About this title: One of the world's best-known writers on mountaineering recounts the exhilarating highs and desperate lows of his climbing career and reconsiders the costs of this most perilous sport.
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Description: Good. Purchasing this item supports Pierce County libraries. Thriftbooks and PCL have partnered to help raise additional funds for the library system. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Purchasing this item supports Pierce County libraries. Thriftbooks and PCL have partnered to help raise additional funds for the library system. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2006-08-29
ISBN-13:9780743255196ISBN:0743255194
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2006-08-29
ISBN-13:9780743255196ISBN:0743255194
Description: Very good. Very minimal damage to the cover (no holes or tears, only minimal scuff marks), in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, minimal to no highlighting/under. read more
Description: Good. 0743255186 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Description: Good. 0743255186 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780743255189ISBN:0743255186
Description: New in new dust jacket. Remainder mark. Rubbing and edge wear. New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 432 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: New. 0743255194 New from the publisher-has remainder mark. Ships within 1 business day. Your 100% satisfaction is our guarantee! read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: c2005
ISBN-13:9780743255189ISBN:0743255186
Description: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 0743255186. A clean, bright, solid copy, in an attractive dustjacket, in a new clear mylar DJ cover. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780743255189ISBN:0743255186
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 432 p. Audience: General/trade. Nice clean hardback, no markings, one 'dogeared' page. Otherwise mint. A- read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, New York
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780743255189ISBN:0743255186
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. This first edition hardcover book is in near fine condition with very slight edge wear and two light impressions across the front edge of the book pages. This could be a manufacturing mark because the book covers are not affected. The pages are clean, bright and tight. The dust jacket is in very near fine condition with very slight edge wear. read more
"a really good book by david roberts about climbing the kachtina spires and mt. mckinely 18,000 ft north face, and the crazy route of mt hunterington......"
"This is the best book I've read in a long, long time. In this book, David Roberts seeks to answer two questions: Why do we climb and is it worth the risk? To the former, he seems to think people climb for ego and pride. To the later, he seems to think it isn't. After all the friends he lost in the mountains, it's easy to see why. To me, climbing is about exploring. I don't really care to climb things that have never been climbed before. I just want to see what's around the next corner or over the next ridge. I don't expect to ever want to put up a first ascent on some remote mountain in Alaska, so the risks to me will be substantially less than to Roberts. Nonetheless, this book really highlighted just how dangerous it is every time you head into the mountains and hammered home just how important it is to make good decisions."
"THis began with one of the mostgripping first chapters in a non-fiction book that I have read. Chapter 2 was a big drop off, but it ramped up after that. The last chapter was an excellent commentray by a climber reflecting on his choices and trying to figure out why he climbs... why he takes the risks that he does, and whether it was all worth it. Short of the very last line that I thought was a bit contrived, this was a great read and gives a different perspective on people that climb at a much higher level than I do."
"A brutal autobiography by a world-class mountaineer that made me question the egotistical act of climbing and its potential consequences. Death for the climber is easy, but it is the family and friends that are left behind that truly suffer. This story reflects on the question of mountaineering: why climb?"
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