| Description |
xvi, 496 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
Vintage departures
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| Note |
"A Vintage departures original"--T.p. verso. |
| Contents |
Foreword from Eiger dreams / Jon Krakauer -- No picnic on Mount Kenya / Felice Benuzzi -- The mountains of my life / Walter Bonatti -- Minus 148° : the winter ascent of Mt. McKinley / Art Davidson -- The white spider: the classic account of the ascent of the Eiger / Heinrich Harrer -- Annapurra: first conquest of an 8,000-meter peak [26,493 feet] / Maurice Herzog -- Everest: the worst ridge / Thomas F. Hornbein -- Miracle in the Andes: 72 days on the mountain and my long trek home / Nando Parrado -- In the zone: epic survival stories from the mountaineering world / Peter Potterfield -- The mountain of my fear / David Roberts -- Nanda Devi: the tragic expedition / John Roskelley -- Touching the void / Joe Simpson -- Savage arena / Joe Tasker. |
| Subject |
Mountaineering accidents.
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| Added Author |
Kuhne, Cecil C., III, 1952-
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| ISBN |
9780307279354 trade pbk. |
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0307279359 trade pbk. |
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