Epic
Subtitle: Stories of Survival from the World's Highest Peaks
Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press
Published: 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781560251545
Subjects: Climbing & mountaineering; Travel writing; True stories of endurance & survival; Mountaineers; Sports & Recreation; Sports; Essays; Sports & Recreation / Mountaineering; Mountaineering; Biography
First sentence: By the time I reached the interstate I was having trouble keeping my eyes open.
Table of contents: title: Photographs
pagenum: viii; title: Introduction; title: The Devil's Thumb
pagenum: 3
authors: Jon Krakauer; title: From Thin Air: Encounters in the Himalayas
pagenum: 27
authors: Greg Child; title: From Everest: Alone at the Summit
pagenum: 47
authors: Stephen Venables; title: Dangerous Liaisons
pagenum: 59
authors: John Climaco; title: From Savage Arena
pagenum: 77
authors: Joe Tasker; title: From The Shining Mountain
pagenum: 109
authors: Peter Boardman; title: From The Snow Leopard
pagenum: 123
authors: Peter Matthiessen; title: From Minus 148°: The Winter Ascent of Mt. McKinley
pagenum: 141
authors: Art Davidson; title: From The Mountain of My Fear
pagenum: 181
authors: David Roberts; title: From Everest: The West Ridge
pagenum: 201
authors: Tom Hornbein; title: From K2: The Savage Mountain
pagenum: 223
authors: Robert Bates; Charles Houston; title: From Annapurna
pagenum: 243
authors: Maurice Herzog; title: From Nanda Devi
pagenum: 267
authors: Eric Shipton; title: From The Ascent of Nanda Devi
pagenum: 295
authors: H. W. Tilman; title: From Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
pagenum: 321
authors: Alfred Lansing; title: Glossary
pagenum: 338; title: Acknowledgments
pagenum: 340; title: Bibliography
pagenum: 342