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Simon & Schuster UK 2011; Not AvailableOn Sunday April 27, 2003, 27-year old Aron Ralston set off for a day's hiking in the Utah canyons. Dressed in a t-shirt and shorts, Ralston, a seasoned climber, figured he'd hike for a few hours and then head off to work. 40 miles from the nearest paved road, he found himself on top of an 800-pound boulder. As he slid down and off of the boulder... more...
127 Hours
Simon & Schuster UK 2011; US$ 12.26On Sunday April 27, 2003, 27-year old Aron Ralston set off for a day's hiking in the Utah canyons. Dressed in a t-shirt and shorts, Ralston, a seasoned climber, figured he'd hike for a few hours and then head off to work. 40 miles from the nearest paved road, he found himself on top of an 800-pound boulder. As he slid down and off of the boulder... more...
7x7 - Seven Peaks Seven Islands
Ecademy Press Ltd 2011; US$ 14.99In 1999 British mountaineer Nigel Vardy lost all his toes, fingertips and suffered severe heel damage trapped overnight in a savage, life-threatening storm below the summit of Mt. McKinley, North America's highest mountain. This is an inspiring, highly-readable personal account of how he went on to climb the highest mountains on the world's... more...
Across the Country from Thonon to Trent
Neil Wilson Publishing 2011; US$ 7.28This is a true 'Boys' Own' adventure story of how three English schoolboys spent the summer of 1863 trekking through the Swiss and Italian Alps before conquering Mont Blanc. It is an utterly unique journal written by one of that party who would go on the become one of the great mountain and travel writers of the Victorian era and make a huge contribution... more...
Addicted to Danger
Atria Books 2010; US$ 20.99Adventurist Jim Wickwire has lived life on the edge -- literally. An eyewitness to glory, terror, and tragedy above 20,000 feet, he has braved bitter cold, blinding storms, and avalanches to become what the Los Angeles Times calls "one of America's most extraordinary and accomplished high-altitude mountaineers." Although his incredible exploits... more...
Addicted to Danger
Atria Books 2010; Not AvailableAdventurist Jim Wickwire has lived life on the edge -- literally. An eyewitness to glory, terror, and tragedy above 20,000 feet, he has braved bitter cold, blinding storms, and avalanches to become what the Los Angeles Times calls "one of America's most extraordinary and accomplished high-altitude mountaineers." Although his incredible exploits... more...
Addicted to Danger
Atria Books 2010; Not AvailableAdventurist Jim Wickwire has lived life on the edge -- literally. An eyewitness to glory, terror, and tragedy above 20,000 feet, he has braved bitter cold, blinding storms, and avalanches to become what the Los Angeles Times calls "one of America's most extraordinary and accomplished high-altitude mountaineers." Although his incredible exploits... more...
The Adventurer's Handbook
Palgrave Macmillan 2010; US$ 13.99What makes a good explorer? Adaptability, ambition, stamina, self-confidence, curiosity, optimism, authority?and fund-raising ability. Though few of us will ever have to face a charging elephant, or survive solely on penguin stew, when it comes to project management, crisis aversion, or any number of everyday problems, there is much we can learn... more...
Adventures in Mind
Vertebrate Publishing 2013; US$ 14.57?The last descent and I can?t let myself think it?s in the bag. Anything could happen, take it easy, take no risks. Just get to the finish and win. ?The challenge and anticipation that pushes me to try harder. The obsessive urge to achieve. It?s not all about winning. Why do I do it?? Growing up in Bristol, Heather Dawe was 17 when she started running.... more...
Adventures in the Northlands
Vertebrate Publishing 2012; US$ 2.90'Lightning hit the cliff high above us, sending a dumper-load of rocks thrumming like jagged cannonballs out of the clouds to explode around us. Bill took a direct hit on his helmet, which was smashed. He hung limply and silently on the rope. His face, which was streaming with blood from a gash in his head, was a ghastly shade of white. For a horrible... more...
