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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). He also recounts how his own love of writing and the useless pastime of climbing combined to produce the bread and butter of his career today.
Popular with audiences far beyond active mountaineers, Roberts sets himself this challenge: "For me, the abiding puzzle of adventure writing lies in keeping, on the one hand, a sense of proportion about the absurdity of most of our antics in the outdoors, while staying alert, on the other, to the majesty of spirit which at their best those antics demonstrate."
©1986 David Roberts (P)2020 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.Los oyentes también disfrutaron...
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- De: Lionel Terray, David Roberts - foreword
- Narrado por: Nigel Patterson
- Duración: 15 h y 16 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 89
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 76
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 76
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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Great Exploration Hoaxes
- De: David Roberts
- Narrado por: David de Vries
- Duración: 8 h y 7 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 33
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 26
Did Peary reach the North Pole? Was Admiral Byrd the first to fly over it? Did Frederick Cook actually make the first ascent of Mt. McKinley? Spanning 450 years of history, Great Exploration Hoaxes tells the spellbinding stories of ten men who pursued glory at any cost even the truth.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very interesting
- De Jane B Nurnberg en 07-31-23
De: David Roberts
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Ascent into Hell
- De: Fergus White
- Narrado por: Roger Clark
- Duración: 13 h y 25 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 188
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 172
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 172
There is but one aim: the summit, the summit of Mount Everest. What starts with a trouble-free trek into the Nepalese highlands explodes into a gripping tale of hardship, peril, and adversity. Pushed beyond their physical and mental limits, climbers drop by the wayside. Their primal instincts for survival battle with their dogged resolve to drag themselves to the top of the world. But the focus remains: battle to the summit, and if successful, somehow get back down again.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Chocolate Bars and Pee
- De Amazon Customer en 08-26-20
De: Fergus White
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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
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 80
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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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Well done.
- De harold Orner en 06-09-25
De: Graham Bowley
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Eiger Dreams
- Ventures Among Men and Mountains
- De: Jon Krakauer
- Narrado por: Philip Franklin
- Duración: 8 h y 42 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 682
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 582
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 581
No one writes about mountaineering and its attendant victories and hardships more brilliantly than Jon Krakauer. In this collection of his finest essays and reporting, Krakauer writes of mountains from the memorable perspective of one who has himself struggled with solo madness to scale Alaska's notorious Devils Thumb.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Entertaining but Irresponsible Writing
- De Ram en 04-07-18
De: Jon Krakauer
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Royal Robbins
- The American Climber
- De: David Smart
- Narrado por: Brian P. Craig
- Duración: 10 h y 5 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 8
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 8
Acclaimed writer David Smart illuminates the fascinating life of Royal Robbins—in all its soulful ambition, rivalry, and romance. Royal Robbins chronicles his early years growing up as a latchkey kid in Southern California, the push and pull between being an aspiring banker or one of the original Camp 4 dirtbags, and his later decades as a father, husband, kayaker, and the trailblazing founder of the outdoor apparel company that bears his name.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A work of art
- De Amazon Customer en 03-08-24
De: David Smart
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The Will to Climb
- Obsession and Commitment and the Quest to Climb Annapurna - the World's Deadliest Peak
- De: David Roberts, Ed Viesturs
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
- Duración: 10 h y 41 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 440
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 393
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 389
The bestselling author of No Shortcuts to the Top and K2 chronicles his three attempts to climb the world's tenth-highest and statistically deadliest peak, Annapurna in the Himalaya, while exploring the dramatic and tragic history of others who have made -- or attempted – the ascent, and what these exploits teach us about facing life's greatest challenges.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great overview of Annapurna climbing history
- De Lori en 02-04-13
De: David Roberts, y otros
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Limits of the Known
- De: David Roberts
- Narrado por: David Chandler
- Duración: 12 h y 11 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 44
David Roberts, "veteran mountain climber and chronicler of adventures" (Washington Post), has spent his career documenting voyages to the most extreme landscapes on earth. In Limits of the Known, he reflects on humanity's - and his own - relationship to extreme risk. Part memoir and part history, this book tries to make sense of why so many have committed their lives to the desperate pursuit of adventure.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Superlative book by an author I have grown to love
- De Darlene H. Moak en 01-11-25
De: David Roberts
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The Impossible Climb
- Alex Honnold, El Capitan, and the Climbing Life
- De: Mark Synnott
- Narrado por: Mark Deakins
- Duración: 12 h y 59 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 475
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 412
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 411
The Impossible Climb is an emotional drama driven by people exploring the limits of human potential and seeking a perfect, choreographed dance with nature. Honnold dared far beyond the ordinary, beyond any climber in history. But this story of sublime heights is really about all of us. Who doesn’t need to face fear down fear and make the most of the time we have?
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3 out of 5 stars
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The book should be called "Climbing Life"
- De Matthew en 04-06-19
De: Mark Synnott
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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
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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
Roberts, as usual, is a great read/listen
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