For 18 years, Viesturs pursued climbing's holy grail: to stand atop the world's fourteen 8,000-meter peaks, without the aid of bottled oxygen. However, "No Shortcuts to the Top" is as much about the man who would become the first American to achieve that goal as it is about his stunning quest.
Sixteen globe-spanning adventure tales from Richard Bangs, one of the nation's best-known, award-winning travel writersRichard Bangs is the high-profile president of Outward Bound USA There's something for everyone in this captivating collection of true-life adventures from paddling in Africa, to biking in Burgundy, and whale watching in British ...
This magnificent volume captures the essence of exploring the great outdoors. It features spectacular, full-color images from award-winning photographers and highlights great outdoor escapes from all over North America.
This book of mountain images provides an unforgettable glimpse into the remarkable world of Ed Viesturs, America's best-known high altitude climber, and the breathtaking landscape in which he works. As told with Peter Potterfield, award-winning mountaineering journalist, Viesturs narrates his quest to climb the 14 highest mountains of the world, ...
This gripping and triumphant memoir follows a living giant of extreme mountaineering as he makes his assault on history, one 8,000-meter summit at a time. Abridged. 5 CDs.
The deadly history of the world's most-dangerous mountain illuminates the many lessons both climbers and non-climbers alike can glean from K2, the aptly named Savage Mountain.
As told with Peter Potterfield, award-winning mountaineering journalist, Viesturs narrates his successful quest to climb the 14 highest mountains of the world, those peaks above 8,000 meters in height. Viesturs and Potterfield take readers along on some of the successes and failures of Viesturs' quest, including five separate ascents of Mount ...
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