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Annapurna

A Woman’s Place

by Arlene Blum ...

Narrated by Eileen Stevens ...

Unabridged

10 hours

In August 1978, thirteen women left San Francisco for the Nepal Himalayas to make history as the first Americans—and the first women—to scale the treacherous slopes of Annapurna I, the world’s tenth highest peak. Expedition leader Arlene Blum here tells their dramatic story: the logistical problems, storms, and hazardous ice climbing; the conflicts and reconciliations within the team; the terror ... Read more

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In August 1978, thirteen women left San Francisco for the Nepal Himalayas to make history as the first Americans—and the first women—to scale the treacherous slopes of Annapurna I, the world’s tenth highest peak. Expedition leader Arlene Blum here tells their dramatic story: the logistical problems, storms, and hazardous ice climbing; the conflicts and reconciliations within the team; the terror
... Read more
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On the Edge

Leadership Lessons from Mount Everest and Other Extreme Environments

by Alison Levine ...

Narrated by Alison Levine ...

Unabridged

7 hours 31 min

One of the world's greatest mountain climbers and adventurers tells her first-hand leadership stories of coming to grips to life literally on the edge—8000 meters up."Irresistible ... offers amazing timely, practical lessons and authentic inspiration delivered with candor and spunk." —Brigadier General (Ret.) Tom Kolditz Professor Emeritus, U.S. Military Academy, Dept. of Behavioral Sciences & ... Read more

$29.69 CAD

One of the world's greatest mountain climbers and adventurers tells her first-hand leadership stories of coming to grips to life literally on the edge—8000 meters up."Irresistible ... offers amazing timely, practical lessons and authentic inspiration delivered with candor and spunk." —Brigadier General (Ret.) Tom Kolditz Professor Emeritus, U.S. Military Academy, Dept. of Behavioral Sciences &
... Read more
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Explore: Stories of Survival From Off The Map

by Lawrence Millman ...

Narrated by Grover Gardner ...

Unabridged

6 hours 1 min

Explore offers first-hand accounts from the world’s boldest explorers, men and women encountering storms, starvation, cannibals, predators and disease in their pursuit of adventure.Their stories are immediate, passionate and dramatic accounts of contact with the unknown, discovered in the Himalaya, the ruins of Peru, the jungles of New Guinea and the Amazon, the ice flows of the Arctic, along with ... Read more

$28.03 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Explore offers first-hand accounts from the world’s boldest explorers, men and women encountering storms, starvation, cannibals, predators and disease in their pursuit of adventure.Their stories are immediate, passionate and dramatic accounts of contact with the unknown, discovered in the Himalaya, the ruins of Peru, the jungles of New Guinea and the Amazon, the ice flows of the Arctic, along with
... Read more
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Egotrip

by Rasmus Kragh ...

Narrated by Rasmus Kragh ...

Unabridged

8 hours 22 min

Den 23. maj 2019 blev Rasmus Kragh den første dansker, der nåede toppen af Mount Everest uden brug af kunstig ilt."Egotrip" er en medrivende og nervepirrende fortælling om Rasmus Kraghs vej til verdens tag. To gange blev han stoppet af naturens luner få hundrede meter fra målet i den såkaldte dødszone på verdens højeste bjerg, men i tredje forsøg lykkedes det. Det er en utrolig bedrift, der var ... Read more

$19.70 CAD

Den 23. maj 2019 blev Rasmus Kragh den første dansker, der nåede toppen af Mount Everest uden brug af kunstig ilt."Egotrip" er en medrivende og nervepirrende fortælling om Rasmus Kraghs vej til verdens tag. To gange blev han stoppet af naturens luner få hundrede meter fra målet i den såkaldte dødszone på verdens højeste bjerg, men i tredje forsøg lykkedes det. Det er en utrolig bedrift, der var
... Read more
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Soldier

Respect Is Earned

by Jay Morton ...

Narrated by Jay Morton ...

Unabridged

7 hours 2 min

With four years in the Parachute Regiment, ten years in the SAS and two Everest summits to his name, no one is better equipped than Jay Morton to reveal what it takes to become the best of the best.Soldier is Jay Morton’s masterclass in mindset, strategy and excellence. Drawing on his extraordinary personal experience, it provides in-depth, comprehensive lessons and practical takeaways.Whether ... Read more

$24.29 CAD

With four years in the Parachute Regiment, ten years in the SAS and two Everest summits to his name, no one is better equipped than Jay Morton to reveal what it takes to become the best of the best.Soldier is Jay Morton’s masterclass in mindset, strategy and excellence. Drawing on his extraordinary personal experience, it provides in-depth, comprehensive lessons and practical takeaways.Whether
... Read more
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One Man's Climb

A Journey of Trauma, Tragedy and Triumph on K2

by Adrian Hayes ...

Narrated by Adrian Hayes ...

Unabridged

8 hours 20 min

A deeply moving story of the beauty and brutality of life, and death, on the world’s most unpredictable and perilous mountain.Sitting just lower than Everest at 8,611 meeres above sea level on the China–Pakistan border, the Savage Mountain claims the lives of even the most experienced climbers. Alongside severe altitude, the weather is notoriously volatile and the climb relentlessly steep. A ... Read more

$29.74 CAD

A deeply moving story of the beauty and brutality of life, and death, on the world’s most unpredictable and perilous mountain.Sitting just lower than Everest at 8,611 meeres above sea level on the China–Pakistan border, the Savage Mountain claims the lives of even the most experienced climbers. Alongside severe altitude, the weather is notoriously volatile and the climb relentlessly steep. A
... Read more
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The Hunt for Mount Everest

by Craig Storti ...

Narrated by John Pirkis ...

Unabridged

11 hours 39 min

The height of Mt. Everest was first measured in 1850, but the closest any westerner got to Everest during the next 71 years, until 1921, was 40 miles. The Hunt for Mt. Everest tells the story of the 71-year quest to find the world's highest mountain. It's a tale of high drama, of larger-than-life characters-George Everest, Francis Younghusband, George Mallory, Lord Curzon, Edward Whymper-and a few ... Read more

$39.59 CAD

The height of Mt. Everest was first measured in 1850, but the closest any westerner got to Everest during the next 71 years, until 1921, was 40 miles. The Hunt for Mt. Everest tells the story of the 71-year quest to find the world's highest mountain. It's a tale of high drama, of larger-than-life characters-George Everest, Francis Younghusband, George Mallory, Lord Curzon, Edward Whymper-and a few
... Read more
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No Easy Way

The challenging life of the climbing taxman

by Mick Fowler ...

Narrated by Christopher Knight ...

Unabridged

10 hours 53 min

‘If we were guaranteed success in everything we tried then life would be pretty boring.’Mainstream news reports about climbing are dominated by action from the world’s highest mountains, more often than not focusing on tragedy and controversy. Far removed from this high-altitude circus, a group of visionary and specialist mountaineers are seeking out eye-catching objectives in the most remote ... Read more

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‘If we were guaranteed success in everything we tried then life would be pretty boring.’Mainstream news reports about climbing are dominated by action from the world’s highest mountains, more often than not focusing on tragedy and controversy. Far removed from this high-altitude circus, a group of visionary and specialist mountaineers are seeking out eye-catching objectives in the most remote
... Read more
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Everest Politics Show, The

Sorrow and strife on the world’s highest mountain

by Mark Horrell ...

Narrated by Mark Horrell ...

Series Audiobook 3 - Footsteps on the Mountain Diaries
Unabridged

3 hours 53 min

In April 2014 Mark Horrell went on a mountaineering expedition to Nepal, hoping to climb Lhotse, the fourth-highest mountain in the world, which shares a base camp and climbing route with Mount Everest.He dreamed of following in the footsteps of Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary, by climbing through the infamous ice maze of the Khumbu Icefall, and he yearned to sleep in the grand amphitheatre of ... Read more

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In April 2014 Mark Horrell went on a mountaineering expedition to Nepal, hoping to climb Lhotse, the fourth-highest mountain in the world, which shares a base camp and climbing route with Mount Everest.He dreamed of following in the footsteps of Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary, by climbing through the infamous ice maze of the Khumbu Icefall, and he yearned to sleep in the grand amphitheatre of
... Read more
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Tides

A climber's voyage

by Nick Bullock ...

Narrated by Nick Bullock ...

Unabridged

11 hours 44 min

Winner, Mountain Literature (Non-Fiction) Award, Banff Mountain Book Festival 2018Nick Bullock is a climber who lives in a small green van, flitting between Llanberis, Wales, and Chamonix in the French Alps. Tides, Nick's second book, is the much-anticipated follow-up to his critically acclaimed debut Echoes.Now retired from the strain of work as a prison officer, Nick is free to climb. A ... ... Read more

$23.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Winner, Mountain Literature (Non-Fiction) Award, Banff Mountain Book Festival 2018Nick Bullock is a climber who lives in a small green van, flitting between Llanberis, Wales, and Chamonix in the French Alps. Tides, Nick's second book, is the much-anticipated follow-up to his critically acclaimed debut Echoes.Now retired from the strain of work as a prison officer, Nick is free to climb. A ...
... Read more
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Quest into the Unknown

My life as a climbing nomad

by Tony Howard ...

Narrated by Saethon Williams ...

Unabridged

18 hours 3 min

Highly Commended, Outdoor Book category, Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild Awards for ExcellenceWe are all climbing where we are and with the gear we use in no small part due to Tony Howard’s quest for adventure.Tony Howard rose to fame in 1965 as a member of a group of young climbers from northern England who made the first British ascent of Norway’s Troll Wall; a climb described by Joe ... Read more

$23.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Highly Commended, Outdoor Book category, Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild Awards for ExcellenceWe are all climbing where we are and with the gear we use in no small part due to Tony Howard’s quest for adventure.Tony Howard rose to fame in 1965 as a member of a group of young climbers from northern England who made the first British ascent of Norway’s Troll Wall; a climb described by Joe
... Read more
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Between the Sunset and the Sea

A View of 16 British Mountains

by Simon Ingram ...

Narrated by Robbie MacNab ...

Unabridged

18 hours 51 min

‘I watched the mirror for a last view, for now, of the frozen mountains of Glen Coe. As the road bent and the outline of Buachaille Etive Mor slid into sight, I did what I always did, and always would. I felt for that flutter of awe and that indefinable, unmistakable quickening of the pulse.’In the late 18th century, mountains shifted from being universally reviled to becoming the most inspiring ... Read more

$43.19 CAD

‘I watched the mirror for a last view, for now, of the frozen mountains of Glen Coe. As the road bent and the outline of Buachaille Etive Mor slid into sight, I did what I always did, and always would. I felt for that flutter of awe and that indefinable, unmistakable quickening of the pulse.’In the late 18th century, mountains shifted from being universally reviled to becoming the most inspiring
... Read more
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The Mountain

My Time on Everest

by Ed Viesturs ...

Narrated by Tom Beyer ...

Unabridged

12 hours 55 min

In The Mountain, veteran world-class climber and bestselling author Ed Viesturs—the only American to have climbed all fourteen of the world's 8,000-meter peaks—trains his sights on Mount Everest in richly detailed accounts of expeditions that are by turns personal, harrowing, deadly, and inspiring.The highest mountain on earth, Everest remains the ultimate goal for serious high-altitude climbers. ... Read more

$30.79 CAD

In The Mountain, veteran world-class climber and bestselling author Ed Viesturs—the only American to have climbed all fourteen of the world's 8,000-meter peaks—trains his sights on Mount Everest in richly detailed accounts of expeditions that are by turns personal, harrowing, deadly, and inspiring.The highest mountain on earth, Everest remains the ultimate goal for serious high-altitude climbers.
... Read more
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Finding Elevation

Fear and Courage on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain

by Lisa Thompson ...

Narrated by Holly Adams ...

Unabridged

8 hours 47 min

Defiance led Lisa Thompson to the male-dominated world of mountain climbing. But after battling breast cancer, she needed to understand the motivations behind the risks she took while climbing. Finding Elevation is more than her climbing memoir. It is an examination of the human spirit and motivation.Listeners will be gripped by Lisa's path from amateur mountain climber to world-class mountaineer ... Read more

$24.63 CAD

Defiance led Lisa Thompson to the male-dominated world of mountain climbing. But after battling breast cancer, she needed to understand the motivations behind the risks she took while climbing. Finding Elevation is more than her climbing memoir. It is an examination of the human spirit and motivation.Listeners will be gripped by Lisa's path from amateur mountain climber to world-class mountaineer
... Read more
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Unraveled

A Climber's Journey Through Darkness and Back

by Katie Brown ...

Narrated by Sarah Zimmerman ...

Unabridged

8 hours 29 min

As a teenager in the 1990s, Katie Brown was one of climbing's first "comp kids"—a young natural who, along with her peers, redefined the image of a strong and successful climber. After climbing for less than two years, Brown won her first junior national title. The next year she became the Junior World Champion at age fourteen in Laval, France. In 1996 she won both the Rock Master—a prestigious ... Read more

$24.63 CAD

As a teenager in the 1990s, Katie Brown was one of climbing's first "comp kids"—a young natural who, along with her peers, redefined the image of a strong and successful climber. After climbing for less than two years, Brown won her first junior national title. The next year she became the Junior World Champion at age fourteen in Laval, France. In 1996 she won both the Rock Master—a prestigious
... Read more
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Dark Summit

The True Story of Everest's Most Controversial Season

by Nick Heil ...

Narrated by David Drummond ...

Unabridged

8 hours 35 min

In early May 2006, a young British climber named David Sharp lay dying near the top of Mount Everest while forty other climbers walked past him on their way to the summit. A week later, Lincoln Hall, a seasoned Australian climber, was left for dead near the same spot. Hall's death was reported around the world, but the next day he was found alive after spending the night on the upper mountain with ... Read more

$22.16 CAD

In early May 2006, a young British climber named David Sharp lay dying near the top of Mount Everest while forty other climbers walked past him on their way to the summit. A week later, Lincoln Hall, a seasoned Australian climber, was left for dead near the same spot. Hall's death was reported around the world, but the next day he was found alive after spending the night on the upper mountain with
... Read more
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Conquistadors of the Useless

From the Alps to Annapurna

by Lionel Terray ...

Narrated by Nigel Patterson ...

Unabridged

15 hours 16 min

Frenchman Lionel Terray is one of mountaineering history's greatest alpinists, and his autobiography, Conquistadors of the Useless, stands among the "100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time", according to National Geographic Adventure magazine. Following World War II, when France desperately needed successes to heal its wounds, Terray emerged as a national hero, conquering summits atop the planet ... Read more

$30.79 CAD

Frenchman Lionel Terray is one of mountaineering history's greatest alpinists, and his autobiography, Conquistadors of the Useless, stands among the "100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time", according to National Geographic Adventure magazine. Following World War II, when France desperately needed successes to heal its wounds, Terray emerged as a national hero, conquering summits atop the planet
... Read more
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Hangdog Days

Conflict, Change, and the Race for 5.14

by Jeff Smoot ...

Narrated by Danny Campbell ...

Unabridged

12 hours 29 min

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 ... Read more

$30.79 CAD

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
... Read more
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Alone on the Wall, Expanded Edition

by Alex Honnold, David Roberts ...

Narrated by Andrew Eiden, Will Damron ...

Unabridged

8 hours 47 min

Includes two new chapters on Alex Honnold’s free solo ascent of the iconic 3,000-foot El Capitan in Yosemite National ParkOn June 3rd, 2017, Alex Honnold became the first person to free solo Yosemite’s El Capitan―to scale the wall without rope, a partner, or any protective gear―completing what was described as “the greatest feat of pure rock climbing in the history of the sport” (National ... Read more

$25.16 CAD

Includes two new chapters on Alex Honnold’s free solo ascent of the iconic 3,000-foot El Capitan in Yosemite National ParkOn June 3rd, 2017, Alex Honnold became the first person to free solo Yosemite’s El Capitan―to scale the wall without rope, a partner, or any protective gear―completing what was described as “the greatest feat of pure rock climbing in the history of the sport” (National
... Read more
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Sendero de Pensamientos (Spanish Edition)

Una memoria real de supervivencia en Alaska con auténtico audio de aviación

by David L. Lomax ...

Narrated by Daniel Jimenez ...

Series Audiobook 1.0 - Trail of Thoughts
Unabridged

7 hours 4 min

Sendero de Pensamientos (Trail of Thoughts): Edición en EspañolCuando su familia se mudó a Alaska siendo niño, David Lomax entró en un mundo que muy pocas personas llegarán a conocer. Trabajando en remotas aldeas accesibles únicamente en avioneta de monte, helicóptero o barcaza, ayudó a construir viviendas en algunas de las comunidades más aisladas del planeta. Antes de obtener su licencia de ... Read more

$12.95 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Sendero de Pensamientos (Trail of Thoughts): Edición en EspañolCuando su familia se mudó a Alaska siendo niño, David Lomax entró en un mundo que muy pocas personas llegarán a conocer. Trabajando en remotas aldeas accesibles únicamente en avioneta de monte, helicóptero o barcaza, ayudó a construir viviendas en algunas de las comunidades más aisladas del planeta. Antes de obtener su licencia de
... Read more
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Gratwanderung

Ein Extrembergsteiger im Kampf um Menschlichkeit und Verantwortung

by Lukas Wörle ...

Narrated by Mark Burghagen ...

Unabridged

6 hours 18 min

»Die Berge mögen das Ziel sein, aber die wahre Reise findet in uns selbst statt.«Lukas Wörle hat einen Traum: Einen Achttausender ohne künstlichen Sauerstoff und ohne die Unterstützung eines Höhenträgers zu bezwingen und dann vom Gipfel mit dem Gleitschirm ins Tal zu fliegen. Mehr Freiheit geht nicht!Im Sommer 2023 bricht er mit diesem ehrgeizigen Ziel zum Broad Peak auf, dem Nachbarberg des ... Read more

$24.40 CAD

»Die Berge mögen das Ziel sein, aber die wahre Reise findet in uns selbst statt.«Lukas Wörle hat einen Traum: Einen Achttausender ohne künstlichen Sauerstoff und ohne die Unterstützung eines Höhenträgers zu bezwingen und dann vom Gipfel mit dem Gleitschirm ins Tal zu fliegen. Mehr Freiheit geht nicht!Im Sommer 2023 bricht er mit diesem ehrgeizigen Ziel zum Broad Peak auf, dem Nachbarberg des
... Read more
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Everest: The Deadly Obsession With the Roof of the World

by Nathan Cole ...

Narrated by Nathan Cole ...

Unabridged

2 hours 14 min

Experience a tense narrative nonfiction journey into extreme survival, where human hubris battles the deadliest mountain. Perfect for a gripping daily commute, this atmospheric account plunges you straight into the freezing death zone and the high-stakes reality of modern expeditions. Feel the biting wind and the adrenaline of scaling the Himalayas from the safety of your own headphones.Beyond the ... Read more

$12.31 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Experience a tense narrative nonfiction journey into extreme survival, where human hubris battles the deadliest mountain. Perfect for a gripping daily commute, this atmospheric account plunges you straight into the freezing death zone and the high-stakes reality of modern expeditions. Feel the biting wind and the adrenaline of scaling the Himalayas from the safety of your own headphones.Beyond the
... Read more
Audiobook

Ascent

by Sir Chris Bonington ...

Narrated by Gordon Griffin ...

Unabridged

15 hours 41 min

**'He is the David Attenborough of mountaineering . . . Bonington's most personal memoir yet' The Times'This is a compelling tale of fortitude and endurance' The Sunday Times**Chris Bonington is Britain’s best-known climber, having spent a lifetime among the world’s highest and wildest mountains.In the 1960s, he made the first British ascent of the north face of the Eiger. In the 1970s, he led ... Read more

$41.39 CAD

**'He is the David Attenborough of mountaineering . . . Bonington's most personal memoir yet' The Times'This is a compelling tale of fortitude and endurance' The Sunday Times**Chris Bonington is Britain’s best-known climber, having spent a lifetime among the world’s highest and wildest mountains.In the 1960s, he made the first British ascent of the north face of the Eiger. In the 1970s, he led
... Read more
Audiobook

On the Nose

A Lifelong Obsession with Yosemite’s Most Iconic Climb

by Hans Florine, Jayme Moye ...

Narrated by Hans Florine ...

Unabridged

5 hours 37 min

Hans Florine is a big-wall climbing legend in his own time. He holds the speed record on the Nose route of El Capitan, a 3,000-foot granite cliff in Yosemite Valley that’s considered the Everest of the rock-climbing world. Ascending the Nose takes most climbers anywhere from twelve to ninety-six hours. Florine, along with climbing partner Alex Honnold, does it in an astounding two and a half hours ... Read more

$28.94 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Hans Florine is a big-wall climbing legend in his own time. He holds the speed record on the Nose route of El Capitan, a 3,000-foot granite cliff in Yosemite Valley that’s considered the Everest of the rock-climbing world. Ascending the Nose takes most climbers anywhere from twelve to ninety-six hours. Florine, along with climbing partner Alex Honnold, does it in an astounding two and a half hours
... Read more

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