Ed Viesturs

The Will to Climb

Obsession and Commitment and the Quest to Climb Annapurna--The World's Deadliest Peak

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kuperard (Bravo Ltd)
• Seitenzahl: 281
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 160mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9780307720429
• ISBN-10: 030772042X
• Artikelnr.: 33256390

Autorenporträt

Ed Viesturs is the first and only American to ascend all fourteen of the world's 8,000-meter peaks without supplemental oxygen. In addition to his collaborations with Ed Viesturs, David Roberts is the author of more than twenty books, including "Finding Everett Ruess."

Inhaltsangabe

         Foreword, by Roger Goodell, Commissioner of the National
Football         League           
         Chapter One: The Brick Wall       
         Chapter Two: A New and Splendid Life      
         Chapter Three: South Face          
         Chapter Four: So Close to the Dead                
         Chapter Five: The Door to the Land of the Living        
         Chapter Six: Messner and Kukuczka              
         Chapter Seven: Comet on Annapurna             
         Chapter Eight: My Annapurna      
         Epilogue: Goddess of the Harvests         
         Acknowledgments                       
         Bibliography