Epic Stories of Survival from the World's Highest Peaks

Name: Epic Stories of Survival from the World's Highest Peaks
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ISBN: 9781560251545

ISBN-10: 1560251549

ISBN-13: 9781560251545

Edition: 1997

Authors: Clint Willis

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Epic is a mountaineering term that evokes a sense of treacherous disaster - the climb that went wrong; fighting blinding snowstorms and horrific avalanches; days spent tentbound, running low on food, water, and oxygen; surviving broken bones and shattered spirits. Editor Clint Willis has gathered the most exciting climbing literature of the modern age into one cliff-hanging volume with 15 memorable accounts of legend-making expeditions to the world's most famous peaks, often in the world's worst possible conditions. Authors include Jon Krakauer, Greg Child, David Roberts, Alfred Lansing, and others.

Book details

List price: $21.99
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Hachette Books
Publication date: 11/14/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Photographs


Introduction


The Devils Thumb



from Thin Air: Encounters in the Himalayas



from Everest: Alone at the Summit



Dangerous Liaisons



from Savage Arena



from The Shining Mountain



from The Snow Leopard



from Minus 148 degrees: The Winter Ascent of Mt. McKinley



from The Mountain of My Fear



from Everest: The West Ridge



from K2: The Savage Mountain



from Annapurna



from Nanda Devi



from The Ascent of Nanda Devi



from Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage



Glossary


Acknowledgments


Bibliography