About this title: Drawing on interviews with many leading mountaineers or their survivors, Coffey goes beyond the typical climbing book to question the reasons why climbers risk their lives. The result is a powerful, affecting book that strips the romance from adventure and returns it to the human realm: the parents, spouses, children, and partners of climbers who ...
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Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780312339012ISBN:0312339011
Description: Good. A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact (including dustcover, if applicable). The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "from the library of" labels. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780312339012ISBN:0312339011
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. just a hint of edge wear; spine uncreased and cover shines. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 234 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd, London
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780099436089ISBN:0099436086
Description: Good. Sport. Slight crease to front cover. Climbers who court danger in the worlds highe st places risk far more than just their own skins. When tragedy strikes, wh at happens to the people who love them? Why would anyone choose to invest i n a future with a high altitude climber? What is life like in the shadow of the mountain? Such questions have long been taboo within the international world of mountaineering. Now, Maria Coffey breaks this silence. She recoun ts climbers' stories of near ... read more
Binding: book Hardcover
Publisher: St Martins Press
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780312290658ISBN:0312290659
Description: Brand New. Brand new. Never read or owned. May have a remainder mark. 288 pages. 8.80 x 5.80 x 0.80 in. 12.8 oz. Shares the personal behind-the-scenes stories of famous mountaineers to reveal the events that compelled them to risk their lives and personal relationships, in a collection of portraits that includes coverage of such adventurers as Jim Wickwire, Conrad Anker, and Lynn Hill. Able exploration of mountaineering's personal costs, placed in context among the pleasures of climbing high ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780312339012ISBN:0312339011
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Binding: book Softcover
Publisher: Griffin
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780312339012ISBN:0312339011
Description: Brand New. Brand new. Never read or owned. May have a remainder mark. 234 pages. 8.30 x 5.50 x 0.80 in. 8.0 oz. Shares the personal behind-the-scenes stories of famous mountaineers to reveal the events that compelled them to risk their lives and personal relationships, in a collection of portraits that includes coverage of such adventurers as Jim Wickwire, Conrad Anker, and Lynn Hill. Able exploration of mountaineering's personal costs, placed in context among the pleasures of climbing high ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Griffin
Date Published: 2005-04-30
ISBN-13:9780312339012ISBN:0312339011
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780312339012. read more
Edition: First U.S. Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: St Martin's Press, N.Y.
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780312290658ISBN:0312290659
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.234 The author offers an intimate portrait of adventure and the conflicting beauty, passion and devastation of this alluring obession. clean tight unread copy. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780312290658ISBN:0312290659
Description: New, Publisher overstock, may have small remainder mark. Excellent condition, never read, purchased from publisher as excess inventory. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780312290658ISBN:0312290659
Description: New, Publisher overstock, may have small remainder mark. Excellent condition, never read, purchased from publisher as excess inventory. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780312339012ISBN:0312339011
Description: New, Publisher overstock, may have small remainder mark. Excellent condition, never read, purchased from publisher as excess inventory. read more
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