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No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks
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Hardcover
from Broadway Books (October 17, 2006)
9780767924702 | details & prices | 358 pages | 6.75 × 9.50 × 1.00 in. | 1.40 lbs | List price $23.95
About: For eighteen years Viesturs pursued climbing's holy grail: to stand atop the world's fourteen 8,000-meter peaks, without the aid of bottled oxygen.
About: For eighteen years Viesturs pursued climbing's holy grail: to stand atop the world's fourteen 8,000-meter peaks, without the aid of bottled oxygen.
Paperback
Reprint edition from Broadway Books (November 27, 2007)
9780767924719 | details & prices | 372 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $16.00
About: A veteran mountaineer recalls some of his most harrowing and dangerous climbs as he pursues the goal of reaching the summit of the world's fourteen 8,000-meter peaks, detailing his dedication to the philosophy that 'getting to the top is optional, getting down is mandatory' while discussing some of his own close calls, rescues, and errors in judgment on the part of fellow climbers.
About: A veteran mountaineer recalls some of his most harrowing and dangerous climbs as he pursues the goal of reaching the summit of the world's fourteen 8,000-meter peaks, detailing his dedication to the philosophy that 'getting to the top is optional, getting down is mandatory' while discussing some of his own close calls, rescues, and errors in judgment on the part of fellow climbers.
Miscellaneous
With David Roberts |
from Broadway Books (October 17, 2006)
9780767926416 | details & prices | 368 pages | List price $14.95
Prebinding
With David Roberts |
Reprint edition from Paw Prints (May 22, 2008)
9781435282872 | details & prices | 372 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.78 lbs | List price $23.00
About: This gripping and triumphant memoir from the author of The Mountain follows a living legend of extreme mountaineering as he makes his assault on history, one 8,000-meter summit at a time.
About: This gripping and triumphant memoir from the author of The Mountain follows a living legend of extreme mountaineering as he makes his assault on history, one 8,000-meter summit at a time.