Outdoors category: 5873 books
by Jon E. Lewis
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
No one sees clearer than an individual whose life is hanging by the finger tips on the edge of an abyss.
Probing the furthest reaches of human daring and endurance, here are 28 of the great first-hand accounts of extreme mountaineering, from legendary names.
Featuring:
·Heinrich...
by David Chaundy-Smart
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2015
David Chaundy-Smart took it as a compliment when his high school vice-principal told him he was wasting his youth by climbing. Here, he tells the story of how he and his brother, Reg, spent the last years of the 1970s fighting suburban boredom to become, in the words of renowned climbing historian...
by Jon E. Lewis
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Begining with the 1921 attempt on the summit of Everest through to the disasters of the 1990s, this work features 30 white-knuckle accounts of climbing endeavour on the world's highest mountain, with all the tragedy and triumph of humankind's striving for the top of the world, by those who know the...
by Bernadette McDonald
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2015
Winner, Mountaineering History, 2015 Banff Mountain Book Competition
From internationally renowned mountain historian Bernadette McDonald comes a highly readable, intense and exciting look at the explosion of Slovenian alpinism in the context of that country’s turbulent political history.
After...
by Patrick Brighton, M.D.
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2013
From pulmonary edema to bashed knuckles, physician and outdoor athlete Dr. Patrick Brighton covers everything a climber needs to know to stay well along the way. Whether bouldering the backyard or seeking shelter high atop Aconcagua, this guide gives readers simple, straight-forward advice to help handle an emergency situation.
Parkour and the Art du déplacement
Strength, Dignity, Community
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
Parkour, the art of displacement, or freerunning—whatever the name, this new discipline born in the Paris suburbs is rapidly being adopted by people throughout the world. Not satisfied to suffer through urban life, these athletic artists or artistic athletes want to thrive in it, all the while earning...
Hiking Hot Springs in the Pacific Northwest
A Guide to the Area’s Best Backcountry Hot Springs
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Descriptions of more than 80 scenic hikes to or starting at more than 140 hot springs in Idaho, Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia.
Handgun Training for Personal Protection
How to Choose & Use the Best Sights, Lights, Lasers & Ammunition
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2013
The handgun is no longer a product purchased and used in an unaltered state. A vast assortment of accessories, including high performance sights, weapon lights and laser aiming devices have not only enhanced the handgun, they have changed the methodology and mindset of personal protection.
In...
Allen & Mike's Avalanche Book
A Guide to Staying Safe in Avalanche Terrain
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2012
With more and more people heading into the winter backcountry on skis, snowshoes, and snowmobiles, avalanche safety is of paramount importance. Allen & Mike's Really Cool Avalanche Safety Book distills the sometimes overly technical information of snow science into a user-friendly format with helpful...
No Such Thing as Failure
My Life in Adventure, Exploration, and Survival
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2015
If there's an adventure to be had, it's likely that David Hempleman-Adams has been there first.
Ranking alongside Ranulph Fiennes and Chris Bonnington in the pantheon of British explorers, David Hempleman-Adams is the first person in history to achieve what is termed the Adventurers' Grand...
Islands in the Snow
A journey to explore Nepal's trekking peaks
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2011
Two days east of Lukla was a pleasant yak pasture surrounded by high peaks. When Col. Jim Roberts set out to look for it in 1953, he ended up making the first ascent of Mera Peak and sowing the seeds of Himalayan tourism.
Mera Peak has become a popular goal for trekkers and novice mountaineers,...
Summits and Secrets
The Kurt Diemberger autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2019
‘A book grows rather like a snow crystal. One doesn’t write it from start to finish but, in greater or less degree, all at the same time … that is why my book is not in chronological order; for everything is of the present, held in the moment when thought captures it.’
Kurt Diemberger’s...
Spirits of the Air
Part of the Kurt Diemberger Omnibus
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2015
Kurt Diemberger belongs to an elite mountaineering club. He is one of only two climbers to have made first ascents of two 8,000-metre peaks - Broad Peak and Dhaulagiri. His Broad Peak ascent was the first eight-thousander climbed in alpine style without oxygen. He had climbed the major Alps north...
by Janey Trishon
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2013
Do you want to become the most talented cheerleader on the squad? The one that everyone admires, looks up to, even envies? Just imagine what life would be like if you were the best cheerleader in town:
☆ With your skill and talent, you could join any squad you wanted.
☆ You...