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         Item #: B2561
TITLE: A Fine Kind of Madness: Mountain Adventures Tall & True
Author(s): Laura & guy Waterman
Pages: 192 6" x 9" pages
Price: $ 16.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 13.56
      This standout collection of the writings of Laura & Guy Waterman, readers will discover a rich blend of adventures great & small. Some fiction, some non-fiction, all these stories explore the basic impulse to climb & its roots in the underlying drives of remarkable individual climbers. One story, a fictionalized letter exchange between two ambitious female climbers of the Victorian Era - Fanny Bullock Workman & Annie Peck - captures the competitive spirit between them. The true story "A Night in Odell Gully" demonstrates "that serious climbers know, better than almost anyone else in our sheltered modern life, what death & dying means." This collection is certain to be a touchstone for all who are drawn to the mountains.
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         Item #: B2226
TITLE: A Life on the Edge: Memoirs of Everest & Beyond
Author(s): Jim Whittaker
Pages: 272 6" x 9" pages, 24-page color photo insert, 50 b/w photos
Price: $ 16.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 13.56
      Autobiography of Jim Whittaker, the first American to climb Mount Everest, & the CEO who built Recreational Equipment Incorporated (REI) from a back room operation into a multi-million dollar operation. Jim Whittaker has lived a life of high adventure & rare achivement. In this book he recounts the events that have defined his career & the philosophies that have shaped his life. It is a profoundly human story, at once thrilling & heartbraking, moving & inspirational - proof that there are many routes to life's summit.
     
      "This is one of those rare remembrances by a highly accomplished & celebrated individual in which the author's ego never eclipses his tale, and what a tale there is to tell."
      - The Oregonian
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         Item #: B2265
TITLE: All 14 Eight-Thousanders
Author(s): Reinhold Messner
Pages: 248 8.875" x 10.875" pages, HARDCOVER, 113 color photos, 76 b/w photos, 17 illustrations
Price: $ 40.00 @ 20.0% off = $ 32.00
      With his ascent of Lhotse, Reinhold Messner became the first person to summit all 14 eight-thousand meter peaks, an unbelievable achievement in mountaineering history. Supplemented by full-color photos, this insightful book reveals Messner's motivations, confrontations with danger & death, and the day-to-day experience of a climber who has pushed himsefl & alpinism to new dimensions.
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         Item #: B2340
TITLE: An Ice Axe, a Camera, & a Jar of Peanut Butter: A Photographer's Autobiography
Author(s): Spring
Pages: 240 8.25" x 10.5" pages
Price: $ 24.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 19.96
      The superbly illustrated autobiography of a Pacific Northwest hiking, climbing, & skiijng icon.
     
      "An outdoorsman as well as an artist, Spring has been to many places most of us can only dream about. So it comes as no surprise that when he decided to write a book about his life it turned out to be fast-paced, amusing, informative, & wondrously illustrated.
      - Statesman-Journal (Salem, Oregon)
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         Item #: B2251
TITLE: Ascent: The Climbing Experience in Word & Image
Author(s): edited by Allen Stock, Steve Roper & David Harris
Pages: 250 8.5" x 11" pages, 16 pages of color photos
Price: $ 24.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 19.96
      For three generations of American climbers & mountaineers, Ascent has represented the literary & photographic pinnacle of creative self-expression. Published almost annually from 1967 to 1984, each edition of Ascent was greeted with universal acclaim by the world climbing community. Edited by legendary Yosemite climbing pioneers Allen Steck & Steve Roper (& joined by former Canadian Alpine Journal editor David Harris), Ascent has launched the careers of such well-known authors & photographers as Galen Rowell, Jeff Long, Gordon Wiltsie, Ed Webster, & others.
      Now published by the American Alpine Club, this is the first new edition of this renowned journal in 15 years. As in previous editions, Ascent covers the full spectrum of climbing writing, photography, & art.
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         Item #: B1443
TITLE: Beyond Risk: Conversations with Climbers
Author(s): O'Connell
Pages: 256 6" x 9" pages
Price: $ 16.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 13.56
      In-depth interviews with 17 reknowned climbers reveal the ethics, motivations, & future directions for mountaineering. Hardcover edition is available for $19.95
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         Item #: B3134
TITLE: Beyond the Comfort Zone: Confessions of an Extreme Sports Junkie
Author(s): Bruce Gehereaux
Pages: 220 pages, photos
Price: $ 17.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 14.36
      In this adventure narrative the author's character is repeatedly tested in friendship, disaster, near death & love. His strengths & weaknesses persist throughout his adventures in 4 extreme sports (class V kayaking, extreme skiing, rock climbing & adventure racing). In each sport, he progresses from beginner to master, in places such as Tuckerman's Ravine, Yosemite & Patagonia.
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         Item #: B2557
TITLE: Boundless Horizons: The Autobiography of Chris Bonington
Author(s): Chris Bonington
Pages: 672 6.75" x 9.25" pages, HARDCOVER, 24 pages of color & b/w photos
Price: $ 32.00 @ 20.0% off = $ 25.60
      The autobiography of British climber Chris Bonington in one volume for the first time. Bonington is one of the world's greatest climbers & one of the sport's most visible personalities.
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         Item #: B2533
TITLE: Bradford Washburn: Mountain Photography
Author(s): Antony Decaneas
Pages: 144 11.625" x 9.5", 165 b/w photos
Price: $ 29.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 23.96
      This grand retrospective captures in book form the extraordinary images of America's most celebrated mountain photographer. Traveling the word for eight decades, mountaineer, explorer, cartographer, & aerial photographer Bradford Washburn has documented the landscape from the Grand Canyon to the Alps, from Mount McKinley to Mount Everest. Here, more than 100 large format images showcase Washburn's talent. These include:
      * Aerial images of high mountains revealed in breathtaking clarity
      * Striking still lifes of early Alaskan expeditions
      * Portraits of colorful characters encountered along the way
      An in-depth interview by Antony Decaneas brings a voice to the life portrayed in images. This is an unmatched photographic collection that you won't want to miss.
     
      "Bradford Washburn is one of the vey few people who have combined spectacular experience in the wilderness with equally spectacular achievements in the world of civilization. One never knows what to expect from this roving genius of mind & mountains, but whatever it is, we know it will be excellent & effective."
      - Ansel Adams
     
      "Brad Washburn's photographs are the kind of pictures that Ansel Adams would have taken if he had a flying carpet."
      - Jim Enyeart
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         Item #: B1459
TITLE: Camp 4: Recollections of a Yosemite Rockclimber
Author(s): Steve Roper
Pages: 256 6" x 9" pages
Price: $ 16.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 13.56
      A behind the scenes look at the names & achievements from the Yosemite climbing boom in the 1960s.
     
      Best Non-Fiction winner at the 1994 Banff Mountain Book Festival.
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         Item #: B2270
TITLE: Cascade Voices: Conversations with Washington Mountaineers
Author(s): Malcom S. Bates
Pages: 192 7.5" x 10.5" pages, 92 b/w photos
Price: $ 16.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 13.56
      A celebration of mountaineering in general & the Cascade Mountains climbing experience in particular. Bates weaves a history of exploration & climbing into his interviews with 49 mountainers such as:
      * Jim Whittaker
      * Fred Beckey
      * Pete Schoening
      * Jim Wickwire
      * Susan Price
      * Tom Hornbein
      * Dave Mahre
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         Item #: B3052
TITLE: Climb! The History of Rock Climbing in Colorado
Author(s): Jeff Achey, Dudley Chelton & Bob Godfrey
Pages: 256 8.5" x 10.5" pages, 200 b/w photos, 16 pages of color photos
Price: $ 29.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 23.96
      Traces the evolution of rock climbing in Colorado from the first technical climbs to the improved free climbs of the 60s & 70s, to the sport climbing of the 80s, to the extreme climbing of the 90s. Conflict & competition among the climbers are documented here, as is the entry & accomplishment of women climbers.
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         Item #: B2558
TITLE: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Mountains: The History of the 8,000 Meter Peaks
Author(s): Richard Sale & John Cleare
Pages: 192 8.5" x 11" pages, HARDCOVER, 200 color photos
Price: $ 29.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 23.96
      A fascinating history of climbing in the "death zone" - peaks higher than 8,000 meters (26,248 feet). Lavishly illustrated with contemporary & archival photos.
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         Item #: B2351
TITLE: Cloud Dancers: Portraits of North American Mountaineers
Author(s): edited by Waterman
Pages: 323 6" x 9" pages
Price: $ 16.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 13.56
      A collection of 16 mountaineering profiles selected from magazines such as Climbing, Mens Journal, & Rolling Stone.
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         Item #: B2314
TITLE: Dark Shadows Falling
Author(s): Joe Simpson
Pages: 208 6.5" x 9.5" pages, 16 pages of color photos
Price: $ 18.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 15.16
      On the heels of a swirl of controversy surrounding mountaineering, Joe Simpson wonders if the essence of the sport has been completely lost. From a gripping introduction detailing one climber's dying moments, witnessed by other climbers who offered no help, Simpson moves on to question the May 10, 1996 events on Mount Everest, offering an objective, well-researched, & insightful analysis. Weaving the thread of the larger question through discussions of other issues, he also examines guided climbing, the media spin on climbing accidents, & incidents involving poor treatment of Sherpas. He takes as many risks in his writing as he does in climbing, & Simpson's latest work is certain to challenge readers & inspire debate.
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         Item #: B1803
TITLE: David Roberts: The Mountain of My Fear; Deborah: A Wilderness Narrative
Author(s): David Roberts
Pages: 368 5.5" x 8.5" pages
Price: $ 16.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 13.56
      Two of Roberts' most sought-after works collected into one volume, with an introduction by Jon Krakauer.
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         Item #: B2338
TITLE: Deep Play: A Climber's Odyssey from Llanberis to the Big Wall
Author(s): Pritchard
Pages: 192 6" x 9" pages, HARDCOVER
Price: $ 22.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 18.36
      This dramatic departure from traditional mountaineering literature offers a slice of life by a British dole-climber.
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         Item #: B2598
TITLE: Denali: A Literary Anthology
Author(s): edited by Bill Sherwonit
Pages: 272 6" x 9' pages
Price: $ 18.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 15.16
      Denali, "The High One", has beguiled storytellers since time immemorial. In this wide-ranging anthology spanning 101 years of published writings, representing bothh the northern classics & little-known gems, editor Bill Sherwonit gives us a taste of a rich literary legacy.
      Explorers, mountaineers, naturalists, Native Alaskans, adventurers & homesteaders, the storytellers of Denali powerfully portray the wild spirit of The Mountain. They tell us of the landscape's dangers, its obstacles & abundant wildlife; and they share its allures, whether gold or high mountain summits, snow-white sheep or wilderness solitude. In reading these stories, we also learn about the men & women who are drawn to this special place, who find hope, challenge, inspiration - and sometimes sorrow - in Denali & the broad shadow that it casts.
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         Item #: B2903
TITLE: Denali: Deception, Defeat, and Triumph
Author(s): Dr. Frederick Cook, Belmore Brown, Hudson Stuck
Pages: Hardcover, 656 6" x 9" pages, 150 b/w photos, 4 maps
Price: $ 38.00 @ 20.0% off = $ 30.40
      The stories of the fake, the almost, and the actual first ascent of Nort America's highest peak are joined into one unabridged volume for the first time. In "To the Top of the Continent", Dr. Frederick A. Cook describes his glorious & rapid climb to the peak - a claim that has been widely discredited. Belmore Brown next reveals the heartache of turning back a mere hundred yards from the summit in "The Conquest of Mount McKinley". Finally, Hudson Stuck tells how his team of amateur climbers, but experienced Alaska travelers, reached the summit in "The Ascent of Denali". Together, these three narratives comprise a unique history of the stakes, passions, & challenges involved in making Mount McKinley's first ascent.
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         Item #: B3056
TITLE: Detectives on Everest: The 2001 Mallory & Irvine Research Expedition
Author(s): Eric Simonson
Pages: 208 8.5" x 9.5" pages, 70 b/w photos, 8 pages of color photos
Price: $ 19.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 15.96
      By the team that found George Mallory's body in 1999. Offers insights into the challenges of conducting high altitude archaeological research. Learn what Eric Simonson & the team found on Everest & what they learned from Chinese climbers who claimed to have found Irvine's final resting place during expeditions in the '60s & '70s.
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         Item #: B2873
TITLE: El Capitan: Historic Feats & Radical Routes
Author(s): Duane
Pages: Hardcover, 144 pages, photos
Price: $ 24.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 19.96
      Traces El Capitan's unique history & recounts some of the vertical adventures there, from Warren Harding's 45-day siege in 1958 to recent speed climbs of less than 5 hours. The author nicely articulates how this massive wall can totally consume a person, & profiles the legends who have devoted themselves to it, including Robbins, Harding & Middendorf. The 36 duotone photos capture the essence of big wall climbing.
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         Item #: B1975
TITLE: Eric Shipton: Everest & Beyond
Author(s): Peter Steele
Pages: 290 6" x 9" pages, 16 pages of b/w photos
Price: $ 18.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 15.16
      The biggest name in climbing before Sir Edmund Hillary, adventurer, explorer, & mountaineer Eric Shipton remains one of the most fascinating characters in mountaineering history.
      Steele draws a full-bodied portrait on the enigmatic Shipton with full details on his many adventures including how he was maneuvered out of the leadership of the successful 1953 British Everest expedition.
     
      "Fascinating photos & unassailable details trace Shipton's evolution from mountain vagabond in Africa through his height of fame at midcentury as Britain's most acclaimed Himalayan climber to his final deacde's obsession with the frigid wilderness of Patagonia. Now readers can come alomg for the incredible ride."
      - Escape
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         Item #: B1669
TITLE: Escape Routes: Further Adventure Writings of David Roberts
Author(s): Davids Roberts
Pages: 272 6" x 9" pages
Price: $ 16.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 13.56
      A collection of 21 insightful essays reflecting the adventurous challenges of Roberts' life. Challenges such as a first descent of an Ethiopian river to ancient cave burial stes in West Africa. Also features tales of other mountaineering legends, including:
      * Jeff Lowe on Eiger
      * Ed Viesturs on K2
      * Jon Krkauer in Iceland
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         Item #: B2267
TITLE: Everest
Author(s): Walt Unsworth
Pages: 736 6.25" x 9.5" pages, HARDCOVER, 16 pages of color photos, 48 pages of b/w photos
Price: $ 45.00 @ 20.0% off = $ 36.00
      This complete history, updated through 1998, tells the truth about many of the world's mountaineering heroes, about the incompitence, the pettiness, and rages as well as the courage, skill, & altruism that have gone into attempts to climb the mountain. By giving the heroes a human dimenion the author has succeeded in making their achievements even more impressive than before.
     
      "It is far & away the best book on Everest." - Charles Warren
     
      "Everest was a subject I thought I knew something about until reading this truly remarkable book."
      - Jeremy Bernstein, The New Yorker
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         Item #: B2698
TITLE: Everest: Eighty Years of Triumph & Tragedy
Author(s): eited by Peter Gillman
Pages: 240 9.5" x 12" pages, HARDCOVER, 130 color photos, 50 b/w photos
Price: $ 35.00 @ 29.0% off = $ 24.85
      This is a unique climbing history of the world's highest peak, featuring major ascents & the first-person perspectives of the climbers from around the world. Included are classic accounts by:
      * Edmund Hillary on the first-ever ascent
      * Wang Fu-chou & Chu Yin-hua on the controversial 1960 Chinese ascent
      * Tom Hornbein on climbing the West Ridge
      * Carlos Buhler on the first ascent of the Kangshung Face
      * Firsthand accounts of the 1996 disaster
     
      Just as impressive as the written pieces are the book's awe-inspiring photographs showing Everest from every side & in all its moods, ranging from historic 1920's panoramas to moments of triumph on the summit.
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         Item #: B2231
TITLE: Everest: Expedition to the Ultimate
Author(s): Reinhold Messer
Pages: 288 6" x 9" pages, 38 color photos, 30 b/w photos, 10 illustrations
Price: $ 24.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 19.96
      Reinhold Messer, with his partner Peter Habeler, was the first to climb Everest without the aid of supplemental oxygen. In this mountaineering classic, Messner recounts the thoughts of a mountaineer during the climb of his life. Messner's compelling climbing chronicle conveys the exhaustion, despair, & exhiliration of mountaineering in the death zone, interleaved with spectacular color photographs.
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         Item #: B1666
TITLE: Everest: The History of the Himalayan Giant
Author(s): Roberto Montovani
Pages: 144 10.5" x 14" pages, HARDCOVER, 200 b/w & color photos
Price: $ 35.00 @ 20.0% off = $ 28.00
      Covers the discovery, exploration, & climbing of Mount Everest through remarkable color photos & historical black and white images with accompanying text.
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         Item #: B2530
TITLE: Everest: The Mountaineering History
Author(s): Walt Unsworth
Pages: 864 6.25" x 9.5" pages, HARDCOVER, 16 pages of color photos, 48 pages of b/w photos
Price: $ 45.00 @ 20.0% off = $ 36.00
      "It is far & away the best book on Everest" - Charles Warren, Everest 1935, '36, '38
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         Item #: B2877
TITLE: Exploring the Olympic Mountains
Author(s): Lien
Pages: 500 pages, illustrations
Price: $ 29.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 23.96
      Expeditions into the Olympic Mountains in the late 1800s ventured into one of the last unexplored areas in the continental United Statea. This book presents original newspaper articles, diaries, journals & official accounts. Illustrated with original drawings, newspaper facsimiles, maps & annotated with commentary by historians.
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         Item #: B2876
TITLE: Exploring the Unknown
Author(s): Bradford Washburn
Pages: 128 pages, b/w photos, maps
Price: $ 19.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 15.96
      Contains Bradford Washburn's previously unpublished diaries from his:
      * First ascent of Alaska's Mt. Crillon in 1934
      * 1935 National Geographic Society sponsored exploration of Yukon wilderness areas
      * First climb of Mt. McKinley's West Buttress
      Also includes 100 of the glorious black & white photos for which Washburn is famous.
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         Item #: B2700
TITLE: Fearless on Everest: The Quest for Sandy Irvine
Author(s): Julie Summers
Pages: 320 6" x 9" pages, 16 b/w photos, 40 illustrations
Price: $ 18.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 15.16
      Mallory & Irvine. These 2 names have been inextricably linked since the 2 climbers disappeared on Mount Everest more than 75 years ago. Mallory's story has been well-chronicled, but Irvine has always been overshadowed by his more famous climbing partner. Little has been written about him until now. Who was he? Why was he invited by the British Everest Committee to join the 1924 expedition despite his limited mountaineering experience? And why did Mallory, 16 years his senior, select Irvine as his partner for the final assault on the summit?
      The author, Julie Summers, is the great niece of Sandy Irvine. This publication contains some never before published letters & photographs.
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         Item #: B2853
TITLE: Fifty Favorite Climbs: The Ultimate North American Tick List
Author(s): Mark Kroese
Pages: 224 9" x 12" pages, 150 photos, 50 topos
Price: $ 32.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 26.36
      Fifty elite climbers describe reveal their all-time favorite climbs in North Anerica, from Newfoundland to Yosemite, from Mexico to British Columbia. Renowned climber Ron Kauk talks about one of his favorite climbs, the Middle Rock Traverse in Yosemite National Park. "Coming here always grounds me," says Kauk. "In twenty-five years it really hasn't changed. It's a constant reflection of history." More inside scoop from Roxanna Brock, Mark Twight, Jared Ogden, Tommy Caldwell & other great climbers provides a riveting read.
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         Item #: B2342
TITLE: Footprints on the Peaks: Mountaineering in China
Author(s): Zheng & Zhenkai
Pages: 252 6.25" x 9.25" pages, HARDCOVER, 16 pages color photos, 39 b/w photos
Price: $ 30.00 @ 20.0% off = $ 24.00
      Details the long, rich history of Chinese mountaineering from antiquity to today.
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         Item #: B2556
TITLE: Fragile Edge: A Personal Portrait of Loss on Everest
Author(s): Maria Coffey
Pages: 192 6" x 9" pages, 16 pages of b/w photos
Price: $ 16.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 13.56
      Nobody has written more eloquently about the human side of high-altitude mountaineering than Maria Coffey. Because the mountaineering world has faced so many devastating losses recently, this is an especially timtly story about the loved ones left behind to sort out their sorrow & confusion, anger & healing.
      With openess & honesty, Coffey describes her love affair with elite British mountaineer Joe Tasker, who perished with his climbing partner Peter Boardman while attempting Everest's then-unclimbed Northeast Ridge in 1982. She relives her experiences, first within the hard-partying mountaineering scene & then during her long journey to understanding & acceptance that cost her the man she loved. She gives us an insider's view of the life of a world-class mountaineer & recounts her deeply moving pilgrimage with Boardman's widow across Tibet, a journey that retraced Tasker & Boardman's steps to their their abandoned advance base camp at 21,000 feet on Everest.
     
      "Maria Coffey's tale is at once a deeply personal love story & a penetrating look into the world of professional climbers. Such clarity & honesty are seldom seen in mountain writing."
      - Greg Child
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         Item #: B2247
TITLE: Ghosts of Everest: The Search for Mallory & Irvine
Author(s): Jochen Hemmleb, Larry A. Johnson & Eric Simonson
Pages: 208 8.5" x 9.5" pages, 80 color photos, 20 b/w photos, 5 maps
Price: $ 24.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 19.96
      On May 1, 1999, the Mallory & Irvine Research Expedition found George Mallory's body - astonishingly well-preserved, high on the wind-swept North Face of Everst, 75 years after his disappearance with fellow climber Andrew Irvine. In Mallory's pockets, & elsewhere on the mountain, the researchers found answers to the question that has plagued historians & mountaineers alike: Did they make it? And if they did, what happened to them.
      Lavishly illustrated with both archival & new exclusive photos, this is the exclusive inside story of what they found, & for the first time, what this new evidence tells us about Mallory & Irvine's last day. Here at last, the most enduring mystery in exploration history is unraveled. It is a stunning story of obsession, grit & the unconquerable human spirit.
      The authors include expedition originator Jochen Hemmleb, expedition leader Eric Simonson, expedition coordinator Larry Johnson & other members of the 1999 expedition team.
     
      "The definitive record of the Mallory story to date." - The Seattle Times
     
      "Cuts through one of the century's last enigmas with forensic skill." - The Sunday Times (London)
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         Item #: B1965
TITLE: Going Higher: Oxygen, Man, & Mountains
Author(s): Charles Houston, M.D.
Pages: 256 7.25" x 9" pages, 30 illustrations
Price: $ 22.50 @ 20.0% off = $ 18.00
      In this thoroughly revised fourth edition of a classic work, Dr. Charles Houston examines the interrelationships between humans, oxygen, & mountains. With fascinating history, state-of-the-art physiology, & dramatic first-person accounts, this is the definitive work on man's struggle to survive at high altitude.
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         Item #: B2354
TITLE: Green Cognac: The Education of a Mountain Fighter
Author(s): Putnam
Pages: 256 7.25" x 10.25" pages, HARDCOVER
Price: $ 24.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 19.96
     
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         Item #: B2263
TITLE: Hall & Ball: Kiwi Mountaineers from Mount Cook to Everest
Author(s): Colin Monteath
Pages: 160 11" x 10.875" pages, HARCOVER, 191 color photos, 15 illustrations
Price: $ 35.00 @ 20.0% off = $ 28.00
      New Zealanders Rob Hall & Gary Ball formed one of the most dynamic & accomplished mountaineering partnerships in the world, between them completing 47 expeditions on all seven continents. Monteath's vibrant, widely researched & profusely illustrated story is a tribute to his two longtime friends.
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         Item #: B2516
TITLE: High Achiever: The Life & Climbs of Chris Bonington
Author(s): Jim Curran
Pages: 256 6.5" x 9.5" pages, HARDCOVER, 16 pages of b/w photos
Price: $ 26.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 21.56
      Chris Bonington is one of the world's finest & best-known climbers. Despite his high profile, Bonington essentially remains a shy, complex man with many human failings. This book examines Bonington's deepest motives & reveals his joys & occassional despair of living a life at the limits of physical & mental experiences.
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         Item #: B2613
TITLE: History of the Great Mountaineering Adventures
Author(s): Stefano Ardito
Pages: 304 10.5" x 14" pages, HARDCOVER, 490 color & 200 b/w photos, 8 color maps
Price: $ 48.00 @ 20.0% off = $ 38.40
      Vast fields of ice & slender limestone towers, slim crests of snow & massive granite columns. From Everest to Mont Blanc, from Patagonia to the Dolomites, the highest & most impressive peaks on Earth have always challenged & attracted humans.
      With a blend of dramatic color photos, historical black & white images, and early paintings & illustrations of the world's most illustrious peaks, this large-format volume brings together the greatest adventures that have been undertaken in the mountains since the ancient Greeks made their first forays to Mount Olympus. All of the biggest names in climbing - and the highest mountains - are here.
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         Item #: B1464
TITLE: Hold the Heights: The Foundations of Mountaineering
Author(s): Unsworth
Pages: HARDCOVER, 448 6" x 9" pages, 250 color photos
Price: $ 29.95 @ 2.0% off = $ 29.35
      A history of mountaineering around the world, from the late 1400s to 1953, including key climbs in the Alps & Himalaya, the Americas, Russia, & Central Asia.
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         Item #: B2335
TITLE: In High Places
Author(s): Haston
Pages: 180 5.5" x 8.5" pages, 8 pages of color photos
Price: $ 15.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 12.76
      This mountaineering classic details the world-class climbing career of one of Britain's most accomplished mountaineers.
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         Item #: B1804
TITLE: In the Zone: Epic Stories of the Mountaineering World
Author(s): Peter Potterfield
Pages: 272 6" x 9" pages
Price: $ 16.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 13.56
      True life accounts of three climbers who faced the ultimate challenge in passionate pursuit of their sport:
      * Colby Coombs on Alaska's Mount Foraker
      * Scott Fischer & Ed Viesturs on K2
      * Peter Potterfield on Chimney Rock in the North Cascades
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         Item #: B1665
TITLE: K2: Challenging the Sky
Author(s): Kurt Diemberger
Pages: 144 10.5" x 14" pages, HARDCOVER, 162 color photos, 4 color maps
Price: $ 35.00 @ 20.0% off = $ 28.00
      A comprehensive photographic portfolio of the great mountain & its routes. It covers the history of climbing K2 (the most dangerous & technically difficult mountain in the world to climb) from the earliest explorations up to the latest ascents completed in the '90s.
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         Item #: B1465
TITLE: K2: The 1939 Tragedy
Author(s): Kauffman & Putnam
Pages: 224 6" x 9" pages
Price: $ 18.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 15.16
      Contemporary evidence sheds new light on the 1939 American K2 expedition, which was marred by mystery & death.
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         Item #: B1458
TITLE: K2: The Story of the Savage Mountain
Author(s): Jim Curran
Pages: HARDCOVER, 192 6" x 9" pages
Price: $ 24.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 19.96
      Author & K2 veteran Jim Curran gives the first comprehensive climbing history of this beautiful but deadly peak.
     
      Best Non-Fiction winner at the 1995 Banff Mountain Book Festival.
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         Item #: B2333
TITLE: Kurt Diemberger Omnibus: Summits & Secrets, The Endless Knot, Spirits of the Air
Author(s): Kurt Diemberger
Pages: 858 6" x 9" pages, HARDCOVER
Price: $ 38.00 @ 20.0% off = $ 30.40
      Three mountaineering classics in one volume from one of the world's best climbers.
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         Item #: B1445
TITLE: Lou Whitaker: Memoirs of a Mountain Guide
Author(s): Whittaker & Gabbard
Pages: 264 6" x 9" pages, 15 color photos
Price: $ 16.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 13.56
      The reknowned climber & Northwest native shares highlights from his worldwide climbing career.
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         Item #: B2264
TITLE: Minus 148: The First Winter Ascent of Mt. McKinley
Author(s): Art Davidson
Pages: 254 5.25" x 8.25" pages, 16 pages of b/w photos
Price: $ 14.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 11.96
      Faced with the death of a team member early in the climb, Davidson & the rest of the team went on to the first winter ascent, and a dramatic near-death experience in the harshest of conditions.
     
      "A timeless tale of courage on North America's highest, coldest mountain."
      - John Waterman, author of Surviving Denali
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         Item #: B1453
TITLE: Mixed Emotions: Mountaineering Writings of Greg Child
Author(s): Greg Child
Pages: 272 5.5" x 8.5" pages
Price: $ 14.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 11.96
      Greg Child recalls the events & people that have shaped his climbing career in this collection of stories & essays.
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         Item #: B1447
TITLE: Moments of Doubt: And Other Mountaineering Writings of David Roberts
Author(s): David Roberts
Pages: 256 5.5" x 8.5" pages
Price: $ 12.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 10.36
      Collection of 20 essays & articles on mountaineering & adventure.
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         Item #: B1667
TITLE: Mont Blanc: Discovery & Conquest of the Giant of the Alps
Author(s): Stefano Ardito
Pages: 228 10.5" x 14" pages, HARDCOVER, 180 color photos, 50 illustrations, 4 color maps
Price: $ 48.00 @ 20.0% off = $ 38.40
      This book recreates the most important moments of Mont Blanc's great peaks & majestic faces. The lavish illustrations include period photos, panoramic foldouts, close-ups, & full-color pictographic maps.
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         Item #: B1467
TITLE: Mount McKinley: Icy Crown of North America
Author(s): Fred Beckey
Pages: 320 6" x 9" pages, 16 pages of color photos, 50 b/w photos, 14 illustrations
Price: $ 19.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 15.96
      Portrait of a great climbing challenge, from its natural history & influence on natives, prospectors, & the men who have been drawn to its summit. Also contains personal accounts by the author.
     
      "An excellent and absorbing read. Demonstrates Beckey's unquestionable abilities as a mountain historian as well as one of North America's most influential alpinists."
      - Mountain
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         Item #: B1468
TITLE: Mount McKinley: The Pioneer Climbs
Author(s): Moore
Pages: 225 5.5" x 8.5" pages, historic photos, maps
Price: $ 12.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 10.36
      Highlights of climbs on Mt. McKinley from initial explorations up to the 1940's.
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         Item #: B2272
TITLE: Mountaineering Literature: A Bibliography of Material Published in English
Author(s): Jill Neate
Pages: 296 5.5" x 8.5" pages
Price: $ 29.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 23.96
      Long established as a standard reference work worldwide, this is a thorough bibliography of all books that are of practical use, pleasure, or historical interest to climbers. Documenting more than 2000 books of mountaineering literature. It also includes nearly 900 climber's guidebooks, a sampling of more than 400 works of mountaineering fiction, plus journals & bibliographies.
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         Item #: B1454
TITLE: My Vertical World
Author(s): Kukuczka
Pages: HARDCOVER, 192 6" x 9" pages, 8 pages of color photos
Price: $ 29.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 23.96
      Autobiography of the Polish climber whose quiet determination & singular achievements ranked him among the world's most accomplished mountaineers.
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         Item #: B2517
TITLE: Nanda Devi: Exploration & Ascent
Author(s): Eric Shipton 7 H.W. Tilman
Pages: 288 6" x 9" pages, 16 pages of b/w photos
Price: $ 18.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 15.16
      A fascinating adventure tale, this volume combines Eric Shipton's wonderfully vivid Nanda Devi, an account of the 1934 exploration of the Nanda Devi Sanctuary, with H.W. Tilman's restrained, witty The Ascent of Nanda Devi, an account of the first successful ascent in 1936.
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         Item #: B0591
TITLE: Nanda Devi: The Tragic Expedition
Author(s): John Roskelley
Pages: 240 6" x 9" pages, 68 b/w photos, 16 pages of color photos, 2 maps
Price: $ 16.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 13.56
      In 1976, John Roskelley joined an expedition to climb Nanda Devi, the third highest mountain in the Indian Himalayas. This is the story of that ascent, led by top mountaineer Willi Unsoeld, whose young, inexperienced daughter, named for the peak, perished there. It is also the story of Ad Carter, part of the team that first summited Nanda Devi forty years earlier; and of Lou Reichert & Jim States, 2 of the 3 members to actually reach the summit. But mostly this is a book about Roskelley himself, who led the summit party of three & who outspokenly criticized an expedition that allowed unqualified climbers to participate in the technically difficult ascent.
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         Item #: B2183
TITLE: Nanga Parbat Pilgrimage: The Lonely Challenge
Author(s): Hermann Buhl
Pages: 384 5.5" x 8.5" pages, 8 pages of b/w photos
Price: $ 16.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 13.56
      To this day, Hermann Buhl's successful 1953 solo climb of 26,620-foot Nanga Parbat remains one of the single greatest achievements in mountaineering history. On this peak, which over the years had claimed 31 lives, Buhl achieved something far beyond the accepted limits of human possibility & reached the zenith of his career. Nanga Parbat Pilgrimage shares Buhl's life, from the physical frailty of his childhood through the many years he spent building his almost superhuman strength to his great triumph in the Himalayas.
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         Item #: B2339
TITLE: On Belay! The Life of Legendary Mountaineer Paul Petzoldt
Author(s): Raye C. Ringholz
Pages: 272 6" x 9" pages, 16 page b/w photo insert
Price: $ 16.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 13.56
      Biography of America's most cherished - and most controversial - icon of outdoor leadership. "There are old climbers & there are bold climbers, but there are no old bold climbers." This familiar saying, coined by legendary climber Paul Petzoldt, is one he liked to disprove. When he passed away at the age of 91, Petzoldt's career was marked by decades of achievement in climbing, incomparable passion for outdoor education, wanderlust, & a relentless drive for adventure.
      Petzoldt's name is synonymous with the Grand Tetons & NOLS, the highly respected outdoor school that he founded. Blazing the trail for an international code of wilderness ethics & safe climbing techniques, Petzoldt devised the voice signaling system that begins with "On belay!"
      This intimate biography details Petzoldt's climbing career, including many first ascents in the Tetons, the first American expedition to K2, and the extraordinary leaderships that made him legendary.
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         Item #: B1469
TITLE: On the Edge of Europe: Mountaineering in the Caucasus
Author(s): Salkeld & Bermudez
Pages: HARDCOVER, 256 6" x 9" pages
Price: $ 24.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 19.96
      Anthology of writings by those who led some of the most impressive expeditions in Europe's most difficult mountains. Includes history of German, Austrian, & Russian mountaineering in the Caucasus.
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         Item #: B2337
TITLE: One Man's Mountains
Author(s): Patey
Pages: 294 5.125" x 8.5" pages, 8 pages of b/w photos
Price: $ 15.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 12.76
      The first American edition of a mountaineering classic. Includes classic stories, satire, & verse by the legendary Scottish climber
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         Item #: B2268
TITLE: Over the Himalaya
Author(s): Koichiro Ohmori
Pages: 108 11" x 9.5" pages, HARDCOVER, 44 color photos
Price: $ 29.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 23.96
      It takes a rare combination of skill, luck, patience, & unique photographic equipment to capture clean, crisp color images of the majestic Himalayas from a tiny airplane. This large-format volume does just that. With amazingly detailed images, climber & photographer Koichoro Ohmori captures the Himalaya mountaineers dream of.
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         Item #: B1963
TITLE: Postcards From the Ledge: Collected Mountaineering Writings of Greg Child
Author(s): Greg Child
Pages: 224 6" x 9" pages, 25 b/w photos
Price: $ 22.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 18.36
      From tongue in cheek stories of the disgusting daily habits of mountaineers on expedition and falling off a rock climb in front of his mother, to hard looks at controversies surrounding Tomo Cesen, Alison Hargreaves, & Linda Bradey, Child writes it as he sees it, always including a dose of wit.
     
      "A fantastic read."
      - Climbing magazine
     
      "Provides a realistic slice of high-altitude adventure. At times, Child's honesty is as refreshing as a whiff of mountain air."
      - Los Angeles Daily Times
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         Item #: B1455
TITLE: Reinhold Messner - Free Spirit: A Climber's Life
Author(s): Reinhold Messner
Pages: 256 6" x 9" pages, 70 b/w photos
Price: $ 19.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 15.96
      Chronicles the remarkable career of one of the world's most innovative & disciplined climbers. Messner was the first person to climb all 14 of the world's 8000-meter peaks, many of them solo. He also recalls his early climbs in the Alps, expeditions to the Himalaya, the first solo ascent, a trek across Antarctica, and many other adventures.
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         Item #: B2222
TITLE: Sherman Exposed: Slightly Censored Climbing Stories
Author(s): John Sherman
Pages: 256 6" x 9" pages, HARDCOVER
Price: $ 24.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 19.96
      Outrageous, irreverant, & controversial, John "Vermin" Sherman writes for two reasons: to expose a new generation of climbers to the traditional values of the sport ("sheep inebriation, & lowering after every fall") and to prod climbers into taking themselves less seriously. "Sherman Exposed" collects the best of his feature writing and "Verm's World" columns from "Climbing" magazine, as well as previously unpublished pieces about the places and characters that enliven the sport.
      Craft perfect excuses for climbing underachievement with tips from 'The Dog Ate My Belay Plate." Aspire to the very un-PC "All-Vermin Team," composed of climbers who've proven that practicing their craft & displaying warped sense of humor are not mutually exclusive. Take "The Verm's World History Aptitude Test," a look at crucial moments in climbing (the tragic accident that befell Walter Bonatti on the Southwest Pillar of the Dru? He spilled a beer). Explore image marketing in an interview with Bobbi Bensman on her new breast implants.
      Who could ask for more?
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         Item #: B2341
TITLE: Souvenirs From High Places: A History of Mountaineering Photography
Author(s): Joe Bensen
Pages: 144 9" x 11.5" pages, 151 color & b/w photos
Price: $ 35.00 @ 20.0% off = $ 28.00
      This stunning survey of climbing imagery from the last 150 years is as much a history of mountaineering as a history of photography. The photographs, taken from the distinctive viewpoint of participants, demonstrate the parallel evolution of photography & the sport of climbing.
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         Item #: B2343
TITLE: Stone Crusade: A Historical Guide to Bouldering in America
Author(s): Sherman
Pages: 452 7" x 10" pages, photos, charts
Price: $ 30.00 @ 20.0% off = $ 24.00
     
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         Item #: B2548
TITLE: Stone Palaces
Author(s): Geof Childs
Pages: 224 6" x 9" pages
Price: $ 16.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 13.56
      "Just about everything worthwhile I have gotten out of this world has somehow been connected to mountains" observes Geof Childs in the introduction to this book, a collection of stories inspired by life outside the rules. Eschewing an office career & material wealth in favor of a home in the mountains & worldwide adventure, Childs writes insightfully about the contradictions of climbing - its "Brilliant triviality & sublime uselessness", its beauty and its hardships. Some of his stories are funny, some are sad, & some are straightforward, factual reporting. Most are about climbing & the people who do it, although there's a tale about war & one about sailing stormy waters. All convey the "select disquiet" that comes from seeking adventure, in the mountains & and in life.
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         Item #: B1456
TITLE: Stories Off the Wall
Author(s): John Roskelley
Pages: 224 6" x 9" pages, 30 color photos
Price: $ 16.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 13.56
      America's preeminent climber explores events in his life that helped define him both as a man & a climber.
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         Item #: B2334
TITLE: Summit Fever
Author(s): Greig
Pages: 280 5" x 7.25" pages, 8 pages of color photos
Price: $ 14.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 11.96
      Dramatic, amusing, & engaging observations of a major climb by a first-time climber.
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         Item #: B2960
TITLE: Tenzing Norgay & the Sherpas of Everest
Author(s): Tashi Tenzing (grandson of Tenzing Norgay)
Pages: Hardcover, 294 6" x 9" pages, photos
Price: $ 26.00 @ 20.0% off = $ 20.80
      "Tenzing Norgay & the Sherpas of Everest" is both about my Sherpa people & for them. It is about those great old Sherpa climbers of the early days of Everest exploration who held no dreams of glory or summit success, but who climbed bravely & selflessly for decades to help others in the own quests. It is for the young Sherpas who today wear the laurels of Everest success as easily as any foreign climber. It is written to remove the veil of anonymity Sherpas have worn for most of the last hundred years."
      Tashi Tenzing
     
      Includes forewords by Sir Edmund Hillary & The Dalai Lama
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         Item #: B2874
TITLE: The Accidental Adventurer
Author(s): Barbara Washburn
Pages: 192 pages, b/w photos
Price: $ 16.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 13.56
      The memoirs of Barbara Washburn, the first woman to climb Mt. McKinley. Washburn never set out to become a mountaineering pioneer, but she wasn't content to be a stay-at-home wife, either. In 1947, defying social convention, she became the first woman to climb Mt. McKinley. She accompanied her husband, pioneering mountaineer Bradford Washburn, on other expeditions too, while raising 3 children.
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         Item #: B1463
TITLE: The Ascent of Everest
Author(s): John Hunt
Pages: 288 6" x 9" pages
Price: $ 18.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 15.16
      Expedition leader John Hunt's account of the first ascent of Mount Everest in 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary & Sherpa Tenzing Norgay,
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         Item #: B2233
TITLE: The Best of Rock & Ice
Author(s): edited by Dougald MacDonald
Pages: 192 6" x 9" pages
Price: $ 17.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 14.36
      For more than 20 years, Rock & Ice magazine has published excellent writing from the world's best climbers. Now, for the first time, Rock & Ice editor Dougald MacDonald has gathered together a collection of the best of the best.
      The range of talent & perspective in this anthology of 25 essays is astounding. Jay Anderson reveals his obsession with an offwidth chimney on the cold high plains of southeastern Wyoming. Ruaridh Pringle, caught in a lightning storm, experiences a lifetime of terror in one climb. Weird clients & even weirder instructors are the subject of a John Long yarn. Will Gadd lets the influential, flamboyant, & iconoclast Christian Griffith speak for himself in an insightful profile. And Christian Beckwith takes a moving & sympathetic look at the plight of Soviet climbers who disappeared from the climbing world after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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         Item #: B2871
TITLE: The Big Walls: From the North Face of the Eiger to the South Face of the Dhaulagiri
Author(s): Reinhold Messner
Pages: Hardcover, 216 9" x 10" pages, 165 color & 23 b/w photos
Price: $ 35.00 @ 20.0% off = $ 28.00
      In a historical account of big wall climbing, world-class climber Reinhold Messner begins in 1860, with the alpine walls. He also pays tribute to the younger generation who have revealed new dimensions in climbing. Thanks to Messner's contact with many of these new, young climbers, the book covers the latest information & pictures of these amazing big walls.
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         Item #: B1444
TITLE: The Boardman Tasker Omnibus
Author(s): Boardman & Tasker
Pages: HARDCOVER, 890 6" x 9" pages
Price: $ 38.00 @ 20.0% off = $ 30.40
      A collection of 4 out of print classics:
      * Savage Arena (Tasker)
      * Everest the Cruel Way (Tasker)
      * The Shining Mountain (Boardman)
      * Sacred Summits (Boardman)
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         Item #: B2227
TITLE: The Burgess Book of Lies
Author(s): Adrian & Alan Burgess
Pages: 464 6" x 9" pages, 16 pages of color photos, 21 b/w photos
Price: $ 24.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 19.96
      Twin brothers Adrian & Alan Burgess have climbed from the Alps to the Himalaya, from Patagonia to Mount McKinley. They began climbing as youngsters in their native Yorkshire. Three decades later, they have become legends in the international climbing community, renowned not only for their strength & skill on the world's most challenging peaks but also for the raucous energy & devil-may-care exuberance they exhibit off the mountain.
      This book details the excitement & hilarity of their eventful lives. They explore experiences ranging from how it feels to be identical twins to the thrill of standing atop Mount Everest to the anguish of a friend's death in the Karakoram. Their tales - some tall, all juicy - are full of humor, passion, & poignancy, reflecting their commitment to living life to the fullest.
     
      "No matter what your passion, it's easy to identify with the Burgess brothers. They capture the elements of the adventure lifestyle perfectly with both humor & grace and touch upon the tragedies that accompany the lifestyle with compassion & sympathy. It's a book that you won't put down until you savor the last paragraph."
      - Apex
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         Item #: B1461
TITLE: The Challenge of Ranier
Author(s): Molenaar
Pages: 384 6" x 9" pages, over 100 photos, sketches
Price: $ 18.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 15.16
      Complete climbing history of Mt. Ranier. Loaded with anecdotes.
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         Item #: B2336
TITLE: The Crystal Horizon: Everest - The First Solo Ascent
Author(s): Reinhold Messner
Pages: 324 6" x 9" pages, 36 pages of color photos
Price: $ 24.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 19.96
      The extraordinary story of Reinhold Messner's solo ascent of Everest without oxygen.
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         Item #: B2902
TITLE: The Dishonorable Dr. Cook: Debunking the Notorious Mount McKinley Hoax
Author(s): Bradford Washburn & Peter Cherici
Pages: Hardcover, 192 10" x 8.5" pages, 80 b/w photos, 6 maps
Price: $ 29.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 23.96
      For 50 years, Bradford Washburn has been fascinated by Frederick Cook's claim to have been the first to reach the summit of Mount McKinley in 1906. The Dishonorable Dr. Cook tells the story of what sort of man he was, why he staked his reputation on a flimsy story, and why so many people have been anxious to debunk his claims. Other details of Cook's colorful, if checkered, career are also included, such as his role in Peary's unsuccessful expedition to the North pole in 1892/93, his own amazing circumnavigation of Mt. McKinley in 1903, and his determination to be the first to reach the North Pole.
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         Item #: B1668
TITLE: The Duke of the Abruzzi: An Explorer's Life
Author(s): Mirella Tenderini & Michael Shandrick
Pages: 216 6" x 9" pages, HARDCOVER, historical photos
Price: $ 24.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 19.96
      This biography of the Duke of the Abruzzi, Luigi Amedeo di Savoia-Aosta, recounts many of his impressive adventures, including:
      * 1909 exploration of K2 & the Abruzzi Ridge
      * First ascent of Mount St. Elias in Alaska
      * Polar expedition of 1899-1900
      * Ascent of summits on the "Mountains of the Moon" in Africa
      The Duke's colorful personal life is also detailed. He served as an officer in the Italian navy, and as a diplomatic envoy. He also achieved fame as a sports car driver & a yachtsman. His romance with a young American heiress was one of the most publicized affairs of the age.
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         Item #: B2352
TITLE: The Grand Controversy: Pioneer Climbs in the Teton Range & the Controversial First Ascent of the Grand Teton
Author(s): O.H. Bonney & L.G. Bonney
Pages: 458 6" x 9" pages
Price: $ 28.50 @ 20.0% off = $ 22.80
      Covers the beginnings of Teton climbing, its pioneer era, & its long unsettled controversy.
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         Item #: B2355
TITLE: The Great Glacier & Its House: The Story of the First Center of Alpinism in North America 1885-1925
Author(s): Putnam
Pages: 224 9.25" x 12.25" pages, HARDCOVER
Price: $ 28.50 @ 20.0% off = $ 22.80
     
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         Item #: B2901
TITLE: The High Himalaya
Author(s): Art Wolfe
Pages: Hardcover, 160 11.5" x 9.5" pages, 160 color photos
Price: $ 44.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 35.96
      Art Wolfe has achieved what few photographers have attempted - capturing the spirit of the entire Himalayan region. This stunning collection of photographs presents not only breathtaking mountain landscapes, but also the flora, fauna & culture of the highest mountain range in the world. 160 photographs - taken during Wolfe's many travels through Pakistan, India, Nepal, Tibet & China - provide us an inside look at the people, architecture, religious icons, plants & mountain vistas of these countries. With the skill & artistry for which he is renowned, Wolfe brings the Himalaya to life.
      Complementing his spectacular images are Peter Potterfield's interviews with a select group of world-class climbers. Reinhold Messner, Doug Scott & Ed Viesturs share their thoughts on the Himalaya as a natural world, a social & cultural world, and a climber's world. Their personal thoughts, paired with the diversity of Wolfe's images, set this book apart from all others.
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         Item #: B1462
TITLE: The High Mountains of the Alps
Author(s): Dumier
Pages: HARDCOVER, 224 12" x 11" pages, color photos
Price: $ 45.00 @ 20.0% off = $ 36.00
      A comprehensive portrait (in text & glorious color photos) of the topography & climbing history of the highest peaks in the Alps. Includes technical advice for popular routes.
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         Item #: B2232
TITLE: The Last Step: The American Ascent of K2
Author(s): Rick Ridgeway
Pages: 304 6" x 9" pages, 32 page color photo insert, 2 illustrations
Price: $ 21.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 17.56
      In September 1978, Rick Ridgeway, Jim Wickwire, Lou Reichardt & John Roskelley stood atop K2, the first Americans ever to achieve this victory. Under the leadership of John Whittaker, they & their teammates had spent 67 days on the mountain, nearly all of them above 18,000 feet, where the stresses of high-altitude living, monotonous food, confinement in tiny tents for day after day of frustrating storms had worn them down to the core.
      The Last Step is Rick Ridgeway's inside story of this extraordianry expedition. It's about the people who, battered by the mountain & their isolation, overcame their individual fears, desires, & disappointments to work together to get somebody - anybody - to the top of K2. It's about the glorious success the team achieved, & about the perilous bivouac Jim Wickwire spent just below the summit without food, oxygen, or shelter in temperatures of -40F.
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         Item #: B3058
TITLE: The Mountaineering Anthology Series Volume III: Over the Top
Author(s): edited by Peter Potterfield, foreword by Greg Child
Pages: 240 6" x 9" pages
Price: $ 16.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 13.56
      A nonstop ascent into the comical moments of mountaineering adventure. Features stories by noted climbers such as Kurt Diemberger, Geof Childs, Tom Paley & others. Includes storis of trips gone wrong, embarrassing incidents, unfortunate pratfalls, & hilarious reflections.
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         Item #: B2475
TITLE: The Mystery of Mallory & Irvine
Author(s): Tom Holzel & Audrey Salkeld
Pages: 368 6" x 9" pages, 24 b/w photos
Price: $ 18.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 15.16
      On June 8, 1924, George Mallory & Andrew Irvine set off from camp at 26,700 feet, bound for the summit of Mount Everest. After being spotted by Noel Odell in a brief moment when the clouds parted to reveal the summit ridge they disappeared into the clouds, never to be seen alive again.
     
      The Mystery of Mallory & Irvine is a thorough edxploration of mountaineering's greatest mystery Offering a complete history of the 1924 expedition, Holzel & Salkeld also cover the 1986 Everest expedition in which they participated to search for clues to the mystery, further conclusions reached in 1995, & changes to those conclusions in light of the 1999 discovery.
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         Item #: B1805
TITLE: The Price of Adventure
Author(s): MacInnes
Pages: 200 5.5" x 8.5" pages, HARDCOVER
Price: $ 15.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 12.76
      Dramatic stories of international rescues.
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         Item #: B2474
TITLE: The Shishapangma Expedition
Author(s): Doug Scott & Alex MacIntyre
Pages: 322 6" x 9" pages, 45 b/w photos, 7 illustrations
Price: $ 19.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 15.96
      This adventure classic captures everything from the historical to the deeply personal in a gripping account of an ambitious first ascent of the Southwest Face of Shishapangma. As Alex MacIntyre describes it, "To climb it became an ambition, but not just to climb it, we had to make the ascent with style, as light, as fast, as uncluttered as we dared, free from umbilical cords & logistics, with none of the traditional trappings of a Himalayan climb. The wall was the ambition, the style became the obsession."
     
      Placing the expedition into a historical context, Doug Scott presents a wealth of historical detail about the region while Alex MacIntyre provides a unique commentary on the "big peak" way of life - fron the frenzied preparations to the clashes of personality, the affection, & the humor.
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         Item #: B2562
TITLE: The Wildest Dream: The Biography of George Mallory
Author(s): Peter & Leni Gillman
Pages: 320 6" x 9" pages, 24 pages of b/w photos
Price: $ 18.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 15.16
      Since the discovery in 1999 of George Mallory's body on Everest, controversy has raged over whether Mallory & Irvine could have summitted the mountain. Every detail of the climb has been dissected & Mallory's skill as a mountaineer has been hotly detailed. Observing the debate, Peter & Leni Gillman felt that the essence of who Mallory was as an individual had been lost, and they offer one of the most comprehensive biography ever written about one of the twentieth century's most intriguing personalities.
      The authors explore all aspects of Mallory's life: his early years where Mallory consorted some of the most colorful literary & artistic figures of Edwardian England; his unwavering & committed relationship with his wife; and his accomplishments as a climber. The Everest expeditions are insightfully rendered, offering perspectives on criticisms levied at Mallory after the 1921 & 1922 expeditions. The authors examine how Mallory, a dedicated husband & father, arrived at the fateful decision to participate in the doomed 1924 expedition and why he continued to press for a summit attempt when the odds seemed stacked against him. As Mallory once declared, a climber was what he was, and this is what climbers did; this was how they fulfilled their wildest dreams.
     
      "A splendid literary achievement." - Rock & Ice Magazine
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         Item #: B1962
TITLE: Thin Air: Encounters in the Himalaya
Author(s): Greg Child
Pages: 224 6" x 9", 57 b/w photos
Price: $ 16.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 13.56
      This classic established Greg Child as one of the great mountaineering writers of our time. With a keen sense of detail & wit, "Thin Air" chronicles Child's transition from hard-core, big-wall climber to his inclusion in an elite class of Himalayan mountaineers.
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         Item #: B2315
TITLE: To the Top of the World: Alpine Challenges in the Himalaya & Karakoram
Author(s): Reinhold Messner
Pages: 256 6" x 9" pages, 8 sections of color photos, 45 b/w photos
Price: $ 24.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 19.96
      As one of the greatest mountaineers of all time, Reinhold Messner is renowned for his quest for ever-fresh challenges in which he seeks to test his abilities & strengths to their limits.
      This book is drawn from a selection of Messner's most powerful writing. It includes gripping accounts of his epic solo ascent of Everest without supplemental oxygen, his tragic expedition on Manashu's South Face, and his experiences on Gasherbrum, Nanga Parbat & K2. Illustrated with color photographs & illustrations, this volume represents a distillation of both the achievements & the personal philosophy of a pioneer in the modern era of mountaineering.
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         Item #: B2872
TITLE: Touching My Father's Soul
Author(s): Jamling Tenzing Norgay
Pages: Hardcover, 320 pages, color photos
Price: $ 26.00 @ 20.0% off = $ 20.80
      Tenzing Norgay's son, Jamling Tenzing Norgay, while a leader of the 1996 IMAX Everest Expedition filming team, retraces his father's historic ascent of Everest with Sir Edmund Hillary. In this book he reveals much about his heritage & Sherpa life.
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