High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Other Unforgiving Places - Softcover

Breashears, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 184195005X ISBN 13: 9781841950051

Publisher: Canongate Books, 2000

Synopsis

Unusual book

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Review

Claire Martin

"The Denver Post"

Very few of us will ever set foot on Everest....But this thoughtful, philosophical narrative may be the next best thing to being there.

Bruce Barcot

The New York Times Book Review

The greatest pleasures in "High Exposure" come when [Breashears] invites his readers in to the clannish subculture [of climbing].

Stephen Ambrose

author of "Undaunted Courage"

I've spent a lifetime reading books by or about the famous adventurers....David Breashears's book is the first I've read by an end-of-the-twentieth-century mountain climber that surpasses many of them and is equal to all.

Claire Martin"The Denver Post"Very few of us will ever set foot on Everest....But this thoughtful, philosophical narrative may be the next best thing to being there.

Bruce BarcotThe New York Times Book ReviewThe greatest pleasures in "High Exposure" come when [Breashears] invites his readers in to the clannish subculture [of climbing].

Stephen Ambroseauthor of "Undaunted Courage"I've spent a lifetime reading books by or about the famous adventurers....David Breashears's book is the first I've read by an end-of-the-twentieth-century mountain climber that surpasses many of them and is equal to all.

Claire Martin "The Denver Post" Very few of us will ever set foot on Everest....But this thoughtful, philosophical narrative may be the next best thing to being there.

Stephen Ambrose author of "Undaunted Courage" I've spent a lifetime reading books by or about the famous adventurers....David Breashears's book is the first I've read by an end-of-the-twentieth-century mountain climber that surpasses many of them and is equal to all.

Stephen Ambrose author of Undaunted Courage I've spent a lifetime reading books by or about the famous adventurers....David Breashears's book is the first I've read by an end-of-the-twentieth-century mountain climber that surpasses many of them and is equal to all.

Claire Martin The Denver Post Very few of us will ever set foot on Everest....But this thoughtful, philosophical narrative may be the next best thing to being there.

About the Author

David Breashears has made four trips to Everest's summit. His cinematic achievements include the IMAX(R) movie Everest and "Everest: The Death Zone" for the PBS series NOVA. He is the recipient of four Emmy awards for his accomplishments in cinematography. When not climbing, Breashears resides in Boston, Massachusetts.

About this edition

• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 184195005X
• ISBN 13: 9781841950051
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 319