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Loading... No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks (edition 2007)by Ed Viesturs, David Roberts
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   No current Talk conversations about this book.   ) spuddybuddy | Jan 16, 2023 |  He was on Everest during the infamous 1996 disaster, so he also recounts the events from his groups experience during that time. There was more than one emotional moment; excitement, fear, sadness, awe, and joy are all present during this book. There's a nifty glossary in the back for those unfamiliar with mountaineering terms as well as a photo section towards the middle. (  ) NicholeReadsWithCats | Jun 17, 2022 | crenkert | Apr 21, 2022 | This book was lended (in very used condition) from a friend who's into this crazy adventure stuff. (I emphasis very used because it's been passed around to other friends—that's how much people have enjoyed it.) What I thought: Inspiration abounds in this incredible tale of adventure, struggle, determination, and integrity. What this man—a professional climber/mountaineer—accomplishes is stunning. I didn't know what to expect from this book (this genre generally isn't my cup of tea,) but I was wholly impressed and inspired. WOW. ( ) BeansandReads | Nov 7, 2019 | As with most (all?) of the mountaineering books I've read, this one is very exciting at times. It kept me wanting to read. Ed was climbing with Scott Fisher on K2 when they not only summitted (against Ed's better judgement), but they saved the lives of two other climbers. Ed was part of David Breashears IMAX crew when disaster hit Everest in 1996. Plus there are many other climbs that he was involved in to make it to the summit of all 14; of course, he didn't make them all on his first tries, either. I was quite interested to learn that before the mountaineering took over, Ed had originally become a veterinarian. ( ) LibraryCin | May 19, 2014 | no reviews | add a review
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HTML:THIS GRIPPING AND TRIUMPHANT MEMOIR FOLLOWS A LIVING LEGEND OF EXTREME MOUNTAINEERING AS HE MAKES HIS ASSAULT ON HISTORY, ONE 8,000-METER SUMMIT AT A TIME. For eighteen years Ed Viesturs pursued climbingâ??s holy grail: to stand atop the worldâ??s fourteen 8,000-meter peaks, without the aid of bottled oxygen. But No Shortcuts to the Top is as much about the man who would become the first American to achieve that goal as it is about his stunning quest. As Viesturs recounts the stories of his most harrowing climbs, he reveals a man torn between the flat, safe world he and his loved ones share and the majestic and deadly places where only he can go. Viesturs lives by an unyielding motto, â??Reaching the summit is optional. Getting down is mandatory.â?ť It is with this philosophy that he vividly describes fatal errors in judgment made by his fellow climbers as well as a few of his own close calls and gallant rescues. And, for the first time, he details his own pivotal and heroic role in the 1996 Everest disaster made famous in Jon Krakauerâ??s Into Thin Air. No Shortcuts to the Top is more than the first full account of one of the staggering accomplishments of our time; it is a portrait of a brave and devoted family man and his beliefs that shaped this most perilous and magni No library descriptions found. |
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