Adventure of Ascent
Title | Adventure of Ascent PDF eBook |
Author | Luci Shaw |
Publisher | InterVarsity Press |
Pages | 180 |
Release | 2014-01-03 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0830871888 |
Writer-poet Luci Shaw has given us a lifetime of exquisite reflections on the breadth and wonder of life. Now in her eighties, she turns her attention to the season of edging toward life's borders. Her spirit of adventure and transparency will fill you with hope and gratitude.
Ascent
Title | Ascent PDF eBook |
Author | Roland Smith |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Pages | 243 |
Release | 2018-05-08 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 1328830268 |
In this thrilling climbing adventure from bestselling author Roland Smith, summiting one of the most isolated mountains in the world may be the easiest thing Peak does. After conquering the mountains in Afghanistan, Peak Marcello goes to Myanmar, a country that has been in the grips of a brutal military regime for more than fifty years, to visit Alessia. When he’s invited to climb the remote Hkakabo Razi, Peak can’t pass up the opportunity. But getting to the mountain will involve a four-week trek through tropical rainforests rife with hazards—from venomous reptiles and leeches to corrupt police and military. This thrilling teen climbing adventure is "the perfect antidote for kids who think books are boring" (Publishers Weekly starred review for Peak). Roland Smith's Peak Marcello's Adventures are: Peak The Edge Ascent Descent
Drawn
Title | Drawn PDF eBook |
Author | Jeremy Collins |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9781594859588 |
A graphic-adventure that delves into why we pursue the wild outdoors
High Adventure
Title | High Adventure PDF eBook |
Author | Edmund Hillary |
Publisher | Allen & Unwin |
Pages | 282 |
Release | 1955 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9781741140989 |
A personal record of the author's mountain climbing experiences, including the Everest Expedition of 1953.
The Adventure Gap
Title | The Adventure Gap PDF eBook |
Author | James Edward Mills |
Publisher | Mountaineers Books |
Pages | 239 |
Release | 2024-09-01 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 1680516817 |
Features a new “where are they now” section, updating readers on lives of expedition’s original climbers Fully updated and detailed resources based on the "Anti-Racism in the Outdoors" (ARITO) guide Readers’ Guide explores additional context and questions for further consideration Outdoor journalist James Edward Mills’s book, The Adventure Gap, is a groundbreaking volume that is equal parts adventure story, history, and inspiration as it chronicles the first American all-Black summit attempt on Denali in 2013. Mills uses this momentous expedition as a jumping-off point to explore diversity in the outdoors, from Mathew Henson who stood at the North Pole in 1909 to contemporary adventurers such as polar explorer Barbara Hillary and rock climber Kai Lightner. This tenth anniversary edition once again shares the compelling events that unfolded during Expedition Denali’s summit bid. But it also provides fresh context: A new thought-provoking afterword by Mills examines what has evolved in and around the outdoor community since that effort. He highlights progress and inspiring stories, such as Full Circle Everest, an expedition led by Phillip Henderson that put an all-Black team on top of the world’s highest peak. And he points to places where we can and should all strive for higher achievement. The Adventure Gap has become an essential text in outdoor education and inspiration--a story of our times, now more relevant than ever.
Life Lived Wild
Title | Life Lived Wild PDF eBook |
Author | Rick Ridgeway |
Publisher | Patagonia |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2021-10-26 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9781938340994 |
At the beginning of his memoir Life Lived Wild, Adventures at the Edge of the Map, Rick Ridgeway tells us that if you add up all his many expeditions, he’s spent over five years of his life sleeping in tents: “And most of that in small tents pitched in the world’s most remote regions.” It’s not a boast so much as an explanation. Whether at elevation or raising a family back at sea level, those years taught him, he writes, “to distinguish matters of consequence from matters of inconsequence.” He leaves it to his readers, though, to do the final sort of which is which."--Amazon.
Ascent
Title | Ascent PDF eBook |
Author | Laurence Leamer |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 448 |
Release | 2011-02-22 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 0062039237 |
Willi Unsoeld, a legend among mountaineers--a man whom Bill Moyers calls one of the few giants he has ever met--fearlessly challenged the world's highest peaks and inspired a generation of climbers with his legacy. Ascent is the story of his life--a thrilling tale of physical and spiritual adventure that captures the hypnotic force behind this extraordinary personality. From his triumphant conquest of Everest's forbidding West Ridge to the tragic loss of his daughter on the treacherous slopes of Nanda Devi to his final, fatal attempt at Mount Rainier, we see Willi as guru and guide, lover of danger and philosopher of risk--a man whose indomitable spirit triggered such devotion that people followed him fearlessly to extraordinary heights and, sometimes, even to their deaths. A dramatic saga of bravery, daring, and the search for spiritual truth, Ascent brilliantly captures the mythic figure of Willi Unsoeld.