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Author | : Matt Doeden |
Publisher | : Raintree |
Total Pages | : 114 |
Release | : 2014-09-11 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1406286370 |
You are an experienced mountain climber. Your goal is to reach the top of the world's highest and most dangerous mountains. Will you attempt to: scale Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro? Climb the Matterhorn in Europe? Reach the top of the world's highest mountain, Mount Everest? YOU CHOOSE what you'll do next. The choices you make will either lead you to safety - or to doom.
Author | : Virginia Loh-Hagan |
Publisher | : Cherry Lake |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 2016-01-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1634705513 |
Extreme Mountain Climbing presents the thrills and spills of this intriguing extreme sport. The carefully written, considerate text will hold the readers' interest and allow for successful mastery and comprehension. Written with a high interest level to appeal to a more mature audience, these books maintain a lower level of complexity with clear visuals to help struggling readers along. A table of contents, glossary with simplified pronunciations, and index all enhance achievement and comprehension.
Author | : Alexander Huber |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 2010-06-24 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 1626369836 |
One of the best mountaineers of our generation ?nally reveals the details of his many exciting extreme alpine ascents—ascents in which his only equipment is a pair of shoes and a small bag for holding chalk. Clinging to the crevasses in mountain walls, with muscles bulging as he makes his free ascent, Huber has become one of the world’s most recognized and photographed extreme alpine climbers. Along with many other legendary ascents detailed here, he and his brother set a new record of 2 hours and 46 minutes on El Capitan, The Nose, Yosemite Park in the Fall of 2007—a climb that usually takes three days. When he free-soloed the Kommunist’s famous peaks, Alexander Huber declared, “Why? For me, it is the search for my limits. On the other side, I am aware that the time is limited.” With major corporate sponsors like Adidas and Atmoic, this is a fascinating insight into one of the world’s best mountaineers.
Author | : Mark Twight |
Publisher | : The Mountaineers Books |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 1999-08-31 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 1594853835 |
* The book that launched a renaissance in climbing technique and remains relevant today * Techniques and mental skills needed to climb at a more challenging level * Illustrated with full-color photos throughout Big, high routes at the edge of a climber's ability are not the places for inventing technique or relying on old habits. Complacency can lead to fatal errors. So where does the hard-core aspirant or dreamer turn? The only master class in print, Extreme Alpinism delivers an expert dose of reality and practical techniques for advanced climbers. Focusing on how top alpine climbers approach the world's most difficult routes, Twight centers his instruction on the ethos of climbing the hardest routes with the least amount of gear and the most speed. Throughout, Twight makes it clear that the two things he refuses to compromise are safety and his climbing ethics. In addition to the extensive chapters on advanced techniques and skills, Twight also discusses mental preparedness and attitude; strength and cardiovascular training; good nutrition; and tips on equipment and clothing.
Author | : Matt Doeden |
Publisher | : You Choose Books |
Total Pages | : 112 |
Release | : 2012-07-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781620653784 |
"Describes the fight for survival while climbing some of the world's tallest mountains"--Provided by publisher.
Author | : Mark Twight |
Publisher | : The Mountaineers Books |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 9780898866544 |
Where does the hard-core aspirant or dreamer turn? The only master class in print, Extreme Alpinism delivers an expert dose of reality and practical techniques for advanced climbers. Focusing on how top alpine climbers approach the world's most difficult routes, Twight centres his instruction on the ethos of climbing the hardest routes with the least amount of gear and the most speed.
Author | : Matt Doeden |
Publisher | : Capstone |
Total Pages | : 114 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1429685832 |
Your survival depends on making the right choices in key moments. Which path to take? Readers use their wits and knowledge in these nonfiction adventures, learning about survival skills in various settings and making choices that will lead to either survival or doom. Talk about narrative nonfiction
Author | : Steve Jenkins |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 2002-04-29 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0547349564 |
In this stunning picture book, Steve Jenkins takes us to Mount Everest - exploring its history, geography, climate, and culture. This unique book takes readers on the ultimate adventure of climbing the great mountain. Travel along and learn what to pack for such a trek and the hardships one may suffer on the way to the top. Avalanches, frostbite, frigid temperatures, wind, and limited oxygen are just a few of the dangers that make scaling this peak one of the most extreme physical challenges one can experience. To stand on the top of Mount Everest is to stand on top of the world. With informative text and exquisitely detailed cut paper illustrations, Steve Jenkins brings this extreme journey alive for young adventurers.
Author | : Ruth Anne Kocour |
Publisher | : St. Martin's Press |
Total Pages | : 285 |
Release | : 2016-09-13 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1250135923 |
Ruth Anne Kocour's Facing the Extreme charts her remarkable journey of survival climbing Mount McKinley. She stepped into a death zone. The climbers on Alaska's Mt. McKinley called her "the woman." Ruth Anne Kocour, a world-class mountaineer, wasn't bothered. It was part of the challenge she faced as she joined an all-male team to conquer North America's highest peak...the mountain the Indians called Denali, or God. Faced the extreme. But nine days into this ascent, a forty-fifth birthday present to herself, the most violent weather on record slammed into the mountain. Ruth Anne and her group would be trapped on an ice shelf at 14,000 feet for the deadliest two weeks in Denali history. Pinned down by blinding snows, unable to help other teams dying around her, and her own feet freezing solid, Ruth Anne tells of a wind chill of minus 150 degrees, deadly hidden crevasses, and being trapped in a place so violent and unforgiving that it threatened to push her over the edge and into a place of no return. And yet, in prose as crystalline as the ice around her, she tells, too, of beauty, courage, and the spirit that drives true mountaineers higher, as she risks all to go for the summit...and perhaps, for a transcendent moment, touch heaven. And lived to tell about it ..
Author | : Simone Payment |
Publisher | : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc |
Total Pages | : 48 |
Release | : 2019-12-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1725347474 |
Rock climbing tends to appeal to those who are interested alternative sports. The sport is often practiced alone, or with a small team, giving climbers a sense of being one with the mountain. This exciting introduction to the world of rock climbing will draw readers in with descriptions of amazing feats of scaling the most challenging peaks. Readers will learn how to develop the physical and mental skills needed to get involved in the sport in a safe and responsible way, the different types of equipment and safety gear, and about some of the sport's most accomplished superstars.