero, who at the age of 13 became the youngest person ever to reach the summit of Mount Everest. At age 15, he reached the summits of the world's 7 highest mountains"--

No Barriers

Author : Erik Weihenmayer
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 125008878X
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book No Barriers written by Erik Weihenmayer and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling author Erik Weihenmayer, who Jon Krakauer calls “an inspiration,” tells the epic story of his latest adventures, including solo kayaking The Colorado River.

7 Summits

Author : Patrick Hickey
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Learning
ISBN 13 : 0763772631
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (637 download)

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Download or read book 7 Summits written by Patrick Hickey and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2009-09-22 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 7 Summits: A Nurse's Quest to Conquer Mountaineering and Life is an inspirational book detailing one nurse's journey to the top of the world! Patrick Hickey, a nursing educator, became the first nurse in the world to successfully summit the highest mountains on each of the seven continents. As a child, Patrick Hickey dreamed of faraway places and adventure. He overcame academic challenges to achieve his goals in higher education. This book gives a compelling account of how he balanced life in academia, work as a nurse, school, and home with a strong desire for travel and adventure.

The Next Everest

Author : Jim Davidson
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1250272300
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book The Next Everest written by Jim Davidson and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2021-04-20 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dramatic account of the deadly avalanche on Everest—and a return to reach the summit. On April 25, 2015, Jim Davidson was climbing Mount Everest when a 7.8-magnitude earthquake released avalanches all around him and his team, destroying their only escape route and trapping them at nearly 20,000 feet. It was the largest earthquake in Nepal in eighty-one years and killed nearly 8,900 people. That day also became the deadliest in the history of Everest, with eighteen people losing their lives on the mountain. After spending two unsettling days stranded on Everest, Davidson's team was rescued by helicopter. The experience left him shaken, and despite his thirty-three years of climbing and serving as an expedition leader, he wasn’t sure that he would ever go back. But in the face of risk and uncertainty, he returned in 2017 and finally achieved his dream of reaching the summit. Suspenseful and engrossing, The Next Everest portrays the experience of living through the biggest disaster to ever hit the mountain. Davidson's background in geology and environmental science makes him uniquely qualified to explain why the seismic threats lurking beneath Nepal are even greater today. But this story is not about “conquering” the world’s highest peak. Instead, it reveals how embracing change, challenge, and uncertainty prepares anyone to face their next “Everest” in life.

I Come from the Stone Age

Author : Heinrich Harrer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book I Come from the Stone Age written by Heinrich Harrer and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Shining Mountain

Author : Peter Boardman
Publisher : Vertebrate Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1906148767
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book The Shining Mountain written by Peter Boardman and published by Vertebrate Publishing. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'It's a preposterous plan. Still, if you do get up it, I think it'll be the hardest thing that's been done in the Himalayas.' So spoke Chris Bonington when Peter Boardman and Joe Tasker presented him with their plan to tackle the unclimbed West Wall of Changabang - the Shining Mountain - in 1976. Bonington's was one of the more positive responses; most felt the climb impossibly hard, especially for a two-man, lightweight expedition. This was, after all, perhaps the most fearsome and technically challenging granite wall in the Garhwal Himalaya and an ascent - particularly one in a lightweight style - would be more significant than anything done on Everest at the time. The idea had been Joe Tasker's. He had photographed the sheer, shining, white granite sweep of Changabang's West Wall on a previous expedition and asked Pete to return with him the following year. Tasker contributes a second voice throughout Boardman's story, which starts with acclimatisation, sleeping in a Salford frozen food store, and progresses through three nights of hell, marooned in hammocks during a storm, to moments of exultation at the variety and intricacy of the superb, if punishingly difficult, climbing. It is a story of how climbing a mountain can become an all-consuming goal, of the tensions inevitable in forty days of isolation on a two-man expedition; as well as a record of the moment of joy upon reaching the summit ridge against all odds. First published in 1978, The Shining Mountain is Peter Boardman's first book. It is a very personal and honest story that is also amusing, lucidly descriptive, very exciting, and never anything but immensely readable. It was awarded the John Llewelyn Rhys Prize for literature in 1979, winning wide acclaim. His second book, Sacred Summits, was published shortly after his death in 1982. Peter Boardman and Joe Tasker died on Everest in 1982, whilst attempting a new and unclimbed line. Both men were superb mountaineers and talented writers. Their literary legacy lives on through the Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature, established by family and friends in 1983 and presented annually to the author or co-authors of an original work which has made an outstanding contribution to mountain literature. For more information about the Boardman Tasker Prize, visit: www.boardmantasker.com

Seven Summits

Author : Dick Bass
Publisher : Gramercy
ISBN 13 : 9780517227503
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (275 download)

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Download or read book Seven Summits written by Dick Bass and published by Gramercy. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tour the globe and witness spectacular feats of human determination, endurance, and strength. Travel with dedicated mountaineers as they climb the "Seven Summits"—the highest peak of each of the seven continents. Stunning full-color photographs capture the breathtaking scenery and courageous athleticism of the climbers. Essays and diaries of mountaineers, along with striking photos, capture these harrowing adventures and take readers to each of the Seven Summits: McKinley (North America), Aconcagua (South America), Vinson (Antarctica), Kilmanjaro (Africa), Elbrus (Europe), Kosciuszko (Australia), and Everest (Asia).

Touch the Top of the World

Author : Erik Weihenmayer
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780452282940
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (829 download)

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Download or read book Touch the Top of the World written by Erik Weihenmayer and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2002-03-26 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The incredible bestselling book from the author of No Barriers and The Adversity Advantage Erik Weihenmayer was born with retinoscheses, a degenerative eye disorder that would leave him blind by the age of thirteen. But Erik was determined to rise above this devastating disability and lead a fulfilling and exciting life. In this poignant and inspiring memoir, he shares his struggle to push past the limits imposed on him by his visual impairment-and by a seeing world. He speaks movingly of the role his family played in his battle to break through the barriers of blindness: the mother who prayed for the miracle that would restore her son's sight and the father who encouraged him to strive for that distant mountaintop. And he tells the story of his dream to climb the world's Seven Summits, and how he is turning that dream into astonishing reality (something fewer than a hundred mountaineers have done). From the snow-capped summit of McKinley to the towering peaks of Aconcagua and Kilimanjaro to the ultimate challenge, Mount Everest, this is a story about daring to dream in the face of impossible odds. It is about finding the courage to reach for that ultimate summit, and transforming your life into something truly miraculous. "An inspiration to other blind people and plenty of us folks who can see just fine."—Jon Krakauer, New York Times bestselling author of Into Thin Air

To the Greatest Heights

Author : Vanessa O'Brien
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982123788
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book To the Greatest Heights written by Vanessa O'Brien and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A memoir by Vanessa O'Brien, record-breaking American-British explorer, takes you on an unexpected journey to the top of the world's highest mountains"--

ONE DAY BEYOND THE TOP OF THE WORLD

Author : Anthony Caine
Publisher : TAC Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0578276933
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (782 download)

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Download or read book ONE DAY BEYOND THE TOP OF THE WORLD written by Anthony Caine and published by TAC Publishing. This book was released on 2023-03-12 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After leading successful hedge fund companies for twenty years, Anthony "Tac" Caine experienced the most extreme business catastrophe imaginable. Hedge fund companies managed by Tac Caine with a twenty-year successful track record collapsed in only two days, resulting in losses exceeding $1 billion. In the midst of managing an onslaught of legal and business challenges, Tac realized he needed more. He needed a big, positive goal, something to shoot for that would motivate him. And there's nothing bigger than Mt. Everest. With humility, humor and emotion in a page-turner story, One Day Beyond the Top of the World captures the full Mt. Everest experience. Come alongside for the entire seven-week Everest expedition from training, trekking, acclimatization, living above 17,000 feet at Everest Base Camp, the full cultural immersion of the Khumbu Valley, and finally climbing each step from Everest Base Camp to the highest point in the world. There are failures, successes, anxieties and elation on the journey, and you will discover how Mt. Everest can draw tears from even the strongest climbers. And, you will see how a Sherpa guide can evolve into a lifelong friend. Happy and successful people are driven by planning-then executing -their next big goal. We should always be metaphorically looking One Day Beyond the Top of the World to set the next meaningful goal. What is the Everest in your life? Let Tac Caine's adventure guide you to reach your own summit!

Honouring High Places

Author : Junko Tabei
Publisher : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1771602171
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (716 download)

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Download or read book Honouring High Places written by Junko Tabei and published by Rocky Mountain Books Ltd. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of personal stories and reflections based on the memoirs of Junko Tabei, the first woman to climb Mount Everest and the Seven Summits. Honouring High Places is a compelling collection of highlights from Junko Tabei's stirring life that she considered important, inspiring and interesting to mountaineering culture. Until now, her works have been available only in Japanese, and RMB is honoured to be sharing these profound and moving stories with the English-speaking world for the first time. The collection opens on Mount Everest, where the first all-women's expedition is met with disaster but pushes on against all odds. The story then shifts to the early years of Tabei's life and reflects on her countryside childhood as a frail girl with no talent for sport, and cultural expectations that ignored her passion for mountains. With reminiscences of the early days of female climbers on Everest, the deaths of fellow mountaineers, Tabei's pursuit of Mount Tomur, a cancer diagnosis, and efforts to restore a love for nature in the surviving youth of the Fukushima earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan in 2011, this beautifully curated collection of essays captures the essence of a notable time and the strength of character of one of the 20th and 21st centuries' female mountaineering pioneers.

DK Eyewitness Books: Everest

Author : Rebecca Stephens
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0756668018
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (566 download)

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Download or read book DK Eyewitness Books: Everest written by Rebecca Stephens and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2001-03-28 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is an original and exciting new guide to the enthralling challenges of life and death on the world''s greatest mountain ranges. Spectacular, full-color photographs of secret mountain kingdoms and scenes of courageous climbers as they conquer the summits present an inspiring "eyewitness" view of the majesty of mountains. See castles among the clouds, cable cars, funiculars, and steep mountain roads, lost ruins of the fabled Inca and Aztec civilizations, and dramatic waterfalls and rock formations. Learn how mountains are created, where to seek shelter in an avalanche, why the body of Otzi, the Ice Man, lay undiscovered for centuries, and why the Crusaders perched castles on peaks.Discover the truth behind yetis and other mountain myths, what really happened on Mallory and Irvine''s fatal expedition to Everest, the sacrifice of the ice maidens of the Andes, how climbers tackle a sheer rock face, and much much more. Explore the colossal mountain as never before.

Climbing Kinabalu Comfortably

Author : Chan Joon Yee
Publisher : Dewdrop Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Climbing Kinabalu Comfortably written by Chan Joon Yee and published by Dewdrop Publications. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mt Kinabalu stands at 4,095m above sea level and it's one of the highest mountains in the region. Located in the state of Sabah, East Malaysia, it offers a wonderful alpine experience without breaking the bank. In this book, 5-time Kinabalu summiter Chan Joon Yee gives advice on how to train for the trip and what to bring so that this strenuous climb could be more comfortable.