Bibliograph

No shortcuts to the top, climbing the world's 14 highest peaks, Ed Viesturs with David Roberts

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Label

No shortcuts to the top, climbing the world's 14 highest peaks, Ed Viesturs with David Roberts

Language

eng

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

platesmapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

No shortcuts to the top

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

748282664

Responsibility statement

Ed Viesturs with David Roberts

Sub title

climbing the world's 14 highest peaks

Summary

For eighteen years Viesturs pursued climbing's holy grail: to stand atop the world's fourteen 8,000-meter peaks, without the aid of bottled oxygen. As he recounts his most harrowing climbs, he reveals a man torn between the safe world he and his loved ones share and the majestic and deadly places where only he can go. A cautious climber who once turned back 300 feet from the top of Everest, but who would not shrink from a peak (Annapurna) known to claim the life of one climber for every two who reached its summit, Viesturs has an unyielding motto, "Getting to the top is optional. Getting down is mandatory." It is with this philosophy in mind 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.--From publisher description

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