Mountaineering
epub, mobi |eng | 2012-10-16 | Author:MacInnes, Hamish [MacInnes, Hamish]

Pete Lev and I had climbed up several leads in the late afternoon and were the first to meet Pete Sinclair and Jim Greig who were coming down from the ...
( Category: Mountaineering March 4,2015 )
epub | | 2013-03-03 | Author:George Lowe, Huw Lewis-Jones, Jan Morris, Peter Hillary [George Lowe]

Camp VI, 23,500 ft 15th May 1953 Dear Betty, There is such a lot to say and such a lot been doing in these five days that I’ll never be ...
( Category: Travel March 4,2015 )
epub |eng | 2008-12-29 | Author:Elisa Carbone [Carbone, Elisa]

She must have dropped off to sleep finally, because it was barely dawn when the moaning woke her up. Sarah's knee pressed into the small of her back reminded Ann ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction March 4,2015 )
mobi |eng | 2012-07-31 | Author:Planet Lonely

( Category: General February 12,2015 )
epub |eng, eng | 2013-10-15 | Author:Simpson, Joe

Made famous by Joe Simpson in his epic tale of survival, Touching the Void, the west face of Siula Grande had its second ascent this June. Carlos Buhler and Mark ...
( Category: Travel February 3,2015 )
epub |eng | 2011-08-09 | Author:Matt Dickinson [Dickinson, Matt]

Our third trek up the East Rongbuk was a very different experience from the first two, with all of us fired up by the adrenaline rush that this time it ...
( Category: General January 29,2015 )
epub |eng | 2011-04-07 | Author:Bruce Barcott

CAMP MUIR I began going high. On quiet mornings I slipped out of the city before it awoke and drove to Paradise, snapped on a pair of gaiters, and walked ...
( Category: Mount Rainier January 29,2015 )
epub |eng | 2008-11-14 | Author:Dick Bass & Frank Wells & Rick Ridgeway [BASS, DICK]

The next morning Frank Wells adjusted his oxygen regulator to two liters a minute, strapped on his face mask, and left camp 3 to start the long upward traverse across ...
( Category: Mountain Climbing December 25,2014 )
epub |eng | 2009-11-23 | Author:Jake Maddox

CHAPTER 6 CHANGE OF PLANS The three months before climbing camp started seemed like the longest three months of Amir’s life. But he stayed pretty busy, keeping all the promises ...
( Category: Rock Climbing November 24,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-06-13 | Author:Jon Bell

JOEL PALMER didn’t ever walk to the very top of Mount Hood, nor did he own a pair of sneakers. But in 1845 the Canadianborn pioneer became the first known ...
( Category: Mountains November 11,2014 )
epub | | | Author:Glacier Mountaineering

( Category: Mountaineering November 6,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 1988-10-15 | Author:Stephen Coonts [Coonts, Stephen]

Colonel Qazi and Yasim were eating lunch with the Italian workmen on the paint scow when Captain James began speaking on the PA system. The bosun’s pipe that preceded his ...
( Category: Espionage October 16,2014 )
epub |eng | | Author:Lonely Planet

PUBLIC TRANSPORT At the time of research, foreigners were not allowed to travel on public transport in Tibet. Basic information is included here in case the situation changes. Markham སྨར་ཁམས་ ...
( Category: General September 30,2014 )
epub |eng | 2011-04-26 | Author:Don Paul [Paul, Don]

A PRACTICE EXERCISE To improve, practice. Do this exercise: Plot out a small trip diagram on paper like the hexagon here. Take it to a park. As you walk, turn ...
( Category: Hiking & Camping July 25,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2013-05-21 | Author:Tuckey, Harriet [Tuckey, Harriet]

So please send me assurance (a) that you will see that my position and work for the expedition are properly recognised, and (b) that I am referred to not as ...
( Category: Mountain Climbing July 9,2014 )