Climb: Stories of Survival from Rock, Snow, and Ice

by Clint Willis (Editor)

Overview

Climb focuses on the most exciting descriptions of climbing in the world, from the cliffs of Yosemite to the windswept towers of Patagonia to the high peaks of Alaska and the Himalayas. Stories include Jon Krakauer's first-person look at the risks of climbing Mt. McKinley's West Buttress route, which has killed scores of climbers in recent years; Chris Bonington's classic account of the Annapurna expedition, which introduced technical rock climbing at high altitude; Tom Patey's hilarious profile of the great climber and even greater misanthrope Don Whilans, describing an attempt the two made on the Eiger North Face; and Rob Taylor's experience breaking a leg high on Africa's Mount Kenya.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781560252504
Publisher:	Grand Central Publishing
Publication date:	12/27/1999
Series:	Adrenaline
Edition description:	1 ED
Pages:	360
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

	Photographs	viii
	Introduction	1
	Moments of Doubt	9
	How I (Almost) Didn't Climb Everest	27
	The Green Arch	47
	from Addicted to Danger: A Memoir	55
	from The Price of Adventure	61
	A Short Walk with Whillans	79
	from Summit Fever	91
	from Stories Off the Wall	111
	from We Aspired: The Last Innocent Americans	133
	from High and Wild: A Mountaineer's World	165
	from Looking for Mo	173
	Little Mother Up the Morderberg	191
	Queen of All She Surveys	205
	from Remote People	225
	from Scrambles Amongst the Alps	233
	The Only Blasphemy	249
	Acknowledgments	254
	Bibliography	258
	About the editor	259