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    Dark Shadows Falling
    Author: Joe SimpsonPublication date: 21/08/1997In 1992, an Indian climber was left to die high on the South Col of Mount Everest by other climbers who watched his feebly waving hand from their tent thirty yards away. He was even filmed in his last hours for a television feature. Why did the onlooke...
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    Voices from the Summit The Worlds Great Mountaineers on the Future of Climbing
    Author: John AmattPublication date: 01/11/2000Condition good. With dj. Thirty-two of the world's finest mountaineers offer essays on the art of mountain climbing, covering topics ranging from Himalayan adventures and the ethics of adventuring to ice and rock climbing.In stock and ready to ship
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    A Slender Thread
    Author: Stephen VenablesPublication date: 22/05/2001Together with Chris Bonington and other distinguished British climbers, Stephen Venables was high on the unclimbed and sacred mountain of Panch Chuli when, at 1am on a dark Himalayan night, his abseil failed and he fell catastrophically, somersaul...
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    Ghosts of Everest
    Author: Jochen Hemmleb; Larry A. Johnson; Eric R. SimonsonPublication date: 31/08/2006In stock and ready to ship
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    Call of the Ice: Fifity Years of New Zealand in Antarctica
    Author: David L. HarrowfieldPublication date: 10/09/2007New Zealanders have been at the cutting edge of exploration and research of Antarctica and this vast southern continent has loomed large in our collective psyche as a site of heroic exploration, legendary 'Kiwi' ingenuity and fascina...
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    Mammoth Book of Adventures on the Edge
    Author: Jon E. LewisPublication date: 10/02/2009An anthology featuring 28 eyewitness accounts of triumph and tragedy on the worlds greatest mountains.In stock and ready to ship
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    The Longest Climb: The Last Great Overland Quest
    Author: Dominic FaulknerPublication date: 04/03/2010Shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature 2009, the paperback edition of Dominic Faulkner's incredible journey from the Dead Sea to the summit of EverestIn stock and ready to ship
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    Tara Arctic
    Author: Redvers GrantPublication date: 01/10/2010the story of a rather unlikely voyage spanning 21 years from conception to realisation. It is the story of an expedition in the yacht Tara, formerly Sir Peter Blake's boat, across the frozen Arctic Ocean, drifting out of control, not aimlessly b...
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    Summits and Shadows Jack Clarke and New Zealand Mountaineering
    Author: Graham LangtonPublication date: 01/04/2011Mountaineering in New Zealand has a long and proud history of discovery, endeavour and success. One of its most significant pioneers was Jack Clarke, who from 1893 to 1914 climbed, guided, explored and organised trips into the mountains. Just a youn...
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    Lost Photographs of Captain Scott Unseen Images from the Legendary Antarctic Expedition
    Author: David M. WilsonPublication date: 18/10/2011Condition very good. with dust jacket. The myth of Scott of the Antarctic, Captain Robert Falcon Scott, icon of fortitude and courage who perished with his fellow explorers on their return from the South Pole on March 29th, 1912, is an enduring one...
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    Across Many Mountains
    Author: Brauen YangzomPublication date: 01/05/2012Kusang never thought she would leave Tibet. Growing up in a remote mountain village, she married a monk and gave birth to two children. But then the Chinese army invaded, and their peaceful lives were destroyed forever. Thousands were tortured, pris...
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