Epic - Stories of Survival from the World's Highest Peaks

Informationen zum Autor Clint Willis; Editor Klappentext Epic is a mountaineering term that evokes a sense of treacherous disaster — the climb that went wrong; fighting blinding snowstorms and horrific avalanches; days spent tentbound, running low on food, water, and oxygen; surviving broken bones and shattered spirits. Editor Clint Willis has gathered the most exciting climbing literature of the modern age into one cliff-hanging volume with 15 memorable accounts of legend-making expeditions to the world’s most famous peaks, often in the world’s worst possible conditions. Authors include Jon Krakauer, Greg Child, David Roberts, Alfred Lansing, and others. Zusammenfassung Epic is a mountaineering term that evokes a sense of treacherous disaster ? the climb that went wrong; fighting blinding snowstorms and horrific avalanches; days spent tentbound, running low on food, water, and oxygen; surviving broken bones and shattered spirits. Editor Clint Willis has gathered the most exciting climbing literature of the modern age into one cliff-hanging volume with 15 memorable accounts of legend-making expeditions to the world's most famous peaks, often in the world's worst possible conditions. Authors include Jon Krakauer, Greg Child, David Roberts, Alfred Lansing, and others.

Product details

• Authors: Clint Willis, Clint (EDT) Willis
• Assisted by: Editor (Editor), Editors (Editor), Clint Willis (Editor)
• Publisher: Perseus Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.11.1997
• EAN: 9781560251545
• ISBN: 978-1-56025-154-5
• No. of pages: 342
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Adrenaline; Adrenaline
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Other sports disciplines; SPORTS & RECREATION / Animal Sports / Horse Racing