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ISBN: 1885283016

ListPrice: 40.00

Edition: 1st Adventure Library ed

Summary: From Library Journal Houston and Bates were the first Americans to climb K2, the world's second highest mountain peak. Such an endeavor is remarkably dangerous even now, but reading of the use of equipment as simple as woolen mittens, canvas and wood packs, etc., illustrates the braveryDor perhaps foolhardinessDof such an undertaking then. Five Miles High covers their first climb in 1938 (this account was published a year later), while 1954's K2 chronicles the 1953 climb, which proved far more difficult. Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. The New York Times Here is a great story, simply and grippingly told, which the glory of Everest should not be allowed to obscure.--This text refers to the Paperback edition.  See all Editorial Reviews

ISBN: 1560251549

ListPrice: 16.95

Summary: Some of the most exciting and harrowing mountaineering events ever chronicled are collected in Epic. From Jon Krakauer's solo ascent of Devil's Thumb in Alaska to John Climaco's account of being threatened by a homicidal Pakistani army officer in the Himalayas, these are stories of survival in nature's most inhospitable places.

ISBN: 1560254998

ListPrice: 17.95

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ISBN: 1885283059

ListPrice: 40.00

Edition: 1st Adventure Library ed

Summary: Book Description Annapurna was the first 8000-meter mountain to be climbed. But Maurice Herzog's team paid a terrible price for their great feat. The story of their descent from the summit is one of the great narratives in all mountaineering literature. This is the most widely-read and influential mountaineering book ever published. First published in 1952
New introduction by Charles Houston
Afterword by Maurice Herzog