Epic Stories of Survival from the World's Highest Peaks
by Willis, ClintFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1997-11-14
Publisher(s): Grand Central Publishing
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Summary
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.
Table of Contents
| Photographs | |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| The Devils Thumb | p. 3 |
| from Thin Air: Encounters in the Himalayas | p. 27 |
| from Everest: Alone at the Summit | p. 47 |
| Dangerous Liaisons | p. 59 |
| from Savage Arena | p. 77 |
| from The Shining Mountain | p. 109 |
| from The Snow Leopard | p. 123 |
| from Minus 148 degrees: The Winter Ascent of Mt. McKinley | p. 141 |
| from The Mountain of My Fear | p. 181 |
| from Everest: The West Ridge | p. 201 |
| from K2: The Savage Mountain | p. 223 |
| from Annapurna | p. 243 |
| from Nanda Devi | p. 267 |
| from The Ascent of Nanda Devi | p. 295 |
| from Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage | p. 321 |
| Glossary | p. 338 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 340 |
| Bibliography | p. 342 |
| Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved. |
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