Climbing
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A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
A bank of clouds was assembling on the notsodistant horizon, but journalistmountaineer Jon Krakauer, standing on the summit of Mt. Everest, saw nothing that "suggested that a murderous storm was bearing down." He was wrong. The storm, which claimed five lives and left countless moreincluding Krakauer'sin guiltridden disarray, would also pro...
Including two new chapters on Alex Honnold?s free solo ascent of the iconic 3,000foot El Capitan in Yosemite National Park.On June 3rd, 2017, Alex Honnold became the first person to free solo Yosemite's El Capitan?to scale the wall without rope, a partner, or any protective gear?completing what was described as "the greatest feat of pure rock clim...
The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival
Touching the Void is the heartstopping account of Joe Simpson's terrifying adventure in the Peruvian Andes. He and his climbing partner, Simon, reached the summit of the remote Siula Grande in June 1985. A few days later, Simon staggered into Base Camp, exhausted and frostbitten, with news that that Joe was dead.What happened to Joe, and how the ...
How to Understand the Injuries and Overuse Syndroms of Rock Climbing
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