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Download or read book K2 written by Ed Viesturs and published by Crown. This book was released on 2010-08-03 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thrilling chronicle of the tragedy-ridden history of climbing the world's most difficult and unpredictable mountain, by the bestselling authors of The Mountain and No Shortcuts to the Top “Gripping . . . reveals a good deal about the rarefied noble-gonzo world of high-altitude mountaineering.”—The New York Times Ed Viesturs, one of the world's premier high-altitude mountaineers, explores the remarkable history of K2 and of those who have attempted to conquer it. At the same time, he probes the mountain's most memorable sagas in order to illustrate lessons about the fundamental questions mountaineering raises—questions of risk, ambition, loyalty to one's teammates, self-sacrifice, and the price of glory. Viesturs knows the mountain firsthand. He and renowned alpinist Scott Fischer climbed it in 1992 and got caught in an avalanche that sent them sliding to almost certain death before Ed managed to get into a self-arrest position with his ice ax and stop both his fall and Scott's. Focusing on seven of the mountain's most dramatic campaigns, from his own troubled ascent to the 2008 tragedy, Viesturs crafts an edge-of-your-seat narrative that climbers and armchair travelers alike will find unforgettably compelling. With photographs from Viesturs's personal collection and from historical sources, this is the definitive account of the world's ultimate mountain, and of the lessons that can be gleaned from struggling toward its elusive summit.
Download or read book The Alps written by Arnold Lunn and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-11-03 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Alps" by Arnold Lunn. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Book Synopsis Hearings by : United States. Congress. House
Download or read book Hearings written by United States. Congress. House and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 2346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis High Mountains Rising by : Richard A. Straw
Download or read book High Mountains Rising written by Richard A. Straw and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection is the first comprehensive, cohesive volume to unite Appalachian history with its culture. Richard A. Straw and H. Tyler Blethen's High Mountains Rising provides a clear, systematic, and engaging overview of the Appalachian timeline, its people, and the most significant aspects of life in the region. The first half of the fourteen essays deal with historical issues including Native Americans, pioneer settlement, slavery, the Civil War and Reconstruction, industrialization, the Great Depression, migration, and finally, modernization. The remaining essays take a more cultural focus, addressing stereotypes, music, folklife, language, literature, and religion. Bringing together many of the most prestigious scholars in Appalachian studies, this volume has been designed for general and classroom use, and includes suggestions for further reading.
Download or read book Backpacker written by and published by . This book was released on 1978-10 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Backpacker brings the outdoors straight to the reader's doorstep, inspiring and enabling them to go more places and enjoy nature more often. The authority on active adventure, Backpacker is the world's first GPS-enabled magazine, and the only magazine whose editors personally test the hiking trails, camping gear, and survival tips they publish. Backpacker's Editors' Choice Awards, an industry honor recognizing design, feature and product innovation, has become the gold standard against which all other outdoor-industry awards are measured.
Book Synopsis The Journal of American History by : Francis Trevelyan Miller
Download or read book The Journal of American History written by Francis Trevelyan Miller and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Challenge of Rainier by : Dee Molenaar
Download or read book The Challenge of Rainier written by Dee Molenaar and published by The Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 1971 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Rock Climbing by : Victoria Robinson
Download or read book Rock Climbing written by Victoria Robinson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2013-01-09 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides the ultimate guide to rock climbing in the United States, suitable for climbers and nonclimbers alike, covering the technical and physical aspects of the sport as well as the mental challenges involved. Rock Climbing: The Ultimate Guide covers the history of rock climbing in the United States from its origins to the present day, documenting the importance and vitality of the popular sport. The chapters address topics such as the technicalities of the equipment and clothing, training methods, key places and events where the sport takes place, the different types of rock that climbers challenge themselves on, past and present rock climbing heroes who inspire today's climbers, and the evolution of the sport over the years—for example, in terms of climbers' sporting achievements and its growing global appeal. The book also covers the sport from an unprecedented perspective that only the author—an experienced climber and social scientist—could provide, discussing the meaning of extreme sports in our culture, issues of gender, why climbing can serve an individual focused on personal achievement and satisfy those seeking to be part of a community, and how climbers come to terms with the inherent risks of the sport.
Book Synopsis Investigate Indian Affairs by : United States. Congress. House Indian Affairs Committee
Download or read book Investigate Indian Affairs written by United States. Congress. House Indian Affairs Committee and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 1200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Confederate Veteran written by and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 1302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Calcutta Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Paradise of the Pacific written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Playground of the Far East by : Walter Weston
Download or read book The Playground of the Far East written by Walter Weston and published by London : J. Murray. This book was released on 1918 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Parliamentary Debates written by and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 922 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Grasping for Heaven by : Frederic V. Hartemann
Download or read book Grasping for Heaven written by Frederic V. Hartemann and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Operating in some of the most challenging and dangerous conditions on earth, mountain climbers are uniquely driven men and women. In these interviews, 15 well-known climbers and three leading historians of the sport, all native to or living in North America, recount experiences shared by only a tiny portion of humanity. They discuss all aspects of international climbing, including physical conditioning, high-summit ascension, the ethics and environmental concerns of the sport, the risks and rewards of mountaineering, and a number of their famed expeditions and first ascents.
Book Synopsis Russia's Orient by : Daniel R. Brower
Download or read book Russia's Orient written by Daniel R. Brower and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1997-06-22 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a 1994 conference (U. of California, Berkeley), Borderlands Research Group participants present their findings based on unprecedented access to the hinterlands of what is the now the CIS. Fourteen contributors provide context for the current self- deterministic ethnic turmoil in Chechyna and elsewhere far from the Kremlin, via discussions of tsarist colonial policies and historical, heartland majority attitudes toward the "ignoble savages and unfaithful subjects" (read Muslim) of Russia's diverse Orient. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
