num_pages: 384
description: Cold Feetthe title says it all: Written from the wide-eyed self-effacing perspective of a mountaineer who pursues epic adventure while locked in a perpetual struggle with fear and self-doubt David Pagels storiesfeatured in Climbing magazine Ascent and Rock and Ice magazineare modern climbing classics chronicling the experiences of an Everyman climber who dreams big. From Africa to Alaska from the sheer walls of Devils Tower and El Capitan to the icy flanks of the Matterhorn and the mythic North Face of the Eiger Pagel has never let his status as a run-of-the mill middling climber (from the Great Plains no less!) deter him from tackling the worlds iconic peaks or seeking out the sports legendary mountaineers. An insightful and hilarious collection of whimsical climbing stories profiles and perspectiveincluding a never-before-published selection of verse!
language: English
title: Cold Feet: Stories of a Middling Climber On Classic Peaks & Among Legendary Mountaineers
publisher: David Pagel