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Blind Descent: The Quest to Discover the Deepest Place on Earth by Tabor James M
epub |eng | 2010-06-15 | Author:Tabor, James M. [Tabor, James M.]

UNDERLYING EVERYTHING ELSE MAY HAVE BEEN something even more primal and basic: desperation. By 1994, Bill Stone had lost his wife, his children, his home, two close friends, and all ...
( Category: Travelers & Explorers April 26,2018 )
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Krakauer Jon
epub |eng | 1997-01-01 | Author:Krakauer, Jon [Krakauer, Jon]

* Bromet had left Base Camp in mid-April and returned to Seattle, whence she continued to file Internet dispatches about Fischer’s expedition for Outside Online; she relied on regular phone ...
( Category: Mountaineering April 26,2018 )
Training for the New Alpinism by Steve House
epub |eng | 2014-04-26 | Author:Steve House

Marathon Pace ____________ By Kelly Cordes Three thousand feet (914 meters) up and we were flailing—failing and falling apart. The Kahiltna Glacier bent, flowed, and turned below us—its crevasses the ...
( Category: Training April 26,2018 )
The Last Step by Rick Ridgeway
epub |eng | 2013-04-25 | Author:Rick Ridgeway

The view from Camp IV was quite different. There was no denying conditions on the ridge were hostile. But perhaps one reason for their trouble getting across was that they ...
( Category: Mountaineering April 25,2018 )
Conquering the Seven Summits of Sales by Susan Ershler
epub |eng | | Author:Susan Ershler

Don’t Be a Soloist Imagine facing a situation like this alone. Without help, could you excavate and assemble a windbreak of ice blocks while the wind howled around you? Would ...
( Category: Business Culture April 23,2018 )
Full Moon over Noah's Ark by Rick Antonson
epub |eng | 2016-03-08 | Author:Rick Antonson

Last camp: Our guide, along with a horseman and a young packer, attends to the sheep meat cooking atop the fire the evening we returned to Base Camp. Niecit came ...
( Category: Middle East April 18,2018 )
End of the Rope by Jan Redford
epub |eng | 2018-04-03 | Author:Jan Redford

* * * — Back at the house, Grant was still comatose. He looked vulnerable lying there, like our little fetus. I wanted to protect him, make up for all ...
( Category: Travelers & Explorers April 17,2018 )
Walks and Climbs in the Pyrenees: Walks, Climbs and Multi-day Treks (Cicerone Guidebooks) by Reynolds Kev
epub |eng | 2014-12-23 | Author:Reynolds, Kev [Reynolds, Kev]

FABIAN (1447m) is a small hamlet 8km upvalley from St-Lary where the service road heads north into the Néouvielle region from the Vallée d’Aure. A 21-place gîte d’étape , open ...
( Category: Hiking & Camping April 17,2018 )
Sandstone Spine by David Roberts
epub |eng | 2012-04-17 | Author:David Roberts

Navajo sheepherder, Maxie Platt “Lon Tanowa,” answered Maxie in his soft voice. I scribbled the name in my journal. As we hiked on into the north, I turned that cognomen ...
( Category: Travelers & Explorers April 17,2018 )
Trekking Peru by Robert Kunstaetter
epub |eng | 2017-04-16 | Author:Robert Kunstaetter

12 HUASQUI TO LAGUNA PACA FOLLOWING THE CAPAC ÑAN Rating: Moderately difficult 50-km, 3- to 4-day trek Elevation: 3400 to 4222 m Maps: IGN 1:100,000 Tarma (23l), Oroya (24l); ESCALE ...
( Category: Hiking & Camping April 16,2018 )
Climbing Self Rescue (Mountaineering Outdoor Experts Series) by Andy Tyson & Molly Loomis
epub |eng | 2012-02-08 | Author:Andy Tyson & Molly Loomis [Tyson, Andy]

FRENCH-FREEING French-free is a term used by some U.S. climbers. Generally, when freeing a route you do not use your protection pieces for hand-or footholds. If you do, it is ...
( Category: Mountaineering April 14,2018 )
The Tree Climber's Guide by Jack Cooke
epub |eng | 2016-02-09 | Author:Jack Cooke

Pankhurst’s Stave, Victoria Tower Gardens Prunus avium/Wild cherry Wading through lines of sentry boxes and camera-clad tourists, I come to a tall cherry tree guarding the east entrance to Victoria ...
( Category: Hunting & Fishing April 13,2018 )
Valley Walls by Glen Denny
epub |eng | 2016-03-22 | Author:Glen Denny

Party in Camp 4 12 Climber Central I woke up, crawled out of the tent, and hobbled over to my table on crutches. The cast went from just below my ...
( Category: Americas April 12,2018 )
Reinhold Messner by Reinhold Messner
epub |eng | 2014-04-11 | Author:Reinhold Messner

Ice walking: snow and fog in Antarctica (1989) H: What did you mean when you said that the speed you did it in made you a little bit arrogant? M: ...
( Category: Mountaineering April 11,2018 )
On the Trail by Silas Chamberlin
epub |eng | | Author:Silas Chamberlin

Long Trail sign, 1924. In the 1920s, Vermont’s Long Trail became the nation’s first long-distance trail. Courtesy of University of Vermont Special Collections Library. The debate over trail design came ...
( Category: Hiking & Camping April 11,2018 )

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