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Author
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fanny Bullock Workman was a complicated and restless woman who defied the rigid Victorian morals she found as restrictive as a corset. With her frizzy brown hair tucked under a topee, Workman was a force on the mountain and off. Instrumental in breaking the British stranglehold on Himalayan mountain climbing, this American woman climbed more peaks than any of her peers, became the first woman to map the far reaches of the Himalayas, the first woman...
62) 127 hours
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
The powerfully uplifting true story of one man's struggle to survive against mountainous odds. Aron Ralston has a passion for all things outdoors. But when a falling boulder traps him in a remote Utah canyon, a thrill-seeker's adventure becomes the challenge of a lifetime. Over the next five days, Ralston embarks on a remarkable personal journey in which he relies on the memories of family and friends as well as his own courage and ingenuity to turn...
Author
Series
Publisher
Falcon Guides
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Through the sage advice of one of the world's foremost female climbers and the lens of an internationally acclaimed photographer, women learn that climbing is more fun than dangerous, that overcoming fear can boost self-esteem, and that the fitness benefits for women are tremendous. Most women learn climbing from men, but the sport is different fora woman, both physically and psychologically-and it is empowering for women to learn about climbing from...
65) Cliffhanger
Series
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
2000, c1993
Language
English
Description
Rocky Mountain rescue workers discover a distress call to locate five climbers is really a trap set by a merciless international terrorist, and millions of dollars and their own lives hang in the balance.
66) Climbing Everest
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
67) Ascent
Author
Series
Peak volume 3
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fifteen-year-old Peak Marcello is invited to climb Hkakabo Razi, one of the most isolated mountains in the world, but getting there involves a four-week trek through a tropical rainforest that is rife with hazards, which turns out to be more dangerous than summiting the mountain itself.
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney Book Group
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
Gripping and sumptuous, this is the definitive book on the history, mystique, and science of Mount Everest, including how climate change is impacting the world's tallest mountain.
In 1963, the American Mount Everest Expedition made mountaineering history. It was the first American venture to successfully scale the legendary peak and the first successful climb up the hazardous West Ridge (a climb so difficult no one has yet repeated it).
...Author
Series
Even the darkest stars volume 1
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
Unabridged
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Kamzin has always dreamed of becoming one of the Emperor's royal explorers, the elite climbers tasked with mapping the wintry, mountainous Empire and spying on its enemies. She knows she could be the best in the world, if only someone would give her a chance.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Play Misty for me: A radio disc jockey becomes the victim of psychotic obsession when he tries to end a torrid love affair with a fan.
The Eiger sanction: A professional assassin is forced out of retirement in order to avenge a friend's murder in the Swiss Alps.
Coogan's bluff: An Arizona lawman's unorthodox methods of capturing an escaped murderer angers a tough NYC police lieutenant.
The beguiled: A wounded soldier finds shelter in an all-girls...
Language
English
Description
Exploring Utah: A Guide to the 50 Must-See Destinations in Utah to Hit the Road & Start Your Adventure Today
Traveling to Utah is unlike any other adventure you crossed off your bucket list. The ultimate dreamland for free spirits whose soul craves deep connection with nature, Utah is rich in picturesque landscapes that’ll leave you breathless.
As you travel the distance through the canyons and flats of Utah, you’ll have the time of your life...
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2020
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Dovetailing on the success of Training for the New Alpinism and Patagonia's own emphasis on all mountain use, Training for the Uphill Athlete translates theory into methodology to allow you to write your own training plans and coach yourself to endurance goals. Steve House, one of the best mountaineers, and his coach Scott Johnston, an Olympic-level cross country ski coach, along with Kilian Jornet, hands-down best endurance athlete at this time,...
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
In Training for the New Alpinism, Steve House, world-class climber and Patagonia ambassador, and Scott Johnston, coach of U.S. National Champions and World Cup Nordic Skiers, translate training theory into practice to allow you to coach yourself to any mountaineering goal. Applying training practices from other endurance sports, House and Johnston demonstrate that following a carefully designed regimen is as effective for alpinism as it is for any...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
In early May 2006, a young British climber named David Sharp lay dying near the top of Mount Everest while forty other climbers walked past him on their way to the summit. A week later, Lincoln Hall, a seasoned Australian climber, was left for dead near the same spot. Hall's death was reported around the world, but the next day he was found alive after spending the night on the upper mountain with no food and no shelter. If David Sharp's death was...
Author
Series
Choose your own adventure volume 13
Publisher
Bantam
Pub. Date
c1982
Language
English
Description
The reader has his choice of 28 possible endings as he searches for the Abominable Snowman in the Himalayas.
77) The golden glow
Author
Publisher
Tundra
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Fox loves nature. There's nothing he enjoys more than reading about and picking flowers. One evening, he comes across a rare specimen in his old botany book -- the golden glow, a plant from the Well hidden family, found only in the mountains . . . a plant that has yet to be described. Fascinated, Fox decides to set off on a quest in search of the mysterious golden glow. He packs his knapsack, a map, a compass, a flashlight, a sleeping bag and other...
78) Mountain
Author
Publisher
Greenwich Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Follows mountaineers climbing El Capitan at Yosemite.
Author
Series
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
"If wilderness is outlawed,
only outlaws can save wilderness." Edward Abbey
In a collection of
gripping stories of adventure, Doug Peacock, loner, iconoclast,
environmentalist, and contemporary of Edward Abbey, reflects on a life lived in
the wild, asking the question many ask in their twilight years: "Was It Worth
It?"
Recounting sojourns
with Abbey, but also Peter Matthiessen, Doug Tompkins, Jim Harrison, Yvon
Chouinard and others, Peacock observes...
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