Courage and Misfortune-- Stories from the world's most experienced and respected climbers-- Selections are united by a single compelling theme-- Forewords by John Harlin and Mark SynottCourage and Misfortune contains gripping accounts of climbers on expeditions that encountere |
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... Peaks , Passes and Glaciers EDITED BY WALT UNSWORTH " SOLO WINTER ASCENT : FADDEN , 1936 " 179 FROM The Challenge of Rainier BY DEE MOLENAAR FROM MINUS 148 : THE WINTER ASCENT OF MT . MCKINLEY BY ART DAVIDSON 189 " FIVE DAYS ON MOUNT ...
... Peaks , Passes and Glaciers EDITED BY WALT UNSWORTH " SOLO WINTER ASCENT : FADDEN , 1936 " 179 FROM The Challenge of Rainier BY DEE MOLENAAR FROM MINUS 148 : THE WINTER ASCENT OF MT . MCKINLEY BY ART DAVIDSON 189 " FIVE DAYS ON MOUNT ...
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... women near the summit of Peak Lenin in 1974. As her teammates systematically freeze to death around her , expedition leader Elvira Shatayeva reports the grisly scene back 9 to basecamp by radio . Although she is probably strong II.
... women near the summit of Peak Lenin in 1974. As her teammates systematically freeze to death around her , expedition leader Elvira Shatayeva reports the grisly scene back 9 to basecamp by radio . Although she is probably strong II.
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... peak ? Cresting the sum- mit ridge of a lofty Himalayan peak and staring over the back into a no man's land of glaciers and snow capped peaks , one can't help but feel an electric buzz of energy pulsing through the mind and body . There ...
... peak ? Cresting the sum- mit ridge of a lofty Himalayan peak and staring over the back into a no man's land of glaciers and snow capped peaks , one can't help but feel an electric buzz of energy pulsing through the mind and body . There ...
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