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Author : Alison Osius
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Second Ascent written by Alison Osius and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes how a talented rock climber survived a double amputation at seventeen to return to his chosen sport.
Author : Laurence Leamer
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062039237
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (62 download)
Download or read book Ascent written by Laurence Leamer and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-02-22 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Willi Unsoeld, a legend among mountaineers--a man whom Bill Moyers calls one of the few giants he has ever met--fearlessly challenged the world's highest peaks and inspired a generation of climbers with his legacy. Ascent is the story of his life--a thrilling tale of physical and spiritual adventure that captures the hypnotic force behind this extraordinary personality. From his triumphant conquest of Everest's forbidding West Ridge to the tragic loss of his daughter on the treacherous slopes of Nanda Devi to his final, fatal attempt at Mount Rainier, we see Willi as guru and guide, lover of danger and philosopher of risk--a man whose indomitable spirit triggered such devotion that people followed him fearlessly to extraordinary heights and, sometimes, even to their deaths. A dramatic saga of bravery, daring, and the search for spiritual truth, Ascent brilliantly captures the mythic figure of Willi Unsoeld.
Author : Art Davidson
Publisher : Mountaineers Books
ISBN 13 : 1594858659
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (948 download)
Download or read book Minus 148 Degrees, Anniversary Edition written by Art Davidson and published by Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 2013-04-11 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CLICK HERE to download the first 50 pages from (Provide us with a little information and we'll send your download directly to your inbox) "This finely crafted adventure tale runs on adrenaline but also something else: brutal honesty." —The Wall Street Journal "I couldn't lay it down until it was all finished (12:40 a.m.!)... A fascinating and beautifully-written story." —Bradford Washburn * One of National Geographic Adventure's "The 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time" * Spring 2013 marks the 100th anniversary of the first ascent of Mount McKinley * New edition includes a revised preface, new prologue, and new afterword describing more recent winter attempts on McKinley In 1967, eight men attempted North America's highest summit: Mount McKinley (now known as Denali) had been climbed before—but never in winter. Plagued by doubts and cold, group tension and a crevasse tragedy, the expedition tackled McKinley in minimal hours of daylight and fierce storms. They were trapped at three different camps above 14,000 feet during a six-day blizzard and faced the ultimate low temperature of -148° F. Minus 148° is Art Davidson's stunning personal narrative, supplemented by diary excerpts from team members George Wichman, John Edwards, Dave Johnston, and Greg Blomberg. Davidson retells the team's fears and frictions—and ultimate triumph—with an honesty that has made this gripping survival story a mountaineering classic for over 40 years. Minus 148° is featured among many "best of" reading lists, including National Geographic Adventure's "The 100 Greatest Adventure Books of all Time." "At twenty-two I came to regard the first expedition to Mt. McKinley in the winter as a journey into an unexplored land. No one had lived on North America's highest ridges in the winter twilight. No one knew how low the temperatures would drop, or how penetrating the cold would be when the wind blew. For thousands of years McKinley's storms had raged by themselves." —Minus 148° This title is part of our LEGENDS AND LORE series. Click here > to learn more.
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Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (39 download)
Download or read book Mountaineering in the Land of the Midnight Sun written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 1022 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)
Download or read book The Alpine Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 1022 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles E. Fay
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Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Appalachia written by Charles E. Fay and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stephen Venables
Publisher : Firefly Books Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781554074037
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (74 download)
Download or read book First Ascent written by Stephen Venables and published by Firefly Books Limited. This book was released on 2008 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First hand accounts and archival photos chronicle the first ascent of 24 of the world's most daunting mountains and traces the development of climbing styles and technology. It includes ascents made between 1865 and 2005 and all types of mountaineering.
Author : John Hunt Baron Hunt
Publisher : The Mountaineers Books
ISBN 13 : 9780898863611
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (636 download)
Download or read book The Ascent of Everest written by John Hunt Baron Hunt and published by The Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 1993 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expedition leader John Hunt's account of the first ascent of Mount Everest's summit in 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay.
Author : Robert A. Caro
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307422097
Total Pages : 594 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Means of Ascent written by Robert A. Caro and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-11-23 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Means of Ascent, Book Two of The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Robert A. Caro brings alive Lyndon Johnson in his wilderness years. Here, Johnson’s almost mythic personality—part genius, part behemoth, at once hotly emotional and icily calculating—is seen at its most nakedly ambitious. This multifaceted book carries the President-to-be from the aftermath of his devastating defeat in his 1941 campaign for the Senate-the despair it engendered in him, and the grueling test of his spirit that followed as political doors slammed shut-through his service in World War II (and his artful embellishment of his record) to the foundation of his fortune (and the actual facts behind the myth he created about it). The culminating drama—the explosive heart of the book—is Caro’s illumination, based on extraordinarily detailed investigation, of one of the great political mysteries of the century. Having immersed himself in Johnson’s life and world, Caro is able to reveal the true story of the fiercely contested 1948 senatorial election, for years shrouded in rumor, which Johnson was not believed capable of winning, which he “had to” win or face certain political death, and which he did win-by 87 votes, the “87 votes that changed history.” Telling that epic story “in riveting and eye-opening detail,” Caro returns to the American consciousness a magnificent lost hero. He focuses closely not only on Johnson, whom we see harnessing every last particle of his strategic brilliance and energy, but on Johnson’s “unbeatable” opponent, the beloved former Texas Governor Coke Stevenson, who embodied in his own life the myth of the cowboy knight and was himself a legend for his unfaltering integrity. And ultimately, as the political duel between the two men quickens—carrying with it all the confrontational and moral drama of the perfect Western—Caro makes us witness to a momentous turning point in American politics: the tragic last stand of the old politics versus the new—the politics of issue versus the politics of image, mass manipulation, money and electronic dazzle.
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Total Pages : 1106 pages
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Author : Richard W. Orloff
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Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (317 download)
Download or read book Apollo by the Numbers written by Richard W. Orloff and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is a unique collection of valuable statistical information about Project Apollo. It includes a chapter (about 20 pages each) for Apollo 1 through Apollo 17. There are several data tables for each mission, plus a 50-page section with additional statistics and tables that merge data for each mission so you can easily make comparisons. Tables include launch and ascent data, fuel consumption, stage impact locations, very detailed mission timelines, and much more.
Author : New Zealand. Parliament. House of Representatives
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Total Pages : 1634 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)
Download or read book Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives of New Zealand written by New Zealand. Parliament. House of Representatives and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 1634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 958 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Motor Car Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 958 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Harry Johnston
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Total Pages : 634 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book The Kilima-Njaro Expedition written by Harry Johnston and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Harry Hamilton Johnston
Publisher : London. Paul, Trench
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 668 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (4 download)
Download or read book The Kilima-Njaro Expedition written by Harry Hamilton Johnston and published by London. Paul, Trench. This book was released on 1886 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Wise
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Total Pages : 668 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Through the Air written by John Wise and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.U/5 (183 download)
Download or read book Author and Journalist written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
