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  • Breaking Trail

    A Climbing Life

    par Arlene Blum ...
    From the bestselling author of Annapurna: A Woman’s Place, comes a revealing memoir about the mountaineering feats that made Arlene Blum one of America’s most famous female climbers and her tumultuous journey to adulthood that inspired her to become the risk-taker she is today.Arlene Blum is a legendary trailblazer by any measure. Defying the climbing establishment of the 1970s, she led the first ... En savoir plus

    $18.99 CAD

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    Annapurna

    A Woman’s Place

    par Arlene Blum ...
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    In August 1978, thirteen women left San Francisco for the Nepal Himalayas to make history as the first Americans—and the first women—to scale the treacherous slopes of Annapurna I, the world’s tenth highest peak. Expedition leader Arlene Blum here tells their dramatic story: the logistical problems, storms, and hazardous ice climbing; the conflicts and reconciliations within the team; the terror ... En savoir plus

    $32.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • The Magnificent Mountain Women

    Adventures in the Colorado Rockies

    par Janet Robertson ...
    Since the Pikes Peak gold rush in the mid–nineteenth century, women have gone into the mountains of Colorado to hike, climb, ski, homestead, botanize, act as guides, practice medicine, and meet a variety of other challenges, whether for sport or for livelihood. Janet Robertson recounts their exploits in a lively, well-illustrated book that measures up to its title, The Magnificent Mountain Women. ... En savoir plus

    $18.99 CAD

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  • The Mountain

    My Time on Everest

    par Ed Viesturs ...
    In national bestseller The Mountain, world-renowned climber and bestselling author Ed Viesturs and cowriter David Roberts paint a vivid portrait of obsession, dedication, and human achievement in a true love letter to the world’s highest peak.In The Mountain, veteran world-class climber and bestselling author Ed Viesturs—the only American to have climbed all fourteen of the world’s 8,000-meter ... En savoir plus

    $21.99 CAD

  • The Last Man on the Mountain: The Death of an American Adventurer on K2

    The Death of an American Adventurer on K2

    par Jennifer Jordan ...
    “A fascinating tale. . . . Readers who are into high-altitude adventure stories won’t be disappointed.”—Associated PressIn 1939 the Savage Mountain claimed its first victim. Born into vast wealth yet uneasy with a life of leisure, Dudley Wolfe, of Boston and Rockport, Maine, set out to become the first man to climb K2, the world’s second-highest mountain and, in the opinion of mountaineers, an ... En savoir plus

    $14.99 CAD

  • Forever on the Mountain: The Truth Behind One of Mountaineering's Most Controversial and Mysterious Disasters

    The Truth Behind One of Mountaineering's Most Controversial and Mysterious Disasters

    par James M. Tabor ...
    Winner of the 2007 Banff Mountain Festival Book Awards Grand Prize (The Phyllis & Don Munday Award): "A riveting account of a long-ago mountaineering disaster."—TimeIn 1967, seven young men, members of a twelve-man expedition led by twenty-four-year-old Joe Wilcox, were stranded on Alaska's Mount McKinley in a vicious arctic storm. All seven perished on what remains the most tragic expedition in ... En savoir plus

    $18.99 CAD

  • The Ledge

    An Inspirational Story of Friendship and Survival

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The authors bring extreme climbing to life. . . . Perhaps no author can rationalize why some choose to risk their lives . . . for the thrill of conquering a mountain. The Ledge comes perilously close and tells a ripping true story at the same time.”—The Denver PostIn June 1992, best friends Jim Davidson and Mike Price stood atop Washington’s Mount Rainier, celebrating ... En savoir plus

    $14.99 CAD

  • Sacred Summits

    Kangchenjunga, the Carstensz Pyramid, and Gauri Sankar

    par Peter Boardman ...
    Mountaintops have long been seen as sacred places, home to gods and dreams. In one climbing year Peter Boardman visited three very different sacred mountains. He began on the South Face of the Carstensz Pyramid in New Guinea. This is the highest point between the Andes and the Himalaya, and one of the most inaccessible, rising above thick jungle inhabited by warring Stone Age tribes.During the ... En savoir plus

    $7.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Buried in the Sky: The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa Climbers on K2's Deadliest Day

    The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa Climbers on K2's Deadliest Day

    “Gripping, intense. . . . Buried in the Sky will satisfy anyone who loved [Into Thin Air].”—Kate Tuttle, Boston GlobeWhen Edmund Hillary first conquered Mt. Everest, Sherpa Tenzing Norgay was at his side. Indeed, for as long as Westerners have been climbing the Himalaya, Sherpas have been the unsung heroes in the background. In August 2008, when eleven climbers lost their lives on K2, the world’s ... En savoir plus

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  • Annapurna

    The First Conquest of an 8000-Metre Peak

    par Maurice Herzog ...
    WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOE SIMPSONIn 1950, no mountain higher than 8,000 meters had ever been climbed. Maurice Herzog and other members of the French Alpine Club resolved to try. This is the enthralling story of the first conquest of Annapurna and the harrowing descent. With breathtaking courage and grit manifest on every page, Annapurna is one of the greatest adventure stories ever told.As well ... En savoir plus

    $12.99 CAD

  • Dark Summit

    The True Story of Everest's Most Controversial Season

    par Nick Heil ...
    In the tradition of Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air, Nick Heil recounts the harrowing story of the deadly and controversial 2006 climbing season on Everest.In early May 2006, a young British climber named David Sharp lay dying near the top of Mount Everest while forty other climbers walked past him on their way to the summit. A week later, Lincoln Hall, a seasoned Australian climber, was left for ... En savoir plus

    $9.99 CAD