F/F-. 8vo. original blue cloth backed boards gilt (texter dot to tail edge) in dustwrapper (slightly rubbed, creasing to rear panel; pp. xviii (last blank), 282 (last blank), with illustrations. A near fine copy.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

The Will to Climb. Obsession and Commitment and the Quesr to Climb Annapurna - the World's Deadliest Peak

Publisher

Crown Publishers, New York

Publication Date

2011

Language

English

ISBN 10

030772042X

ISBN 13

9780307720429

Binding

Hard Cover

Edition

First Edition.

Dust Jacket Condition

F-

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Mountaineering - Himalaya

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Synopsis

The bestselling author of No Shortcuts to the Top and K2, and the first American to ascend all fourteen of the world's 8,000-meter peaks, chronicles his three attempts to climb Annapurna in the Himalayas, the world's tenth-highest and statistically most deadly peak, and explores the dramatic and tragic history of others who have made--or attempted--the ascent, and what such ventures teach us about facing life's greatest challenges. As a high school student in the flatlands of Rockford, Illinois, where the highest objects on the horizon were water towers, Ed Viesturs read about and was captivated by the French climber Maurice Herzog's famous and grisly account of the first ascent of Annapurna in 1950. When Viesturs began his own campaign to climb the world's 14 highest peaks in the late 1980s, he looked forward with trepidation to undertaking Annapurna himself. Two failures to summit made Annapurna his nemesis. His successful 2005 summit was the triumphant capstone of his climbing quest. In this book, Viesturs brings the extraordinary challenges of Annapurna to vivid life through edge-of-your-seat accounts of the greatest climbs in history, and details his own failed attempts and eventual success. In the process he portrays what Annapurna reveals about some of our most fundamental moral and spiritual questions--questions, he believes, that we need to answer in order to lead our lives well.

About the Author

ED VIESTURS lives with his wife and three children in Bainbridge Island, Washington. DAVID ROBERTS, the author of twenty books, including the forthcoming Finding Everett Ruess (Crown, July 2011), lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Established in 2001, Arapiles Mountain Books is the only specialist mountaineering bookseller in Australia. We carry a large stock of fine, rare and out of print mountaineering and adventurous travel books, with a particular emphasis on British, Australian, New Zealand and Himalayan climbing narratives and guides. We have an especially wide selection of early - mid 20th travel books in dustwrapper, signed books and expedition memorabilia. On-line catalogues can be browsed on this website. The proprietor, Andrew Long, has climbed the world over since 1980, and has spent much of his time over the (last few) years, collecting and reading climbing and travel narratives by more intrepid writers. He will be happy to answer any queries or provide advice on condition, approximate value, rarity or just plain readability free of charge. A booksearch service is available. Although we are a mail order store, visitors are most welcome to browse our stock by making an appointment. I have a bricks and mortar bookshop in Central Victoria ('Mount of Alex', 273 Barker Street, Castlemaine), which is open 11am - 5pm Saturday and Sundays (excluding public holidays). Note that internet listed books are not stored in the shop, but can be brought in by request. Appointments to view the stock may be made by calling Andrew on +61 410 650 923 or by email to araps@alassoc.com.au.

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