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Edge of the Map
- The Mountain Life of Christine Boskoff
- By: Johanna Garton
- Narrated by: Emily Durante
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
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Edge of the Map is equal parts inspiring, dramatic, and heartbreaking. One of America's greatest high altitude mountaineers, Christine Boskoff was at the top of her career when she and her partner perished in an avalanche in 2006. Principled and humble, Boskoff was also a deeply loved role model in the climbing community.
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Gripping story of a remarkable woman
- By Lili Bell on 05-01-24
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Edge of the Map
- The Mountain Life of Christine Boskoff
- Narrated by: Emily Durante
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 28-04-20
- Language: English
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Letters from Everest
- A First-Hand Account from the Epic First Ascent
- By: George Lowe, Huw Lewis-Jones
- Narrated by: Dan Stevens
- Length: 3 hrs and 15 mins
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Sixty years after Mount Everest was first climbed, this unique book of letters celebrates, in a very personal way, this most majestic of mountains. With exclusive access to the private archives of pioneering New Zealand climber George Lowe, this is a welcome tribute to an unsung hero.The ascent of Everest in the summer of 1953 was one of the twentieth century’s great triumphs of exploration. George Lowe’s efforts on the mountain were crucial to the endeavour.
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Letters from Everest
- A First-Hand Account from the Epic First Ascent
- Narrated by: Dan Stevens
- Length: 3 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 02-06-13
- Language: English
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On the Edge
- Leadership Lessons from Mount Everest and Other Extreme Environments
- By: Alison Levine
- Narrated by: Alison Levine
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
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On the Edge is an engaging leadership manual that provides concrete insights garnered from various extreme environments ranging from Mt Everest to the South Pole. By reflecting on the lessons learned from her various expeditions, author Alison Levine makes the case that the leadership principles that apply in extreme adventure sport also apply in today's extreme business environments. Both settings require you to be able to make crucial decisions on the spot when the conditions around you are far from perfect.
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On the Edge
- Leadership Lessons from Mount Everest and Other Extreme Environments
- Narrated by: Alison Levine
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 07-01-14
- Language: English
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Leben und Werk Reinhold Messners
- By: Reinhold Messner
- Narrated by: Reinhold Messner
- Length: 4 hrs and 56 mins
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Dieses Hörbuch vereint folgende drei phantastische wie auch abenteuerliche Erzählungen von Reinhold Messner...
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Leben und Werk Reinhold Messners
- Narrated by: Reinhold Messner
- Length: 4 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 26-06-15
- Language: German
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Sixty Meters to Anywhere
- By: Brendan Leonard
- Narrated by: Brian Hansbury
- Length: 5 hrs and 25 mins
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When Brendan Leonard moved to the West at age 23, he was a mess. He had a tenuous grip on sobriety, only six months after his last drink had landed him in yet another jail cell. It was the final mistake in a long list that included multiple arrests, wrecked cars, broken bones, fistfights, and ruined relationships. In Montana, he took his first steps into the Rocky Mountains, unwittingly beginning a decade-long obsession with climbing and a journey that would take him all over the West and Europe.
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Enlightening story.
- By Neil on 22-03-22
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Sixty Meters to Anywhere
- Narrated by: Brian Hansbury
- Length: 5 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 16-10-18
- Language: English
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To the Greatest Heights
- By: Vanessa O'Brien
- Narrated by: Vanessa O'Brien, Vivienne Leheny
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
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When Vanessa O'Brien was made redundant in 2008 as part of the recession, she moved to Hong Kong with her husband for his career and resigned herself to being 'just the wife'. There she was, aged 46, bored, uninspired, unemployed. Was this going to be how she was going to live the rest of her life? One night in the infamous Kee Club, over shots of tequila, a friend suggested O'Brien climb Everest and that was the start of an epic journey she never looked back from as she climbed Everest, K2 and many other mountains. This is her inspirational story.
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Hmm
- By Kindle Customer on 30-06-23
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To the Greatest Heights
- Narrated by: Vanessa O'Brien, Vivienne Leheny
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 07-04-21
- Language: English
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Hangdog Days
- Conflict, Change, and the Race for 5.14
- By: Jeff Smoot
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
- Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins
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Hangdog Days vividly chronicles the era when rock climbing exploded in popularity, attracting a new generation of talented climbers eager to reach new heights via harder routes and faster ascents. This contentious, often entertaining period gave rise to sport climbing, climbing gyms, and competitive climbing-indelibly transforming the sport. Jeff Smoot was one of those brash young climbers, and here he traces the development of traditional climbing "rules," enforced first through peer pressure, then later through intimidation and sabotage.
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Cracking stories of climbing through different times
- By D. Haynes on 19-01-24
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Hangdog Days
- Conflict, Change, and the Race for 5.14
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
- Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 04-06-19
- Language: English
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Mountains and Desire
- Climbing vs. the End of the World
- By: Margret Grebowicz
- Narrated by: Margret Grebowicz
- Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
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''Because it's there''. Today the question ''why do this?'' is included in nearly every mountaineering story or interview. Meanwhile, interest in climbing is steadily on the rise, from commercial mountaineering and climbing walls in university gyms and corporate workplaces to the flood of spectacular climbing imagery in advertising, cinema, and social media.
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Mountains and Desire
- Climbing vs. the End of the World
- Narrated by: Margret Grebowicz
- Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 28-04-21
- Language: English
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Ascent into Hell
- By: Fergus White
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins
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There is but one aim: the summit, the summit of Mount Everest. What starts with a trouble-free trek into the Nepalese highlands explodes into a gripping tale of hardship, peril, and adversity. Pushed beyond their physical and mental limits, climbers drop by the wayside. Their primal instincts for survival battle with their dogged resolve to drag themselves to the top of the world. But the focus remains: battle to the summit, and if successful, somehow get back down again.
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Ascent into Hell
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 12-11-19
- Language: English
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Rock Climbing 101
- How to Rock Climb and Become the Best Rock Climber You Can Be from A to Z
- By: HowExpert, Brigitte Ngo-Trinh
- Narrated by: Brooke Pillifant
- Length: 2 hrs and 27 mins
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In recent years, there has been a huge influx of interest in climbing. Climbing gyms are popping up all over the place, and new climbers are taking to the outdoors, but there aren’t enough old timers to pass on all of the necessary knowledge that comes with taking on such a sport. There is more to climbing than just going up a rock. Once you join the sport, you become part of a community, a family, and there are certain unwritten rules that should be adhered to.
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Rock Climbing 101
- How to Rock Climb and Become the Best Rock Climber You Can Be from A to Z
- Narrated by: Brooke Pillifant
- Length: 2 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 30-03-20
- Language: English
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Icarus Syndrome
- By: John Long
- Narrated by: John Long
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
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Taking risks and exploring the unknown are as vital to human beings as our need for air, for growth, for affirmation, for something. These 19 stories reach deep into humanity's compulsion for the rush of new experiences.
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Icarus Syndrome
- Narrated by: John Long
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 25-03-22
- Language: English
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Ubac and Me
- A Life of Love and Adventure With a French Mountain Dog
- By: Cédric Sapin-Defour, Adriana Hunter - translator
- Length: Not Yet Known
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A tiny ad in a local newspaper catches Cédric Sapin-Defour’s eye: a litter of Bernese Mountain Dog puppies need homes. A lonely, single, gym teacher and mountain climber in the French Alps, Cédric visits the dogs and immediately falls for a puppy with a blue collar who steps over his siblings to get to him. Named Ubac, French for the north side of the mountain – the rainy, cloudy slope – the puppy quickly upends Cédric’s life. They go on hikes together, taking to the hills and exploring, forging a bond that brings joy and a sense of fulfillment and adventure.
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Ubac and Me
- A Life of Love and Adventure With a French Mountain Dog
- Length: Not Yet Known
- Release date: 17-04-25
- Language: English
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Death and Anger on Everest
- By: Jon Krakauer
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 16 mins
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This classic essay from Jon Krakauer is now available as an unabridged audiobook download. This essay is also included in the Classic Krakauer collection. From the best-selling author of Missoula and Into the Wild: a selection of the singular investigative journalism that made Krakauer famous, covering topics from avalanches on Mt. Everest to a volcano in Washington state; from a wilderness therapy program for teens to an extraordinary cave in New Mexico so unearthly that is used by NASA to better understand Mars.
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Death and Anger on Everest
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 16 mins
- Release date: 27-02-18
- Language: English
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Knots of the Deep
- A Comprehensive Guide to Nautical Knotting
- By: Soren Davies
- Narrated by: AJ Jaffari
- Length: 1 hr and 42 mins
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Dive into the intricate and fascinating world of knotting with "Knots of the Deep: A Comprehensive Guide to Natural Knotting." This authoritative guide is the ultimate resource for sailors, scouts, climbers, and hobbyists who seek to master the ancient and essential art of knot tying.
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Knots of the Deep
- A Comprehensive Guide to Nautical Knotting
- Narrated by: AJ Jaffari
- Length: 1 hr and 42 mins
- Release date: 22-07-24
- Language: English
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The Last Traverse
- Tragedy and Resilience in the Winter Whites
- By: Ty Gagne
- Narrated by: Lee Goettl
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
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On a mountain somewhere above treeline, in some of the coldest and worst winter conditions imaginable, two men lie unconscious in the snow as explosive winds batter the nearby summits. In The Last Traverse: Tragedy and Resilience in the Winter Whites, Ty Gagne masterfully lays out the events that led up to an epic and legendary rescue attempt in severe and dangerous winter conditions in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. More than a cautionary tale, it is a tribute to all the volunteers and professionals who willingly put themselves in harm's way to save lives.
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The Last Traverse
- Tragedy and Resilience in the Winter Whites
- Narrated by: Lee Goettl
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 26-04-22
- Language: English
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Grenzgänge
- Everest / Nanga Parbat / Am Limit
- By: Reinhold Messner
- Narrated by: Reinhold Messner
- Length: 4 hrs and 57 mins
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Ein Mann – eine Legende. Reinhold Messner hat in seinem Leben zahlreiche "Grenzgänge" gewagt. Nicht selten begegneten ihm Wunder der Natur, oft verfolgte ihn der Tod. Ob auf den höchsten Gipfeln, in trockenen Steinwüsten oder im antarktischen Eis, überall suchte Messner seine Grenzen. In drei Vorträgen berichtet er u. a. vom Everest und Nanga Parbat, der Wüste Gobi und seinen Reisen in die Polarregionen. Diese Hörbuch-Sammlung weiß zu unterhalten und zu informieren, eine gelungene Mischung.
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Grenzgänge
- Everest / Nanga Parbat / Am Limit
- Narrated by: Reinhold Messner
- Length: 4 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 18-05-22
- Language: German
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Queen of the Mountaineers
- The Trailblazing Life of Fanny Bullock Workman
- By: Cathryn J. Prince
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Wiley
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
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Fanny Bullock Workman was a complicated and restless woman who defied the rigid Victorian morals she found as restrictive as a corset. With her frizzy, brown hair tucked under a topee, Workman was a force on the mountain and off. Instrumental in breaking the British stranglehold on Himalayan mountain climbing, this American woman climbed more peaks than any of her peers, became the first woman to map the far reaches of the Himalayas, the first woman to lecture at the Sorbonne, and the second to address the Royal Geographic Society of London.
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Queen of the Mountaineers
- The Trailblazing Life of Fanny Bullock Workman
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Wiley
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 07-05-19
- Language: English
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High Drama
- The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of Competition Climbing and an American Obsession
- By: John Burgman
- Narrated by: Kyle Tait
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
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High Drama explores rock climbing's transformation from a pursuit of select anti-establishment vagabonds to a sport embraced by competitors of all ages, social classes, and backgrounds. Climbing magazine's John Burgman weaves a multi-layered story of traditionalists and opportunists, grassroots organizers and business-minded developers, free-spirited rebels and rigorously coached athletes. Deeply reported and compellingly told, this is a celebration of climbing and the pivotal figures who made its growth possible....
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High Drama
- The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of Competition Climbing and an American Obsession
- Narrated by: Kyle Tait
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 03-03-20
- Language: English
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Shattered Air
- A True Account of Catastrophe and Courage on Yosemite's Half Dome
- By: Bob Madgic, Adrian Esteban
- Narrated by: Anthony Heald
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
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On the evening of July 27, 1985, five hikers made a fateful choice to climb Yosemite's fabled Half Dome, even as the sky darkened and thunder rolled. By night's end, two would be dead from a lightning strike, three gravely wounded, and desperate EMTs would be overseeing a harrowing midnight helicopter rescue.
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Got Bored before anything even happened
- By James Moynihan on 18-01-22
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Shattered Air
- A True Account of Catastrophe and Courage on Yosemite's Half Dome
- Narrated by: Anthony Heald
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 19-11-07
- Language: English
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Climb
- Stories of Survival from Rock, Snow and Ice (Unabridged Selections)
- By: Clint Willis - editor
- Narrated by: Terence Aselford, Graeme Malcolm, Nick Sampson, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 11 mins
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Year after year, climbers return to the world's most difficult mountains. At these places, even the most cautious climber is vulnerable to mistakes, bad weather, and bad luck, which often leads to death. This collection offers harrowing accounts of extreme mountaineering and its potentially fatal consequences.
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Climb
- Stories of Survival from Rock, Snow and Ice (Unabridged Selections)
- Narrated by: Terence Aselford, Graeme Malcolm, Nick Sampson, Kimberly Schraf, Gary Telles
- Length: 5 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 01-07-03
- Language: English
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