Mountaineering Women
Mountaineering Women

Author: David Mazel

Publisher: Texas A&M University Press

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 9780890966174

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Sixteen of their stories - sometimes published under the name of a male relative, sometimes under anonymous bylines such as "a Lady" - are here recovered and collected for the first time.

Tigers of the Snow
Tigers of the Snow

Author: Jonathan Neale

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2002-06-29

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13: 9780312266233

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After spending almost a year in Nepal and India, Neale presents the true story of tragedy and survival on one of the world's most dangerous mountains and illuminates the gripping history of the Sherpa. 16-page photo insert.

High Alaska
High Alaska

Author: Jonathan Waterman

Publisher: Amer Alpine Club

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 398

ISBN-13: 9780930410414

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High Alaska is a unique blend of mountaineering history and practical guidebook. With extensive coverage of the routes of Denali, Mount Foraker, and Mount Hunter, this comprehensive volume also includes historic, scenic, and route photographs-the latter by the esteemed mountain photographer Bradford Washburn.

1999 American Alpine Journal
1999 American Alpine Journal

Author:

Publisher: The Mountaineers Books

Published:

Total Pages: 506

ISBN-13: 9781933056463

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Published annually since 1929, The American Alpine Journal is internationally acknowledged as the world's finest journal of its kind. The latest volume of climbing's "journal of record" offers the most complete picture available of the world of climbing for 1998. From articles that present the climbing possibilities of Antarctica and Africa, to stories on the new bigwall frontiers of Mexico and Madagascar, to the alpine sagas on Bhagarathi III and Khan Tengri, and the emergence of the former Soviet climbers on the world stage, the 1999 AAJ continues its tradition as mountaineering's institutional memory.

Range of Glaciers
Range of Glaciers

Author: Fred Beckey

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 576

ISBN-13:

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The voices, most of them from first-person narratives, range from wonder at the magnificence of the terrain, through frustration with the rigors of its harsh conditions, to the often humorous and sometimes tragic anecdotes of daily life in what was still mostly unexplored wilderness.".

Glorious Failures
Glorious Failures

Author: Mountaineers Books (Firm)

Publisher: The Mountaineers Books

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9780898868258

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Glorious Failures, Volume 1 is an engaging collection of the most famous and infamous almost-summits. Each of these early attempts often rival the first successful ascent in fame and notoriety. The story of the 1956 American expedition to K2, which came tantalizingly close to the summit only to be forced back by illness and weather, is told in fascinating detail by Jim Curran.