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1	Everest: Alone at the Summit, (a Survival Story) more books like this by Stephen Venables, Clint Willis (Introduction by) add to wishlist Every day, the path up the South Col route to the summit of Everest becomes a little more worn by the tread of dozens of package-tour climbers, but few dare to try the East, or Kangshung, Face, a sheer, avalanche-swept wall of snow and ice only first conquered in 1983. Five years later, Stephen Venables intensified the challenge by leading three ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	To the Top: The Story of Everest more books like this by Stephen Venables add to wishlist This historical overview of mountain climbing concentrates on the climbing and exploration of Mount Everest--the world's tallest peak. The author is a professional climber who himself conquered Everest in 1988. Illustrated with photographs and maps. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.38! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Ollie: The Inspiring Story of a Special Child more books like this by Stephen Venables add to wishlist "Like the swallows, Ollie came in the spring and left in the autumn. Dancing, singing, swooping - there was something birdlike about his energy, joy and laughter - but also the fleeting, transitory, enigmatic quality of his life. At the age of two he lost the ability to speak, when autism turned his life - and ours - into a baffling challenge. ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $13.32! \| first editions
4	First Ascent: Pioneering Mountain Climbs more books like this by Stephen Venables add to wishlist 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. see all copies from $10.15! new only from $10.15! \| SVS
5	Lost Mountains: Two Expeditions to Kashmir more books like this by Stephen Venables, Clint Willis (Introduction by) add to wishlist In this age of commercially guided expeditions and vacationing hordes in the Himalaya, Stephen Venables, a member of climbing's greatest generation (and the first Briton to summit Everest without oxygen), still seeks out climbing's loneliest and most difficult challenges. In addition to his tremendously accomplished mountaineering career and his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.99! \| first editions
6	A Slender Thread: Escaping Disaster in the Himalayas more books like this by Stephen Venables, Clint Willis (Introduction by) add to wishlist Stephen Venables and three companions made the first ascent of Panchu Chuli Va remote Himalayan peak on the borders of India, Nepal and Tibet. A rappel anchor failed on the descent, pitching Venables into a 300-foot fall. Crashing through the black night, flung from rock to rock, he assumed that he was plunging to his death. Against all odds he ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.36! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Ollie: The True Story of a Brief and Courageous Life more books like this by Stephen Venables add to wishlist Like the swallows, our son Ollie came in the spring and left in the autumn. Dancing, singing, swooping - there was something birdlike about his energy, joy and laughter - but also the fleeting, enigmatic quality of his life. When he was two, he lost all his speech, as autism turned his life - and ours - into a baffling challenge. Then at four, he ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $11.71!
8	Voices from the Mountains: 40 True-Life Stores of Unforgettable Adventure, Drama, and Human Endurance more books like this by Stephen Venables, Chris Bonington (Foreword by) add to wishlist Compelling narratives by adventurers who have scaled the world's most challenging mountains--featuring unforgettable drama, and tales of human endurance. see all copies from $2.10! new only from $2.11!
9	Higher Than the Eagle Soars: A Path to Everest more books like this by Stephen Venables add to wishlist Stephen Venables is one of the greatest British climbers of his generation and he has now written a full autobiography, which explores how and - more importantly - why he became a mountaineer, and reveals a series of never-recorded adventures on four continents. At its climax, he revisits his dramatic success without oxygen on the Kangshung Face ... see all copies from $19.94! new only from $26.01! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Everest : Kangshung face more books like this by Stephen Venables add to wishlist In May 1988 Stephen Venables pushed on alone to the summit of Everest, following and ascent of the Kangshung (East) Face. He was only the eighth Briton to stand on top of the world's highest mountain, and the first to do so without the use of oxygen supplies. In this book the author shares all of his experiences of this feat - the triumphs, the ... see all copies from $2.53! signed copies \| first editions
11	Higher Than the Eagle Soars more books like this by Stephen Venables add to wishlist High and wild places have dominated Stephen Venables' life and now he has written a full autobiography which explores how and - more importantly - why he became a mountaineer, and reveals a series of never-recorded adventures on four continents. At its climax he revisits his dramatic success without oxygen on the Kangshung face of Everest, ... see all copies from $4.99! new only from $12.18!
12	Painted Mountains: Two Expeditions to Kashmir more books like this by Stephen Venables add to wishlist see all copies from $18.00! new only from $25.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
13	Island at the Edge of the World: A South Georgia Odyssey more books like this by Stephen Venables add to wishlist The island of South Georgia, isolated on the edge of the Antarctic Circle, offers a kaleidoscope of images, all explored by Stephen Venables in this picture of one of Britain's furthest outposts. South Georgia is the final resting place of Sir Ernest Shackleton, Antarctica's truest hero, whose legendary crossing of the island in 1916 was the main ... see all copies from $12.74! first editions
14 view cover	A Slender Thread more books like this by Venables add to wishlist Together with Chris Bonington and other distinguished British climbers, Stephen Venables was high on the unclimbed and sacred mountain of Panch Chuli when, at 1am on a dark Himalayan night, his abseil failed and he fell catastrophically, somersaulting from rock to rock and landing, seriously-wounded, at the end of a rope suspended above a 50 ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.16! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	M for mountains : facts and stories from the summits of the world. more books like this by Stephen Venables add to wishlist If you want to read about Chris Bonnington's exploits look under the 'B' section in this book. Where are the Changabang Mountains; how does a mountaineer cope with dehydration; how does the process of erosion affect mountains and how does frosbite affect the mountaineer? - the answers to all these questions are also included. Read about the ... see all copies from $6.99! first editions
16 view cover	Everest: The Summit of Achievement by Stephen Venables, Sir Edmund Hillary (Foreword by), Dalai Lama (Preface by) add to wishlist This magnificent volume celebrates the 50th anniversary of the first successful ascent of the world's highest mountain, and chronicles the history of Everest exploration from the early years of the 20th century to the present. It is the first and only book on the subject to benefit from complete access to the Royal Geographical Society's ... see all copies from $22.70! new only from $60.70! \| first editions
17 view cover	Himalaya Alpine Style: The Most Challenging Routes on the Highest Peaks more books like this by Andy Fanshawe, Stephen Venables add to wishlist This guide celebrates the pleasures and possibilities of the alpine-style approach to climbing the 6000-, 7000- and 8000-metre peaks of the Himalaya and the Karakoram. It highlights 40 of the world's finest climbs, a mixture of modern test pieces and older classic routes, varying in height, length and difficulty, on both rock and ice. Each ... see all copies from $34.99! new only from $50.60! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	To the Top by Stephen Venables add to wishlist The history of climbing Everest is a chronicle of tragic failures and triumphant achievements, featuring some of the world's most celebrated climbers. 'To the Top' tells their stories and creates a picture of what drives people to brave the dangers of Everest. see all copies from $7.56! new only from $7.56!
19 view cover	Everest: Summit of Achievement by Stephen Venables add to wishlist This magnificent volume celebrates the 50th anniversary of the first successful ascent of the world's highest mountain, and chronicles the history of Everest exploration from the early years of the twentieth century to the present. It is the first and only book to benefit from complete access to the Royal Geographic Society's astonishingly rich ... see all copies from $17.00!
20	Bis Ans Limit by Volker; Baufeldt Eidems, Stephanie; Venables, Stephen; Hoppe, Annette add to wishlist see all copies from $56.63! new only from $93.59!

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