Greg Child: 4 books
Postcards from the Ledge
Collected Mountaineering Writings of Greg Child
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
* Reflections and humorous pieces, plus insights into some of mountaineering's more controversial events * Revealing portraits of other Himalayan climbers Peeling back the layers to reveal the gritty truth about the elite climbing world is Greg Child's specialty. With clever wit, sharp observations,...
Mixed Emotions
Mountaineering Writings of Greg Child
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
* Includes five previously unpublished essays * Powerful prose sparked with Child's unique wit Well-known for his Himalayan expeditions and first ascents on rock walls in Australia and the United States, Greg Child freely admits his mixed feelings about climbing. Overwhelming are the loss of friends,...
Thin Air
Encounters in the Himalayas
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 1998
* This classic established Child as one of the great mountaineering writers of our time * Describes Child's apprenticeship to such climbing legends as Doug Scott, Don Whillans, and Alan Rouse * Written with a keen eye for detail, a firm sense of drama and, of course, wit Climbing a Himalayan peak was...
Over the Edge
The True Story of the Kidnap and Escape of Four Climbers in Central Asia
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2015
* A different sort of true climbing adventure—this one with terrorists, kidnappings, and AK47s
* New afterword by the author
* First time in paperback
Before dawn on August 12, 2000, four of America’s best young rock climbers—Tommy Caldwell, Beth Rodden, Jason “Singer” Smith, and...