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1910240192 (N) by Steve McClure
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-11-02 | Author:Steve McClure [McClure, Steve]

– CHAPTER EIGHTEEN – HAVE NO FEAR Fear is the single factor holding most climbers back from reaching their potential. Fear will prevent them from climbing even the easiest of ...
( Category: Embedded Systems March 11,2018 )
Olympic Mountains Trail Guide by Robert Wood
epub |eng | | Author:Robert Wood

Lake Constance Mountain goats are abundant here. Wool clings to the brush, and the curious animals often approach campsites, especially at night. Marmots and birds are also present. Unfortunately, because ...
( Category: United States March 11,2018 )
Rock Climbing: Mastering Basic Skills by Topher Donahue & Craig Luebben
epub |eng | 2014-03-11 | Author:Topher Donahue & Craig Luebben

The Bight Method If you are less than half a rope length from the ground, and the rings on the anchor are big enough to accommodate a bight of rope ...
( Category: Mountaineering March 11,2018 )
Summit Fever by Andrew Greig
epub |eng | 2009-03-07 | Author:Andrew Greig [Andrew Greig]

The sword of Damocles was nothing to the rocks of Lilligo. Our camp site that evening was below sheer walls of mud studded with boulders roughly the size and shape ...
( Category: Mountaineering March 7,2018 )
Kingdoms of Experience by Andrew Greig
epub |eng | 2009-03-07 | Author:Andrew Greig [Andrew Greig]

Now the atmosphere at ABC was one of strong, coherent purpose, of non-competitive co-operation among the Old Farts. Mal was quite different up there, more actively engaged. Listening, asking questions ...
( Category: Mountaineering March 7,2018 )
Limits of the Known by David Roberts
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:David Roberts [Roberts, David]

Suddenly I had a plan: “Pasquale . . . Conrad has got rafts. What do you say we hike out, fetch a raft, come back and run this thing, guerrilla ...
( Category: Travelers & Explorers March 5,2018 )
Honouring High Places by Junko Tabei
epub |eng | 2017-02-20 | Author:Junko Tabei

CHAPTER 7 Finalists May 4, 12:30 a.m. (recap) First, silence. Then a whole-body vibration, a deafening noise and – WHAM – impact. Avalanche! Before I knew it, I was tumbling ...
( Category: Travelers & Explorers March 5,2018 )
The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family by William Makepeace Thackeray
epub |eng | 2005-02-01 | Author:William Makepeace Thackeray [Thackeray, William Makepeace]

"Her heart it is another's, she—never—can—be—mine;" and to laugh at the end of the song. "Well, well," says he; "it is a very kind note, a very proper little note; ...
( Category: Genre Fiction March 3,2018 )
Jump by Elisa Carbone
mobi |eng | 2010-03-28 | Author:Elisa Carbone

EIGHTY-SEVEN CRITTER The mustard-yellow fades and she’s got her signature rosy peach creeping back in, so I believe her that she’s feeling better. I wonder what she was thinking. Maybe ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction February 17,2018 )
The Ogre by Doug Scott
epub |eng | 2017-02-13 | Author:Doug Scott [Doug Scott]

Julian Vincent ‘Mo’ Anthoine (1939–1989) was born in Kidderminster where his father was a carpet designer. Mo was not so tall but he was extremely well built with a barrel ...
( Category: Biographies February 13,2018 )
The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest by Anatoli Boukreev
mobi |eng | 1999-07-16 | Author:Anatoli Boukreev

Q: Did you go to Lene and Klev again? A: Yes, I look in the tent, I spoke with Lene and Klev. I said, “I didn’t find nobody. Where is? ...
( Category: Mountaineering February 10,2018 )
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year by Limey Lady
epub |eng | 2017-11-22 | Author:Limey Lady [Lady, Limey]

Angie raised an eyebrow. She’d expected something, but not this. Not so matter-of-fact and so soon, anyway. ‘Is that all right by you?’ she wondered. ‘I have things to do ...
( Category: Professionals & Academics February 4,2018 )
The Backpackers Handbook by Chris Townsend
epub |eng | 2005-01-29 | Author:Chris Townsend

Shape and Size The most efficient sleeping bag is the one that traps warm air closest to your body. A bag with lots of room is a bag with lots ...
( Category: Hiking & Camping January 29,2018 )
SAS Survival Handbook by John 'Lofty' Wiseman
epub |eng | | Author:John 'Lofty' Wiseman

Make a timber hitch around one end of the rock or weight and tighten. Carry the line along the weight and make a half-hitch. MARLIN SPIKE HITCH This is an ...
( Category: Hiking & Camping January 24,2018 )
Higher Calling by Max Leonard
epub |eng | | Author:Max Leonard

Which, it seems to me, is saying that it’s anybody’s guess and that it’s going to be chaos. It is a measure of the respect in which the veteran Spanish ...
( Category: Individual Sports January 24,2018 )

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