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| 1. |  | Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster from Topeka Bindery Price: $25.70 Customer Review:  I was on lunch break at a previous job and reading Walden Pond by Henry David Thoreau for the second time in my life. My co-worker comes up to me and said, "is that a good book, I've never read it?". I told him it was a book I could relate to, because I too like being outside and surrounded by... |
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| 2. |  | Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills from Mountaineers Books Price: $19.77 Customer Review:  The product is in good shape, as the seller said it would be, but did not arrive until the very last day of the time allowed to ship. (4 weeks after i ordered it) |
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| 3. |  | A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (Official Guides to the Appalachian Trail) from Broadway Price: $10.17 Customer Review: Having fell in love with the audio version of Bryson's The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, I decided to give A Walk in the Woods a try. This audio is also read by the author. Bill Bryson moved to Hanover, New Hampshire, and soon after realizes the the Appalachian Trail, at least part of... |
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| 4. |  | Fallen Giants: A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes from Yale University Press Price: $26.37 Customer Review:  Much of the book is long on words (may need dictionary at you side) and short of interest to hold great appeal. I'm still working my way through the book with the help of Wikipedia. This tome has over 100 pages of notes and bibliography. However, the subject matter, the Himalaya, is fascinating and... |
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| 5. |  | Touching the Void (Vintage Classics) from Vintage Classics Customer Review:  Joe has a taut, spare style of writing. Perhaps the only negative one can point to is that he goes a little too much into techno-speak on mountaineering. However, this is forgivable since that was the audience he was writing for. That the book became a general public bestseller was a surprise. In a... |
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| 6. |  | No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks from Broadway Price: $11.20 Customer Review: Every day I am reminded of the beauty of the mountains living in Castle Rock, Colorado. During some surfing on Amazon.com, I ran across this book about climbing the 14 highestmountains in the world. These mountains are all over 26,000 feet. The man who accomplished this task is Ed Viesturs, who was... |
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| 7. |  | Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain from Mountaineers Books Price: $12.89 Customer Review: Excellent book. Bruce Tremper does a great job of explaining the complexities of avalanches in very understandable terms. I bought 3 copies for my climbing and hiking partners -- the life they may someday save could well be mine. |
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| 8. |  | Mastering Mountain Bike Skills from Human Kinetics Publishers Price: $15.61 Customer Review: Don't be fooled by the 90s cover, this is an up-to-date manual for doing...manuals. It is informative, descriptive, and unlike many books in this genre, entertaining to read. The book was written by a rider that, with the help of Brian Lopes, transformed himself from an amateur to a semi-pro... |
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| 9. |  | Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains from The Lyons Press Price: $10.17 Customer Review: I was impressed enough by INTO THIN AIR, his '97 account of the previous year's Everest climbing disaster, that picking up a used copy of EIGER DREAMS was a done deal. I didn't pay enough attention when buying it, however( at a local used bookstore) to learn that it was a compilation of... |
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| 10. |  | The Kid Who Climbed Everest: The Incredible Story of a 23-Year-Old's Summit of Mt. Everest from The Lyons Press Price: $11.53 Customer Review: I have just finished TKWCE and I am totally blown away. I have been a fan of Bear Grylls ever since I saw my first episode of Man vs. Wild and this book has elevated him greatly in my eyes. He is a man to be admired. Bear's storytelling style made the entire book sound as though it was his... |
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| 11. |  | Dark Summit: The True Story of Everest's Most Controversial Season from Holt Paperbacks Price: $10.20 Customer Review: If you are into mountaineering books, Dark Summit is one to read. I have been intriqued by why climbers are so obsessed with climbing the higher peaks over 8000 meters. Iam an avid hiker and climb only moderate peaks. I became obsessed myself with the tragedy of 1996 with Scott Fischer and Rob... |
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| 12. |  | Holding Fast: The Untold Story of the Mount Hood Tragedy from Thomas Nelson Price: $16.49 Customer Review: I truly enjoyed this read, I felt as though I was right there. The author was courageous to write such a personal event in her life. |
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| 13. |  | High Crimes: The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed from Hyperion Price: $16.47 Customer Review: Wow. This book was all over the place. The author began with one story, then switched to another, than another, with a lot of loose ends dangling behind him. A good question would be, "what were most of these people doing on this mountain in the first place, including the author?" If you need... |
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| 14. |  | Backcountry Skiing: Skills for Ski Touring and Ski Mountaineering (Mountaineers Outdoor Expert Series) from Mountaineers Books Price: $13.57 Customer Review: This new "Backcountry Skiing" guidebook is destined to become a classic in The Mountaineers Books collection ... one that will be considered an indispensible reference in the libraries of mountaineers, skiers, and outdoor enthusiasts of all stripes. Authors Martin Volken, Scott Schell, and Margaret... |
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| 15. |  | Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home from Three Rivers Press Price: $11.16 Customer Review: Having read Piers Paul Read's book, "Alive", a riveting account of the 1972 plane crash in the Andes mountains in which sixteen of the forty-five aboard survived a harrowing ordeal on the mountain for nearly two and a half months, I was sufficiently intrigued to read a first person account by one of... |
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| 16. |  | Zinn & The Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance from Velopress Customer Review: As a beginner home mechanic (despite riding mountain bikes for the past 18 years) I found this book to have a very organized approach. I particularly appreciate the grading of repair/maintenance so you will know how difficult a job will be before beginning. This book will essentially be free from... |
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| 17. |  | Rock Climbing: Mastering Basic Skills (Mountaineers Outdoor Expert) from Mountaineers Books Price: $13.57 Customer Review: This book is really great for clearing up any confusion for a new and intermediate climber. It provides clear guidance from climbing techniques to gear selection and use. It covers all types of protection and gives clear pictures. The book shows everything from just top roping to efficient... |
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| 18. |  | The Self-Coached Climber: The Guide to Movement Training Performance from Stackpole Books Price: $23.07 Customer Review: i'm a new climber but this book is well written and easy to understand. lots of terminology and techniques to help any climber improve. has lots of diagrams that are easy to follow. |
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| 19. |  | Seven Years in Tibet from Flamingo Customer Review: An amazing true story about the escape of a German from a POW camp in India during the second world war. Somehow he and his friend beat the odds and were allowed to stay in Tibet. I haven't seen the movie, but just cannot imagine that Brad Pitt could be convincing in this role. |
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| 20. |  | Dead Lucky: Life After Death on Mount Everest from Tarcher Price: $16.47 Customer Review: Readers must wait 200 pages to get to the meat of this tale, the author's 'night out' atop Everest when he was left for dead. Seemingly every random thought and event that entered the writer's head before, during and after are recounted here, leaving the reader a bit antsy. Pages of 'hallucinations'... |
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