Breaking Trail A Climbing Life

Name: Breaking Trail A Climbing Life
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ISBN: 9780156031165

ISBN-10: 0156031167

ISBN-13: 9780156031165

Edition: 2007

Authors: Arlene Blum, Scribner

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A legendary trailblazer, Arlene Blum defied the climbing establishment of the 1970s by leading the first all-female teams on successful ascents of Mount McKinley and Annapurna and by being the first American woman to attempt Mount Everest. At the same time, her groundbreaking scientific work challenged gender stereotypes in the academic community and led to important legislation banning carcinogens in children’s sleepwear. With candor and humor,Breaking Trailrecounts Blum’s journey from an overprotected childhood in Chicago to the tops of some of the highest peaks on earth, and to a life lived on her own terms. Now with an index, additional photos, and a new afterword, this book is a moving…

Book details

List price: $15.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 3/5/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 0.96" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English



Foreword


Introduction



A Slide down Mt. Adams



A Man and a Mountain



Higher and Higher



"A Woman? Never!"



Peru Adventure



Berkeley in the 1960s



Real Women Climbers



The Damsels on Denali



To the Summit of Denali



Out in the Cold



Avalanches



The Endless Winter in Africa



The Queen of Tenacity



The Endless Winter in Afghanistan and Nepal



Peak Lenin Bares Its Fangs



The Maelstrom



Tragedy on Trisul



Seduced by Mt. Everest



Annapurna: Women in High Places



First Up Bhrigupanth



The Great Himalayan Traverse, Part I



The Great Himalayan Traverse, Part II



Coming Home



Across the Alps with Baby



Peace and Love at Last


Epilogue: Mountains, Molecules, and Motherhood


Afterword


Acknowledgments


Index