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Beyond Possible: One Soldier, Fourteen Peaks - My life in the Death Zone by Nirmal Purja
$15.00 NZD
Category: Mountaineering | Reading Level: near fine
My comfort zone begins where most individuals quit. As a kid in Nepal, I went barefoot because my family had nothing. That's how I developed the resilience I needed for joining the Gurkhas - one of the most fearless forces in the British Army. Then against all odds, I became the first ever Gurkha soldie ...Show more
High Adventure by Sir Edmund Hillary
$12.00 NZD
Category: Mountaineering | Reading Level: very good
Reprinted on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the conquering of Everest, this is the authoritative first-person account of Hillary and Tenzing's conquest. "High Adventure" is regarded as a mountaineering classic, but it is also a thrilling and inspiring story of courage and endurance. First pub ...Show more
K2, Triumph and Tragedy by Jim Curran
$15.00 NZD
Category: Mountaineering | Reading Level: good
K2, "The Savage Mountain", is the second highest in the world--and the most difficult. In 1986 it was the scene of both triumphant achievement and the greatest tragedy in the history of mountaineering.
Addicted to Danger - A Memoir about Affirming Life in the Face of Death by Jim Wickwire; Dorothy Bullitt
$16.00 NZD
Category: Mountaineering | Reading Level: very good
Adventurist Jim Wickwire, an eyewitness to glory and terror above 20,000 feet, has braved bitter cold, blinding storms, and avalanches to become what the Los Angeles Times calls "one of America's most extraordinary and accomplished high-altitude mountaineers." Although his incredible exploits have inspi ...Show more
Nanda Devi - The Tragic Expedition by John Roskelley
$20.00 NZD
Category: Mountaineering | Reading Level: very good
In 1976, John Roskelley joined an expedition to climb Nanda Devi, a 26,645-foot peak in India's remote northwest frontier. What unfolded during this climb was a story of strong emotion, conflicting ambitions, death and victory, desire and regret. This is the story of Willi Unsoeld, the expedition leader ...Show more
A Day To Die For: 1996: Everest's Worst Disaster - One Survivor's Personal Journey to Uncover the Truth by Graham Ratcliffe
$12.00 NZD
Category: Mountaineering | Reading Level: good
On the night of 10-11 May 1996, eight climbers perished in what remains the worst disaster in Everest's history. Following the tragedy, numerous accounts were published, with Jon Krakauer's "Into Thin Air" becoming an international bestseller. But has the whole story been told? "A Day to Die For" reveal ...Show more
Dead Lucky by Lincoln Hall
$12.00 NZD
Category: Mountaineering | Reading Level: very good
AWARDED SPECIAL JURY MENTION AT THE BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM AND BOOK FESTIVAL 2007 "The day I summitted Mount Everest was the day I died" Lincoln Hall set off for Everest in early May 2006. Five weeks after reaching Base Camp in Tibet, he began his push for the summit. After three days of climbing high ...Show more
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer
$12.00 NZD
Category: Mountaineering | Reading Level: very good
Unabridged! When Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10, 1996, he hadn't slept in fifty-seven hours and was reeling from the brain-altering affects of oxygen deprivation. As he turned to begin his long, dangerous decent from 29,028 feet, twenty other climbers wer ...Show more
Between Heaven & Earth: The Life of a Mountaineer Freda Du Faur 1882 to 1935 by Sally Irwin
$15.00 NZD
Category: Mountaineering | Reading Level: good
About a woman born ahead of her time, this book takes the reader into the realms of the Blue Mountains, Ku-ring-gai Chase and the daring milieu of early mountaineering in the Southern Alps of NZ. It is also about the way Freda Du Faur had to conquer other obstacles on the way to realising her ambitions. ...Show more
No Ordinary Woman - The Story of Mary Schaffer Warren by Janice Sanford Beck
$15.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
Artist, photographer, writer and explorer Mary Schaffer Warren overcame the limited expectations of women a century ago in order to follow her dreams. Born into a wealthy Pennsylvania Quaker family, Mary Sharpless was a precocious child who longed to experience the world beyond her sheltered home. An 18 ...Show more