mountaineers

The star of the survival series "Man Vs. Wild" recounts his adventurous life, from his experiences with mountaineering and martial arts to the free-fall parachuting accident in Africa that almost left him paralyzed.

"Join Nepalese climber Nimsdai Purja as he recounts his journey to scale all 8,000 meter 'Death Zone' mountains in seven months"--Provided by publisher.

When travel journalist and mountaineer Nick Grevers awakens from a coma, he is horrified to learn his climbing partner, Augustin, is missing and presumed dead, and he himself has suffered extensive injuries. He claims amnesia, but he remembers everything than happened on Maudit, a remote and scarcely documented peak in the Swiss Alps. He begins to question his sanity as he starts to believe that he was changed on the mountain, and his boyfriend Sam tries to piece together what really happened on Maudit.

"Veteran climber Mark Synnott never planned on climbing Mount Everest, but a hundred-year mystery lured him into an expedition--and a . . . history of . . . adventure, . . . tragedy, and human aspiration unfolded"--Provided by publisher.

Recounts the events that took place on K2, the world's second highest peak, in early August 2008, when eleven climbers were killed in the worst disaster in the mountain's history.

The star of 'Man vs. Wild' and the acclaimed NGC series 'Running Wild', global adventurer Bear Grylls has explored places few would dare to go. . . . Grylls chronicles his life since stepping onto the small screen, taking readers on his most famous adventures, sharing stories from his favorite expeditions, and capturing his hairiest survival challenges. The followup to . . . 'Mud, Sweat and Tears,' this new [memoir] goes behind the scenes on infamous 'Man vs. Wild' shoots and provides an insight into what it's really like to 'Run Wild' with guests including President Obama, Roger Federer, and Julia Roberts. Along the way, Bear explores the valuable lessons he's learned in the wild, opens up about his most personal challenges and achievements, and celebrates the true value of adventure and the enduring importance of courage, kindness, and resilience"--OCLC.

"Join Nepalese climber Nimsdai Purja as he recounts his journey to scale all 8,000 meter 'Death Zone' mountains in seven months"--Provided by publisher.

"When Silvia's mother called her home to Peru, she knew something finally had to give. A Latinx hero in the elite macho tech world of Silicon Valley, privately, she was hanging by a thread. She was deep in the throes of alcoholism, hiding her sexuality from her family, and repressing the abuse she'd suffered as a child. Her visit to Peru would become a turning point in her life. Silvia started climbing. Something about the brute force required for the ascent--the restricted oxygen at altitude, the vast expanse of emptiness around her, the risk and spirit and sheer size of the mountains, the nearness of death--woke her up. And then, she took her biggest pain to the biggest mountain: Everest"--Provided by publisher.

"In [the author's] unique window on the ethos of climbing, his friend Alex Honnold's . . . 'free solo' ascent of El Capitan's 3,000 feet of sheer granite, is the central act. [He] delves into a . . . culture that emerged decades earlier during Yosemite's Golden Age, when pioneering climbers like Royal Robbins and Warren Harding invented the sport that Honnold would turn on its ear"--Provided by publisher.

"In [the author's] unique window on the ethos of climbing, his friend Alex Honnold's . . . 'free solo' ascent of El Capitan's 3,000 feet of sheer granite, is the central act. [He] delves into a . . . culture that emerged decades earlier during Yosemite's Golden Age, when pioneering climbers like Royal Robbins and Warren Harding invented the sport that Honnold would turn on its ear"--Provided by publisher.