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Rappelling: Rope Descending and Ascending Skills for Climbing, Caving, Canyoneering, and Rigging
ISBN: 9780762780808 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Rappelling you'll find everything you need to know about descending a rope, from the most basic to advanced techniques, including knots, rigging strategies, rappel devices, and more. Included is a comprehensive discussion of ropes, slings, and all the hardware used in rappelling. Rappelling techniques for climbing are covered in detail, including multi-pitch rappelling methods and rope management. Single rope fixed line rappelling techniques used in caving, canyoneering, and for industrial applications are also discussed, along with improvised rope ascending techniques ("prusiking") and...
In Rappelling you'll find everything you need to know about descending a rope, from the most basic to advanced techniques, including knots, rigging st...
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128,63 zł |
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Women Who Dare: North America's Most Inspiring Women Climbers
ISBN: 9780762783717 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A celebration of feminine beauty, athleticism, wisdom, and skill--Women Who Dare profiles twenty of America s most inspiring women climbers ranging from legends like Lynn Hill to the rising stars of today, with stunning color photography by veteran a"
A celebration of feminine beauty, athleticism, wisdom, and skill--Women Who Dare profiles twenty of America s most inspiring women climbers ranging fr...
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128,63 zł |
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Together on Top of the World: The Remarkable Story of the First Couple to Climb the Fabled Seven Summits
ISBN: 9780446570916 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On May 16, 2002, Phil and Susan Ershler reached the top of Mt. Everest and became the first couple in history to scale the fabled Seven Summits. What made their achievement all the more remarkable was that Susan was not a mountain climber, but a high-powered Fortune (r) 500 executive who had never hiked or climbed until she met Phil at the age of 36. Phil, a professional mountain guide who was the first American to summit Everest from its treacherous north face, had climbed his whole life with Crohn's disease, a chronic, debilitating illness. Adding to these challenges, just before their...
On May 16, 2002, Phil and Susan Ershler reached the top of Mt. Everest and became the first couple in history to scale the fabled Seven Summits. What ...
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124,93 zł |
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Flame Of Adventure
ISBN: 9780099283867 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Over millions of years, humans have had the ability to adapt and change to different circumstances. In the past it was an adventure to survive, these days humans can control their environment and surroundings. Are humans neglecting their ability to adapt and change? Simon Yates explores that and other questions in an autobiographical narrative following numerous mountaineering expeditions and looks at the role adventure plays in our lives and the effect it has on them.
Over millions of years, humans have had the ability to adapt and change to different circumstances. In the past it was an adventure to survive, these ...
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56,54 zł |
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The Beckoning Silence
ISBN: 9780099422433 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Joe Simpson has experienced a life filled with adventure but marred by death. In a narrative which takes the reader through extreme experiences from an avalanche in Bolivia, ice-climbing in the Alps and Colorado and paragliding in Spain before his final confrontation with the Eiger, Simpson reveals the inner truth of climbing.
Joe Simpson has experienced a life filled with adventure but marred by death. In a narrative which takes the reader through extreme experiences from a...
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77,12 zł |
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Learning To Breathe
ISBN: 9780099472667 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At age sixteen, Andy Cave followed in his father's and his grandfather's footsteps and became a miner -- one of the last recruits into a dying world.
Every day he would descend 3,500 feet into the Grimethorpe pit. But at weekends, Andy inhabited a very different world -- thousands of feet above the pitheads of the colliery. Introduced to his local mountaineering club while a miner, he soon learned to cherish this newfound freedom. Living through the coalminer's strikes of the mid-eighties -- the guilt, the broken friendships, the poverty -- Andy continued to indulge his passion, and in... At age sixteen, Andy Cave followed in his father's and his grandfather's footsteps and became a miner -- one of the last recruits into a dying world. ...
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55,44 zł |
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Touching The Void
ISBN: 9780099511748 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tackling the unclimbed west face of the remote Siula Grande in the Andes, Joe Simpson and his partner Simon Yates achieved the summit before disaster struck. A few days later, an exhausted Simon staggered into base camp to tell their non-climbing companion that Joe was dead. For three days he wrestled with guilt as they prepared to return home. Then a cry in the night took them out, where they found Joe, badly injured, crawling through the snowstorm. Far from causing Joe s death, Simon had saved his friend s life when he was forced into the appalling decision to cut the rope."
Tackling the unclimbed west face of the remote Siula Grande in the Andes, Joe Simpson and his partner Simon Yates achieved the summit before disaster ...
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55,44 zł |
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Annapurna: The First Conquest of an 8000-Metre Peak
ISBN: 9780099541462 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One of the great works of mountaineering literature introduced by Joe Simpson.
In 1950, no mountain higher than 8,000 meters had ever been climbed. Maurice Herzog and other members of the French Alpine Club resolved to try. This is the enthralling story of the first conquest of Annapurna and the harrowing descent. With breathtaking courage and grit manifest on every page, Annapurna is one of the greatest adventure stories ever told. As well as an introduction by Joe Simpson, this new edition includes 16 pages of photographs, which provide a remarkable visual record of this legendary... One of the great works of mountaineering literature introduced by Joe Simpson.
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55,44 zł |
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No Way Down: Life and Death on K2
ISBN: 9780141044064 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Following the stories of climbers from around the world, 'No Way Down' weaves a tale of human courage, folly, survival and loss at the top of one of the highest and most dangerous mountains in the world.
Following the stories of climbers from around the world, 'No Way Down' weaves a tale of human courage, folly, survival and loss at the top of one of t...
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55,44 zł |
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Fallen Giants: A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes
ISBN: 9780300164206 / Angielski / Miękka / 592 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first successful ascent of Mount Everest in 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa teammate Tenzing Norgay is a familiar saga, but less well known are the tales of many other adventurers who also came to test their skills and courage against the world's highest and most dangerous mountains. In this lively and generously illustrated book, historians Maurice Isserman and Stewart Weaver present the first comprehensive history of Himalayan mountaineering in fifty years. They offer detailed, original accounts of the most significant climbs since the 1890s, and they compellingly evoke the... The first successful ascent of Mount Everest in 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa teammate Tenzing Norgay is a familiar saga, but less well... |
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621,32 zł |
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Facing Up: A Remarkable Journey to the Summit of Mount Everest
ISBN: 9780330392266 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A remarkable journey to the summit of Mount Everest, described as 'honest and compelling' by Sir Ranulph Fiennes.
A remarkable journey to the summit of Mount Everest, described as 'honest and compelling' by Sir Ranulph Fiennes.
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65,53 zł |
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Buried in the Sky: The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa Climbers on K2's Deadliest Day
ISBN: 9780393345414 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When eleven climbers died on K2 in 2008, two Sherpas survived. Their astonishing tale became the stuff of mountaineering legend. This white-knuckle adventure follows the Sherpas from their remote villages in Nepal to the peak of the world's most dangerous mountain, recounting one of the most dramatic disasters in alpine history from a fascinating new perspective. Winner of the NCTE George Orwell Award and an official selection of the American Alpine Club Book Club. When eleven climbers died on K2 in 2008, two Sherpas survived. Their astonishing tale became the stuff of mountaineering legend. This white-knuckle... |
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69,17 zł |
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Summits of Modern Man: Mountaineering After the Enlightenment
ISBN: 9780674047990 / Angielski / Twarda / 366 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The history of mountaineering has long served as a metaphor for civilization triumphant. Once upon a time, the Alps were an inaccessible habitat of specters and dragons, until heroic men pioneers of enlightenment scaled their summits, classified their strata and flora, and banished the phantoms forever. A fascinating interdisciplinary study of the first ascents of the major Alpine peaks and Mount Everest, "The Summits of Modern Man" surveys the far-ranging significance of our encounters with the world s most alluring and forbidding heights. Our obsession with who got to the top first... The history of mountaineering has long served as a metaphor for civilization triumphant. Once upon a time, the Alps were an inaccessible habitat of... |
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161,85 zł |
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The Wildest Dream: George Mallory: The Biography of an Everest Hero
ISBN: 9780747264583 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A revealing and complete biography of doomed hero George Mallory, which includes previously unpublished letters and family papers
A revealing and complete biography of doomed hero George Mallory, which includes previously unpublished letters and family papers
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65,53 zł |
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Life And Limb: A true story of tragedy and survival
ISBN: 9780749950521 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jamie Andrew's survival and rescue after five nights trapped by a ferocious storm meant that he had to come to terms the loss of all his limbs to frostbite. Since the accident, Jamie has e learnt to walk (and run) on his prosthetic legs, to ski, snowboard, paraglide - and even take up mountaineering again.
Jamie Andrew's survival and rescue after five nights trapped by a ferocious storm meant that he had to come to terms the loss of all his limbs to fros...
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55,44 zł |
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With his northern style, wayward swagger and his mischievous humour, Joe Brown was the popular face of mountaineering in the 1960s. This memoir is his personal testament.
With his northern style, wayward swagger and his mischievous humour, Joe Brown was the popular face of mountaineering in the 1960s. This memoir is his...
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66,83 zł |
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Rock Climbing in a Weekend
ISBN: 9780754827634 / Angielski / Twarda / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Helps you learn to climb safely and confidently with 240 photographs. This title covers a range of different climbing environments, from indoor walls and simple rocks to sea cliffs. It explains how to climb overhanging rock, chimneys and corners, and how to avoid the most common mistakes.
Helps you learn to climb safely and confidently with 240 photographs. This title covers a range of different climbing environments, from indoor walls ...
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40,31 zł |
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The Roaches: Staffordshire Gritstone, the Definitive Guide
ISBN: 9780903908184 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A 2009 edition of the rock climbing and bouldering guidebook on Staffordshire grit. It covers the Roaches; Hen Cloud; Ramshaw Rocks; Newstones to Black Forest; the Churnet; and outlying crags.
A 2009 edition of the rock climbing and bouldering guidebook on Staffordshire grit. It covers the Roaches; Hen Cloud; Ramshaw Rocks; Newstones to Blac...
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141,24 zł |
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Skye Scrambles: Scottish Mountaineering Club Scramblers' Guide
ISBN: 9780907521990 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Cuillin of Skye offer the best scrambling to be found anywhere in the British Isles. This guide describes a collection of scrambles and climbs which range in variety and difficulty.
The Cuillin of Skye offer the best scrambling to be found anywhere in the British Isles. This guide describes a collection of scrambles and climbs whi...
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147,12 zł |
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Full of Myself
ISBN: 9780957030800 / Angielski / Twarda / 298 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Johnny Dawes is the enigmatic front man of an eclectic band of British climbers who in the mid 1980's redefined the standards of difficulty and danger in traditional climbing. This book gives his take on a highly influential period of climbing history and a look inside the mind of a tormented genius.
Johnny Dawes is the enigmatic front man of an eclectic band of British climbers who in the mid 1980's redefined the standards of difficulty and danger...
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147,12 zł |
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