num_pages: 320
description: Epic is a mountaineering term that evokes a sense of treacherous disaster — the climb that went wrong; fighting blinding snowstorms and horrific avalanches; days spent tentbound, running low on food, water, and oxygen; surviving broken bones and shattered spirits. Editor Clint Willis has gathered the most exciting climbing literature of the modern age into one cliff-hanging volume with 15 memorable accounts of legend-making expeditions to the world's most famous peaks, often in the world's worst possible conditions. Authors include Jon Krakauer, Greg Child, David Roberts, Alfred Lansing, and others.
language: English
title: Epic: Stories of Survival from the World's Highest Peaks
titlecomplete: Epic: Stories of Survival from the World's Highest Peaks
genres: Outdoors, Climbing, Adventure, Mountaineering, Nonfiction, Audiobook, Sports, Travel, Survival, History
ratings_count: 1091
series: Adrenaline
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY)
category: Audio Nonfiction (Finalist)
publisher: Da Capo Press