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Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In the early weeks of her children's lives, Burhardt immerses herself in adoration for her twins and grappling with the tremendous guilt and struggle around having to return to risk-laden work and that ever elusive balance mothers everywhere seek amidst it all. As the newness of her twins fades into a permanent reality, Burhardt turns her attention towards her marriage and the collateral damage as she and her husband, Peter, struggle to navigate...
9) The last of his kind: the life and adventures of Bradford Washburn, America's boldest mountaineer
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
A biography of Bradford Washburn, mountaineer, photographer, and surveyer.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"The extreme climber famed for his solo ascents without ropes, partners or gear describes his seven most significant achievements, including a free-solo climb up Mexico's Sendero Luminoso and the Fitz Traverse ascent in Patagonia,"--NoveList.
Author
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
A successful Seattle attorney, Jim Wickwire climbed his first mountain in 1960. Deeply compelled by the thrill of risk, he pushed himself to the limits of physical and mental endurance for thirty-five years, before facing a turning point that threatened his faith in himself and his hope in the future. How he reassessed his priorities and rededicated his life to his family and his community.
Author
Publisher
Mountaineers Books
Pub. Date
©2020.
Language
English
Description
"A biography of the American mountain climber and guide Christine Boskoff, a woman from the Midwest who overcame personal tragedy and climbed six of the 8000-meter peaks (still the record for a North American woman) and led the Seattle-based guiding company, Mountain Madness"--
Author
Language
English
Description
Anyone who has read Jon Krakauer's famous account of the 1996 Everest disaster, 'Into thin air', will remember the story of Beck Weathers: the gregarious Texan climber who went snow-blind in the Death Zone below the summit and who spent a night out in the open during a blizzard that took the lives of a dozen colleagues and friends. Even as he staggered back into Camp 4 the next morning, Beck's condition was such that the other survivors assumed he...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Arlene Blum is a legendary trailblazer by any measure. Defying the climbing establishment of the 1970s, she led the first teams of women on successful ascents of Mt. McKinley and Annapurna, and was the first American woman to attempt Mt. Everest. In her long, adventurous career, she has played a leading role in more than twenty expeditions and forged a place for women in the perilous arena of high-altitude mountaineering. Breaking Trail is the story...
Author
Publisher
Mountaineers Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
By age 25, Heather Anderson had hiked what is known as the "Triple Crown" of backpacking: the Appalachian Trail (AT), Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), and Continental Divide Trail (CDT)-a combined distance of 7,900 miles with a vertical gain of more than one million feet. A few years later, she left her job, her marriage, and a dissatisfied life and walked back into those mountains. In her new memoir, Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home, Heather, whose trail name...
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