Second Ascent
Title | Second Ascent PDF eBook |
Author | Alison Osius |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 248 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN |
Describes how a talented rock climber survived a double amputation at seventeen to return to his chosen sport.
Ascent
Title | Ascent PDF eBook |
Author | Laurence Leamer |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Total Pages | 448 |
Release | 2011-02-22 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 0062039237 |
Willi Unsoeld, a legend among mountaineers--a man whom Bill Moyers calls one of the few giants he has ever met--fearlessly challenged the world's highest peaks and inspired a generation of climbers with his legacy. Ascent is the story of his life--a thrilling tale of physical and spiritual adventure that captures the hypnotic force behind this extraordinary personality. From his triumphant conquest of Everest's forbidding West Ridge to the tragic loss of his daughter on the treacherous slopes of Nanda Devi to his final, fatal attempt at Mount Rainier, we see Willi as guru and guide, lover of danger and philosopher of risk--a man whose indomitable spirit triggered such devotion that people followed him fearlessly to extraordinary heights and, sometimes, even to their deaths. A dramatic saga of bravery, daring, and the search for spiritual truth, Ascent brilliantly captures the mythic figure of Willi Unsoeld.
First Ascent
Title | First Ascent PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen Venables |
Publisher | Firefly Books Limited |
Total Pages | 192 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9781554074037 |
First hand accounts and archival photos chronicle the first ascent of 24 of the world's most daunting mountains and traces the development of climbing styles and technology. It includes ascents made between 1865 and 2005 and all types of mountaineering.
Mountaineering in the Land of the Midnight Sun
Title | Mountaineering in the Land of the Midnight Sun PDF eBook |
Author | Mrs. Aubrey Le Blond |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 460 |
Release | 1908 |
Genre | Mountaineering |
ISBN |
The Alpine Journal
Title | The Alpine Journal PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 1022 |
Release | 1911 |
Genre | Alps |
ISBN |
Appalachia
Title | Appalachia PDF eBook |
Author | Charles E. Fay |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 398 |
Release | 1923 |
Genre | Mountaineering |
ISBN |
The Ascent of Everest
Title | The Ascent of Everest PDF eBook |
Author | John Hunt Baron Hunt |
Publisher | The Mountaineers Books |
Total Pages | 238 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) |
ISBN | 9780898863611 |
Expedition leader John Hunt's account of the first ascent of Mount Everest's summit in 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay.