The Last Step - The American Ascent of K2 by Rick Ridgeway; Edward M. Kennedy (Foreword by); James W. Whittaker (Introduction by)

$20.00 NZD

Category: Mountaineering | Reading Level: good

In September 1978, Rick Ridgeway, Jim Wickwire, Lou Reichardt and John Roskelley stood atop K2, the first Americans ever to achieve this victory. Under the leadership of Jim Whittaker, they and their teammates had spent 67 days on the mountain, nearly all of them above 18,000 feet, where the stresses of high-altitude living, of monotonous food, of confinement in tiny tents for day after day of frustrating storms had worn them down to the core. The Last Step is Rick Ridgeway's inside story of this extraordinary expedition. It's about the people who, battered by the mountain and their isolation, overcame their individual fears, desire, and disappointments to work together to get somebody anybody to the top of K2. It's about the glorious success the team achieved, and about the perilous bivouac Jim Wickwire spent just below the summit without food, oxygen or shelter in temperatures of -40F. ...Show more

Kongur China's Elusive Summit by Chris Bonington

$30.00 NZD

Category: Mountaineering | Reading Level: very good

First Across the Roof of the World The First Ever Traverse of the Hamalayas 5000 Kilometres from Sikkim to Pakistan by Graeme Dingle & Peter Hillary

$30.00 NZD

Category: Mountaineering | Reading Level: very good

Harry Ayres - Mountain Guide by Michael Mahoney

$20.00 NZD

Category: Mountaineering | Reading Level: very good

The Best of "Outside": The Picador Book of Adventure by Mariah Media Inc

$10.00 NZD

Category: Travel | Reading Level: good

Jon Krakauer experiences a deadly week on Everest; Ian Frazier journeys along the flooded Mississippi; Sebastian Junger reports on the perfect storm; Jane Smiley recalls an adolescent adventure in fox-hunting; Annie Proulx rides out in search for fun; Thomas McGuane explains his reasons for hunting; Jam es Salter skis around the world. For more than twenty years the editors of award-winning 'Outside' magazine have been bringing together the best in adventure travel, sports, nature writing and photography. Now they have selected over thirty essays that together comprise some of the finest non-fiction gathered anywhere, essays that take us around the world from the slums of Haiti to the jungles of Peru, from the peaks of the Himalayas to the beaches of Belize, into the heart of the wilderness and into some strange human hearts as well. Paperback ...Show more

Beyond Possible: One Soldier, Fourteen Peaks - My life in the Death Zone by Nirmal Purja

$15.00 NZD

Category: Mountaineering | Reading Level: near fine

My comfort zone begins where most individuals quit. As a kid in Nepal, I went barefoot because my family had nothing. That's how I developed the resilience I needed for joining the Gurkhas - one of the most fearless forces in the British Army. Then against all odds, I became the first ever Gurkha soldie r in more than 200 years of history to join the Special Boat Service where I served in the some of the world's most dangerous warzones, kicking down doors to capture enemy gunmen and terrorist bomb makers. But elite combat wasn't enough. I wanted more of a test. That's where my next project came in, something nobody thought possible - to climb all fourteen "death zone" mountains in seven months. Fear became irrelevant because I had belief. In the death zone, I came alive. Beyond Possible: One Soldier, Fourteen Peaks - My Life In The Death Zone is the inside story of my incredible adventure.   ...Show more

High Adventure by Sir Edmund Hillary

$12.00 NZD

Category: Mountaineering | Reading Level: very good

Reprinted on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the conquering of Everest, this is the authoritative first-person account of Hillary and Tenzing's conquest. "High Adventure" is regarded as a mountaineering classic, but it is also a thrilling and inspiring story of courage and endurance. First pub lished 1955. ...Show more

Life Is Meeting by John Hunt

$10.00 NZD

Category: Mountaineering | Reading Level: good

K2, Triumph and Tragedy by Jim Curran

$15.00 NZD

Category: Mountaineering | Reading Level: good

K2, "The Savage Mountain", is the second highest in the world--and the most difficult. In 1986 it was the scene of both triumphant achievement and the greatest tragedy in the history of mountaineering.

Tenzing Norgay and the Sherpas of Everest

$14.00 NZD

Category: Mountaineering | Reading Level: good

Addicted to Danger - A Memoir about Affirming Life in the Face of Death by Jim Wickwire; Dorothy Bullitt

$16.00 NZD

Category: Mountaineering | Reading Level: very good

Adventurist Jim Wickwire, an eyewitness to glory and terror above 20,000 feet, has braved bitter cold, blinding storms, and avalanches to become what the Los Angeles Times calls "one of America's most extraordinary and accomplished high-altitude mountaineers." Although his incredible exploits have inspi red a feature on 60 Minutes and a full-length film, he hasn't told his remarkable story in his own words -- until now. Among the world's most fearless climbers, Jim Wickwire has traveled the globe in search of fresh challenges. He was one of the first two Americans to reach the summit of K2, the world's second highest peak, the toughest and most dangerous to climb. But with the triumphs came tragedies that haunt him still. During several difficult climbs, he was forced to look on helplessly as four of his climbing companions lost their lives. A successful Seattle attorney, Wickwire climbed his first mountain in 1960. Deeply compelled by the thrill of risk, he pushed himself to the limits of physical and mental endurance for thirty-five years, before facing a turning point that threatened his faith in himself and his hope in the future. How he reassessed his priorities and rededicated his life -- to his family and his community -- completes a unique and moving portrait of one man's courage and commitment. Addicted To Danger is a tale of adventure in its truest sense. ...Show more

Nanda Devi - The Tragic Expedition by John Roskelley

$20.00 NZD

Category: Mountaineering | Reading Level: very good

In 1976, John Roskelley joined an expedition to climb Nanda Devi, a 26,645-foot peak in India's remote northwest frontier. What unfolded during this climb was a story of strong emotion, conflicting ambitions, death and victory, desire and regret. This is the story of Willi Unsoeld, the expedition leader who supported the participation of his young daughter, who was named after the mountain they were climbing. ...Show more