num_pages: 319
description: For generations of adventurers, from George Mallory to Sir Edmund Hillary, to Jon Krakauer, Mount Everest and the world's greatest peaks have provided the ultimate testing ground for resolute men and women. So why climb? David Breashears answers with an intimate look at his life.
language: English
title: High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Other Unforgiving Places
titlecomplete: High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Other Unforgiving Places
genres: Adventure, Mountaineering, Outdoors, Travel, Survival, Biography, Sports, Memoir, Nonfiction, Climbing
ratings_count: 3591
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: ALA Alex Award
publisher: Canongate Press Ltd