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Through the seventies and into the mid-eighties, a cohort of young climbers challenged the siege mentality of their seniors on high mountains in the Greater Ranges with fast moving, lightweight expeditions run on a shoestring. Brian Hall was one of them and, in High Risk, he describes their daring adventures and the counterculture they lived within, their rivalries and relationships, and the terrible price many of them paid. When all was done, they had raised the standards of mountaineering by changing its style and ethics.
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 46
Master of Thin Air opens with a fall that the author very nearly could not stop down an almost vertical rock ramp leading to a 3,000-foot drop. The qualities that saved him then on K2 - in addition to his mountaineering know-how and sheer good luck - drove his 16-year journey to summit all of the world's 8,000ers, the 14 peaks that exceed 8,000 meters (26,000-plus feet) and take climbers into the death zone. Incredibly, he accomplished that feat without the aid of bottled oxygen for every mountain but one.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Tedious, redundant
- De Mike Milward en 11-06-16
De: Andrew Lock
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Mud, Sweat, and Tears
- The Autobiography
- De: Bear Grylls
- Narrado por: Tom Patrick Stephens
- Duración: 9 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 829
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 739
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 735
Already a number-one London Sunday Times best seller, Mud, Sweat, and Tears is the adrenaline-fueled autobiography of the mega-popular star of the hit survival series Man vs. Wild, adventurer Bear Grylls. A former British Special Forces commando, a man who has always sought the ultimate in dangerous challenges, Bear's true story reads like an outdoors action-and-adventure novel. But Bear's story is true - full of breathtaking escapes and remarkable exploits that would make any Jack London or H. Ryder Haggard hero proud.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Love this book
- De Aaron en 04-07-13
De: Bear Grylls
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Kiss or Kill
- Confessions of a Serial Climber
- De: Mark Twight
- Narrado por: Jonathan Yen
- Duración: 9 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 251
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 216
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 218
Mark Twight is a BANFF award-winner, an extreme climber, an extreme writer, and an extreme personality. No matter what he's doing, Mark Twight takes a definite, and often controversial , stand. Anyone who knows climbing knows Twight's name, and anyone who knows Twight's name will want to listen to this audiobook. Each story is told in Twight's taut, in-your-face style. Brand-new epilogues bring each piece full circle, providing updated information and fresh, hindsight perspectives.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An exciting, fresh, and viciously enjoyable book
- De The Lonely Reader en 09-02-16
De: Mark Twight
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Denali's Howl
- The Deadliest Climbing Disaster on America's Wildest Peak
- De: Andy Hall
- Narrado por: Jim Manchester
- Duración: 7 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,036
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 907
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 903
In 1967, 12 young men attempted to climb Alaska's Mount McKinley—known to the locals as Denali—one of the most popular and deadly mountaineering destinations in the world. Only five survived. Journalist Andy Hall, son of the park superintendent at the time, investigates the tragedy. He spent years tracking down survivors, lost documents, and recordings of radio communications. In Denali's Howl, Hall reveals the full story.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- De David Shear en 07-07-14
De: Andy Hall
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Ghosts of K2
- De: Mick Conefrey
- Narrado por: Barnaby Edwards
- Duración: 12 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 146
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 133
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 131
At 28,251 feet, K2 might be almost 800 feet shorter than Everest, but it’s a far harder climb. It will kill you on the way up and the way down. Mick Conefrey guides us through the early story of the legendary mountain and the extraordinary attempts that led up to its first ascent in 1954 - these are tales of riveting drama and unimaginable tragedy.
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3 out of 5 stars
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First Review? It was an "okay" book
- De Matthew en 10-20-15
De: Mick Conefrey
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Buried in the Sky
- The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa Climbers on K2's Deadliest Day
- De: Peter Zuckerman, Amanda Padoan
- Narrado por: David Doersch
- Duración: 7 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,235
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,074
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,069
When Edmund Hillary first conquered Mt. Everest, Sherpa Tenzing Norgay was at his side. Indeed, for as long as Westerners have been climbing the Himalaya, Sherpas have been the unsung heroes in the background. In August 2008, when eleven climbers lost their lives on K2, the world’s most dangerous peak, two Sherpas survived. They had emerged from poverty and political turmoil to become two of the most skillful mountaineers on earth. Based on unprecedented access and interviews, Buried in the Sky reveals their astonishing story for the first time.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Sherpas, The True Unsung Heroes
- De Kathy in CA en 07-26-15
De: Peter Zuckerman, y otros
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Alive
- The Story of the Andes Survivors
- De: Piers Paul Read
- Narrado por: Paul Ansdell
- Duración: 11 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 825
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 732
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 732
On October 12, 1972, a plane carrying a team of young rugby players crashed into the remote, snow-peaked Andes. Out of the 45 original passengers and crew, only 16 made it off the mountain alive. For 10 excruciating weeks, they suffered deprivations beyond imagining, confronting nature head-on at its most furious and inhospitable. And to survive, these men and women not only had to keep their faith; they had to make an impossible decision: Should they eat the flesh of their dead friends?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Overall Great Read
- De Eric Ames en 06-02-21
De: Piers Paul Read
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Beyond Possible
- One Man, Fourteen Peaks, and the Mountaineering Achievement of a Lifetime
- De: Nims Purja
- Narrado por: Shridhar Solanki
- Duración: 9 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 305
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 271
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 267
Nepali climber Nims Purja is the first man ever to summit all 14 of the world's 8,000-meter "Death Zone" peaks. He did so in less than seven months, breaking the previous record of seven years.
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3 out of 5 stars
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5 stars for the achievement 3 stars for the book.
- De fostesa en 01-11-22
De: Nims Purja
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The White Darkness
- De: David Grann
- Narrado por: Will Patton
- Duración: 2 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 309
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 274
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 274
Henry Worsley spent his life idolizing Ernest Shackleton, the 19th-century polar explorer who tried to become the first person to reach the South Pole and later sought to cross Antarctica on foot. Worsley felt an overpowering connection to those expeditions. In 2008, Worsley set out across Antarctica with two other descendants of Shackleton's crew, battling the freezing, desolate landscape and life-threatening physical exhaustion. He soon felt compelled to go back. In 2015, Worsley bid farewell to his family and embarked on his most perilous quest: to walk across Antarctica alone.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Will Patton's narration
- De Carol en 01-18-19
De: David Grann
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Run!
- 26.2 Stories of Blisters and Bliss
- De: Dean Karnazes
- Narrado por: Daniel May
- Duración: 7 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 315
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 272
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 272
In his follow-up to the best-selling Ultra-Marathon Man, world-renowned ultra marathoner Dean Karnazes chronicles his unbelievable exploits and explorations in gripping detail; Karnazes runs for days on end without rest, across some of the most exotic and inhospitable places on earth, including the Australian Outback, Antarctica, and the back alleys of New Jersey.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great stories. Horrible narrator.
- De Alberto Medellin en 08-20-15
De: Dean Karnazes
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Blind Descent
- The Quest to Discover the Deepest Place on Earth
- De: James Tabor
- Narrado por: Don Leslie
- Duración: 9 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 383
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 267
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 266
Blind Descent explores both the brightest and darkest aspects of the timeless human urge to discover - to be first. It is also a thrilling epic about a pursuit that makes even extreme mountaineering and ocean exploration pale by comparison.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing Courage!!
- De RGH en 11-07-10
De: James Tabor
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The Pursuit of Endurance
- Harnessing the Record-Breaking Power of Strength and Resilience
- De: Jennifer Pharr Pharr Davis
- Narrado por: Jennifer Pharr Davis
- Duración: 11 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 206
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 189
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 189
Jennifer Pharr Davis, the former record holder of the FKT (or Fastest Known Time) on the Appalachian Trail, tells the story of her meteoric rise in the world of endurance hiking and, in doing so, unpacks key traits that make women uniquely suited to endurance. With a storyteller's ear for fascinating detail and description, she takes us with her as she sets the record on the Appalachian Trail and introduces us to the mentors who helped her to identify and unlock different facets of her endurance capabilities.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not uplifting
- De M en 05-15-18
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Running Up That Hill
- The Highs and Lows of Going That Bit Further
- De: Vassos Alexander
- Narrado por: Vassos Alexander
- Duración: 8 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 32
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 29
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 29
Vassos Alexander shares his insight from interviews with legends of the sport and his own gruelling but rewarding experiences of extraordinary endurance racing - including the legendary 152 mile Spartathlon, widely regarded as the world's most relentless race. Vassos dissects and explores the tenacity that propels many to keep on running and running and running....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Enjoyable
- De Paul en 05-28-23
De: Vassos Alexander
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Into the Silence
- The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest
- De: Wade Davis
- Narrado por: Enn Reitel
- Duración: 28 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 474
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 411
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 411
In this magisterial work of history and adventure, based on more than a decade of prodigious research in British, Canadian, and European archives, and months in the field in Nepal and Tibet, Wade Davis vividly re-creates British climbers’ epic attempts to scale Mount Everest in the early 1920s. With new access to letters and diaries, Davis recounts the heroic efforts of George Mallory and his fellow climbers to conquer the mountain in the face of treacherous terrain and furious weather.
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4 out of 5 stars
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He wrote exquisite Eel-agies?
- De Florence en 11-29-12
De: Wade Davis
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The Third Pole
- Mystery, Obsession, and Death on Mount Everest
- De: Mark Synnott
- Narrado por: Steve Campbell
- Duración: 12 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 488
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 415
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 417
A hundred-year mystery lured veteran climber Mark Synnott into an unlikely expedition up Mount Everest during the spring 2019 season that came to be known as “the Year Everest Broke”. What he found was a gripping human story of impassioned characters from around the globe and a mountain that will consume your soul - and your life - if you let it.
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3 out of 5 stars
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This is not a book about the search for Sandy Irvine
- De erik en 09-15-21
De: Mark Synnott
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Skywalker
- Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail
- De: Bill Walker
- Narrado por: Bill Walker
- Duración: 7 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 318
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 290
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 289
The Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail (PCT )is the perfect place for an average person to do something extraordinary. Bill Walker ("Skywalker"), who stands 6'11", might seem like anything but average. Yet in a brutally honest tone, he lays to bare all his considerable weaknesses and fears. Among these are crushing weight loss and fatigue, along with a fear of getting lost or a bear stealing his food. Nonetheless, he is bound and determined to hike the PCT which - at 2,663 miles - runs all the way from Mexico to Canada.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One persons account
- De Virginia en 03-30-15
De: Bill Walker
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A Wretched and Precarious Situation
- In Search of the Last Arctic Frontier
- De: David Welky
- Narrado por: Joel Richards
- Duración: 15 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 52
A remarkable true story of adventure, betrayal, and survival set in one of the world's most inhospitable places. In 1906, from atop a snow-swept hill in the ice fields northwest of Greenland, hundreds of miles from another human being, Commander Robert E. Peary spotted a line of mysterious peaks looming in the distance. He called this unexplored realm "Crocker Land". Scientists and explorers agreed that the world-famous explorer had discovered a new continent rising from the frozen Arctic Ocean.
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4 out of 5 stars
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it all comes together at the end
- De Kat en 01-30-18
De: David Welky
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Mawson's Will: The Greatest Polar Survival Story Ever Written
- De: Lennard Bickel
- Narrado por: Scott Slocum
- Duración: 7 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 99
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 80
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 78
Mawson's Will is the dramatic story of what Sir Edmund Hillary calls "the most outstanding solo journey ever recorded in Antarctic history." For weeks in Antarctica, Douglas Mawson faced some of the most daunting conditions ever known to man: blistering wind, snow, and cold; loss of his companion, his dogs and supplies, the skin on his hands and the soles of his feet; thirst, starvation, disease, snowblindness - and he survived.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Mawson's Will of IRON!
- De Kath Gilliam en 09-17-18
De: Lennard Bickel
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Beyond the Mountain
- De: Steve House, Reinhold Messner - foreword
- Narrado por: Steve House
- Duración: 8 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 414
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 365
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 363
What does it take to be one of the world's best high-altitude mountain climbers? A lot of fundraising; traveling in some of the world's most dangerous countries; enduring cold bivouacs, searing lungs, and a cloudy mind when you can least afford one. It means learning the hard lessons the mountains teach. Steve House built his reputation on ascents throughout the Alps, Canada, Alaska, the Karakoram, and the Himalaya that have expanded possibilities of style, speed, and difficulty.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A life-changing book
- De barbudo en 05-02-18
De: Steve House, y otros
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No Way Down
- Life and Death on K2
- De: Graham Bowley
- Narrado por: Sam Breen
- Duración: 7 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 62
In the tradition of Into Thin Air and Touching the Void, No Way Down by New York Times reporter Graham Bowley is the harrowing account of the worst mountain climbing disaster on K2, second to Everest in height . . . but second to no peak in terms of danger. From tragic deaths to unbelievable stories of heroism and survival, No Way Down is an amazing feat of storytelling and adventure writing, and, in the words of explorer and author Sir Ranulph Fiennes, "the closest you can come to being on the summit of K2 on that fateful day."
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5 out of 5 stars
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Enthralled, always read about Everest Disasters but K-2 is in a class of its own.
- De Rick en 02-28-25
De: Graham Bowley
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Forever on the Mountain
- The Truth Behind One of Mountaineering's Most Controversial and Mysterious Disasters
- De: James M. Tabor
- Narrado por: Stephen R. Thorne
- Duración: 16 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 18
In 1967, seven young men, members of a twelve-man expedition led by twenty-four-year-old Joe Wilcox, were stranded at 20,000 feet on Alaska's Mount McKinley in a vicious Arctic storm. Ten days passed while the storm raged, yet no rescue was mounted. All seven perished in what remains the most tragic expedition in American climbing history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The depth of research thanks
- De NE Plains Farm en 03-02-25
De: James M. Tabor
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Everest, Inc.
- The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World
- De: Will Cockrell
- Narrado por: Pete Simonelli
- Duración: 9 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 29
Anyone who has heard of Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air or has seen a recent photo of climbers standing in line to get to the top of Everest may think they have a sense of what the world’s highest mountain is like. It’s an extreme landscape where bad weather and incredible altitude can kill; an overcrowded, trashed-out recreation destination; and a place where the rich exploit local Sherpas while padding their egos—and social media feeds.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Only if you are an avid mountaineer
- De Love books en 05-04-24
De: Will Cockrell
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Dark Summit
- The True Story of Everest's Most Controversial Season
- De: Nick Heil
- Narrado por: David Drummond
- Duración: 8 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 845
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 627
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 619
In early May 2006, a young British climber named David Sharp lay dying near the top of Mount Everest while forty other climbers walked past him on their way to the summit. A week later, Lincoln Hall, a seasoned Australian climber, was left for dead near the same spot. Hall's death was reported around the world, but the next day he was found alive after spending the night on the upper mountain with no food and no shelter.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good summary of the 2006 season
- De Don Lance en 05-30-09
De: Nick Heil
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The Last Blue Mountain
- The Great Karakoram Climbing Tragedy
- De: Ralph Barker
- Narrado por: Stewart Crank
- Duración: 7 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 10
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 8
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 8
The Last Blue Mountain is the heart-rending true story of the 1957 expedition to Mount Haramosh in the Karakoram range in Pakistan. With the summit beyond reach, four young climbers are about to return to camp. Their brief pause to enjoy the view and take photographs is interrupted by an avalanche which sweeps Bernard Jillott and John Emery hundreds of feet down the mountain into a snow basin. Rae Culbert and Tony Streather risk their own lives to rescue their friends, only to become stranded alongside them.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great on ever level
- De John machera en 03-22-23
De: Ralph Barker
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Beyond the Mountain
- De: Steve House, Reinhold Messner - foreword
- Narrado por: Steve House
- Duración: 8 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 414
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 365
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 363
What does it take to be one of the world's best high-altitude mountain climbers? A lot of fundraising; traveling in some of the world's most dangerous countries; enduring cold bivouacs, searing lungs, and a cloudy mind when you can least afford one. It means learning the hard lessons the mountains teach. Steve House built his reputation on ascents throughout the Alps, Canada, Alaska, the Karakoram, and the Himalaya that have expanded possibilities of style, speed, and difficulty.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A life-changing book
- De barbudo en 05-02-18
De: Steve House, y otros
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No Way Down
- Life and Death on K2
- De: Graham Bowley
- Narrado por: Sam Breen
- Duración: 7 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 62
In the tradition of Into Thin Air and Touching the Void, No Way Down by New York Times reporter Graham Bowley is the harrowing account of the worst mountain climbing disaster on K2, second to Everest in height . . . but second to no peak in terms of danger. From tragic deaths to unbelievable stories of heroism and survival, No Way Down is an amazing feat of storytelling and adventure writing, and, in the words of explorer and author Sir Ranulph Fiennes, "the closest you can come to being on the summit of K2 on that fateful day."
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5 out of 5 stars
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Enthralled, always read about Everest Disasters but K-2 is in a class of its own.
- De Rick en 02-28-25
De: Graham Bowley
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Forever on the Mountain
- The Truth Behind One of Mountaineering's Most Controversial and Mysterious Disasters
- De: James M. Tabor
- Narrado por: Stephen R. Thorne
- Duración: 16 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 18
In 1967, seven young men, members of a twelve-man expedition led by twenty-four-year-old Joe Wilcox, were stranded at 20,000 feet on Alaska's Mount McKinley in a vicious Arctic storm. Ten days passed while the storm raged, yet no rescue was mounted. All seven perished in what remains the most tragic expedition in American climbing history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The depth of research thanks
- De NE Plains Farm en 03-02-25
De: James M. Tabor
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Everest, Inc.
- The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World
- De: Will Cockrell
- Narrado por: Pete Simonelli
- Duración: 9 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 29
Anyone who has heard of Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air or has seen a recent photo of climbers standing in line to get to the top of Everest may think they have a sense of what the world’s highest mountain is like. It’s an extreme landscape where bad weather and incredible altitude can kill; an overcrowded, trashed-out recreation destination; and a place where the rich exploit local Sherpas while padding their egos—and social media feeds.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Only if you are an avid mountaineer
- De Love books en 05-04-24
De: Will Cockrell
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Dark Summit
- The True Story of Everest's Most Controversial Season
- De: Nick Heil
- Narrado por: David Drummond
- Duración: 8 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 845
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 627
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 619
In early May 2006, a young British climber named David Sharp lay dying near the top of Mount Everest while forty other climbers walked past him on their way to the summit. A week later, Lincoln Hall, a seasoned Australian climber, was left for dead near the same spot. Hall's death was reported around the world, but the next day he was found alive after spending the night on the upper mountain with no food and no shelter.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good summary of the 2006 season
- De Don Lance en 05-30-09
De: Nick Heil
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The Last Blue Mountain
- The Great Karakoram Climbing Tragedy
- De: Ralph Barker
- Narrado por: Stewart Crank
- Duración: 7 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 10
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 8
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 8
The Last Blue Mountain is the heart-rending true story of the 1957 expedition to Mount Haramosh in the Karakoram range in Pakistan. With the summit beyond reach, four young climbers are about to return to camp. Their brief pause to enjoy the view and take photographs is interrupted by an avalanche which sweeps Bernard Jillott and John Emery hundreds of feet down the mountain into a snow basin. Rae Culbert and Tony Streather risk their own lives to rescue their friends, only to become stranded alongside them.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great on ever level
- De John machera en 03-22-23
De: Ralph Barker
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Everest
- The West Ridge
- De: Thomas Hornbein, Jon Krakauer - foreword
- Narrado por: Tom Beyer
- Duración: 8 h y 7 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 27
In 1963, Jim Whittaker became the first American to summit Everest via the South Col route. Roughly two weeks after Whittaker's achievement, Tom Hornbein and Willi Unsoeld, fellow American mountaineers on the same expedition, became the first climbers ever to summit the world's highest peak via the dangerous and forbidding West Ridge—a route on which only a handful of climbers have since succeeded.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What a great read!
- De dom_a_j en 04-30-24
De: Thomas Hornbein, y otros
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The Color of Everything
- A Journey to Quiet the Chaos Within
- De: Cory Richards
- Narrado por: Cory Richards
- Duración: 11 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 125
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 120
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 120
The Color of Everything is a thrilling tale of risk and adventure, written by a man who has done it all: he’s stood at the top of the world, climbed imposing mountain faces alone in the dark and become the only American to summit an 8,000-meter peak in winter. But it is also the story of a tumultuous life--a stirring, lyrical memoir that captures the profound musings of a brilliant and unquiet mind grappling with the meaning of success, the cost of fame, addiction, and whether it is possible to outrun your demons.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Honesty
- De Shayne durfee en 07-18-24
De: Cory Richards
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Conquistadors of the Useless
- From the Alps to Annapurna
- De: Lionel Terray, David Roberts - foreword
- Narrado por: Nigel Patterson
- Duración: 15 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 86
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 73
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 73
Frenchman Lionel Terray is one of mountaineering history's greatest alpinists, and his autobiography, Conquistadors of the Useless, stands among the "100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time", according to National Geographic Adventure magazine. Following World War II, when France desperately needed successes to heal its wounds, Terray emerged as a national hero, conquering summits atop the planet's highest mountains.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Conquistadors of the Useless
- De Stephen en 05-23-21
De: Lionel Terray, y otros
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Savage Arena
- De: Joe Tasker
- Narrado por: Stewart Crank
- Duración: 13 h y 53 m
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Joe Tasker lies, struck down by illness, in a damp, bug-infested room in the Himalaya, wondering if he will be well enough to climb Dunagiri, his first venture to the "big" mountains. One of Britain’s foremost mountaineers and a pioneer of lightweight climbing, he is about to attempt one of the first true "Alpine-style" climbs in the Greater Ranges. The Dunagiri attempt forms part of Tasker’s striking tale of adventure in the savage arena of the mountains.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Decades of inspiration
- De Anonymous User en 01-30-21
De: Joe Tasker
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Northeaster
- A Story of Courage and Survival in the Blizzard of 1952
- De: Cathie Pelletier
- Narrado por: Morgan Bailey Keaton
- Duración: 8 h y 25 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 48
For many, the past few years have been defined by climate disaster. Stories about once-in-a-lifetime hurricanes, floods, fires, droughts, and even snowstorms are now commonplace. But dramatic weather events are not new and Northeaster, Cathie Pelletier's breathtaking account of the 1952 snowstorm that blanketed New England, offers a valuable reminder about nature's capacity for destruction as well as insight into the human instinct for preservation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent and well researched
- De Deb en 02-02-24
De: Cathie Pelletier
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On the Ridge Between Life and Death
- A Climbing Life Reexamined
- De: David Roberts
- Narrado por: David de Vries
- Duración: 15 h y 35 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 32
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 24
What compels mountain climbers to take the risks that they do? Is it the thrill in the physical accomplishment, in managing to defy the odds, or both - and why do they continue to do what they do in the face of such great danger? In On the Ridge Between Life and Death, David Roberts confronts these questions head-on as he recounts the exhilarating highs and desperate lows of his climbing career.
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2 out of 5 stars
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The same book as Deborah and Mountain of My Fears
- De joe en 02-16-22
De: David Roberts
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Hidden Mountains
- Survival and Reckoning After a Climb Gone Wrong
- De: Michael Wejchert
- Narrado por: Johnathan McClain
- Duración: 6 h y 47 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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In 2018, two couples set out on a climbing expedition to Alaska’s Hidden Mountains, one of the last wild ranges in North America. A rarity in modern climbing, the peaks were nearly unexplored and untouched, a place where few people had ever visited and granite spires still awaited first ascents. Inspired by generations of daring alpinists before them, the four climbers were now compelled to strike out into uncharted territory themselves.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Worth a listen
- De Gordon P Kyle en 12-18-24
De: Michael Wejchert
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The Next Everest
- Surviving the Mountain's Deadliest Day and Finding the Resilience to Climb Again
- De: Jim Davidson
- Narrado por: Jim Davidson, Tim Campbell
- Duración: 12 h y 34 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 202
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 174
On April 25, 2015, Jim Davidson was climbing Mount Everest when a 7.8 magnitude earthquake released avalanches all around him and his team, destroying their only escape route and trapping them at nearly 20,000 feet. It was the largest earthquake in Nepal in 81 years and killed about 8,900 people. That day also became the deadliest in the history of Everest, with 18 people losing their lives on the mountain.
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2 out of 5 stars
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No climbing here.
- De PJay II en 07-19-22
De: Jim Davidson
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Moments of Doubt and Other Mountaineering Writings
- De: David Roberts, Royal Robbins - foreword
- Narrado por: David de Vries
- Duración: 10 h y 39 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 24
This collection of 20 essays and articles on mountaineering and adventure by David Roberts, selected from the published works of two decades, showcases one of the most highly regarded writers in the field. The articles are composed of three types: Adventures (Roberts' own climbs and outings), Profiles (other adventurers), and Reflections (meditative essays about the meaning of the whole business). Roberts ranges the globe (Africa, Alaska, New Guinea) and introduces unique personalities (Reinhold Messner, John Roskelly, Don Sheldon).
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5 out of 5 stars
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Roberts, as usual, is a great read/listen
- De kgohl en 06-11-20
De: David Roberts, y otros
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Left for Dead
- My Journey Home from Everest
- De: Beck Weathers, Stephen G. Michaud
- Narrado por: Roger Wayne
- Duración: 7 h y 14 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 442
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 398
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 398
In 1996, Beck Weathers and a climbing team pushed toward the summit of Mount Everest. Then a storm exploded on the mountain, ripping the team to shreds, forcing brave men to scratch and crawl for their lives. In this powerful memoir, Weathers describes not only his escape from hypothermia and the murderous storm that killed eight climbers but the journey of his life. This is the story of a man's route to a dangerous sport and a fateful expedition, as well as the road of recovery he has traveled since.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Bait-and-switch
- De Reggie en 05-07-19
De: Beck Weathers, y otros
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The Mountain of My Fear and Deborah
- Two Mountaineering Classics
- De: David Roberts, Jon Krakauer - foreword
- Narrado por: David de Vries
- Duración: 8 h y 24 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 95
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 83
The publication of The Mountain of My Fear in 1968 and Deborah in 1970 changed the face of the mountaineering narrative. Now these two classic expedition narratives by acclaimed writer David Roberts are together again in one volume for a new generation of readers.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An honest look into why people climb mountains
- De Kyra Rhodes en 05-19-21
De: David Roberts, y otros
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The White Ladder
- Triumph and Tragedy at the Dawn of Mountaineering
- De: Daniel Light
- Narrado por: Richard Trinder
- Duración: 13 h y 29 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 6
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 3
A masterpiece of compelling narrative history, The White Ladder describes the epic rise of mountaineering's world altitude record, a story of ever higher climbs by figures great and small of mountaineering. Daniel Light describes how climbers used revolutionary techniques to launch themselves into the most forbidding conditions. The expeditions illustrate evolutionary changes in climbing style, the advancement of high-altitude science, and the development of mountain climbing as an industry.
De: Daniel Light
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- austin wrenn
- 10-15-24
Truly outstanding
One of my new favorites in mountaineering literature. Brian Hall describes one of the most influential eras of mountaineering history from his first hand accounts along with stories from his friends. Brians writing style along with his experiences make for a must-read for anyone interested in books about mountaineering.
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- mk345
- 02-07-23
one wreckless bunch
excellent story, excellent narration. those guys (and gals) really want for it, as the record proves. not much sense in it, but that just makes for better stories.
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