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The Last of His Kind: The Life and Adventures of Bradford Washburn, America's Boldest Mountaineer
ISBN: 9780061560958 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Stunning and stirring."--Boston Globe In The Last of His Kind, renowned adventure writer David Roberts gives readers a spellbinding history of mountain climbing in the twentieth century as told through the biography of Brad Washburn, legendary mountaineering pioneer and photographer. Jon Krakauer, author of Into Thin Air, has praised David Roberts, saying, "Nobody alive writes better about mountaineering"--and nowhere is that truth more evident than in this breathtaking account of the life and exploits of America's greatest mountain climber....
"Stunning and stirring."--Boston Globe In The Last of His Kind, renowned adventure writer David Roberts gives r...
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87,11 zł |
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Mountains, Meadows, and Waterfalls
ISBN: 9781441571649 / Angielski / Miękka / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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192,12 zł |
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Death Clouds on MT Baldy: Tucson's Lost Tragedy
ISBN: 9780982874103 / Angielski / Miękka / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This haunting historical adventure drama relays harrowing accounts of rescue, survival, bravery, and tragic loss. On November 15,1958, an arctic-like blizzard roars out of nowhere across the mild desert terrain of southern Arizona. Boy Scouts are feared caught out in the open, perhaps buried under the three to seven feet of snowfall in the mountains.
This haunting historical adventure drama relays harrowing accounts of rescue, survival, bravery, and tragic loss. On November 15,1958, an arctic-like ...
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86,93 zł |
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It's a Fine Day for the Hill
ISBN: 9781907611582 / Angielski / Miękka / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Adam Watson's interest in snow began at 7, the Cairngorms at 9, mountaineering and ski-mountaineering in later boyhood. His book recounts many fine days on the hill in Scotland, Iceland and northern Scandinavia on foot or ski, often on his own in wonderful places that excited him beyond measure. He tells what it was like to be with four remarkable Scots who greatly influenced him as a young naturalist and mountaineer, Seton Gordon, Bob Scott o the Derry, Tom Weir and Tom Patey. The beauty and variety of the hill, the weather and the wildlife were and are an inspiration to him, and his...
Adam Watson's interest in snow began at 7, the Cairngorms at 9, mountaineering and ski-mountaineering in later boyhood. His book recounts many fine da...
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219,57 zł |
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Long on Adventure: The Best of John Long
ISBN: 9781560449850 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In these collected stories, Long explores watery, secluded jungle caves in South America, tackles remote thawing iceflows on Baffin Island, and solos cutting-edge rock climbs over a desert hungry for his failure.
In these collected stories, Long explores watery, secluded jungle caves in South America, tackles remote thawing iceflows on Baffin Island, and solos ...
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65,14 zł |
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Bradford Washburn, an Extraordinary Life: The Autobiography of a Mountaineering Icon
ISBN: 9780882409078 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Here at last is the thrilling memoir of the legendary mountaineer Bradford Washburn, one of the last explorers and adventurers of the twentieth century. Drawing from decades of memories, journals, and an exquisite photographic collection, Washburn completes the self-portrait of a man drawn to altitude, from his first great climb of Mount Washington at age eleven, through numerous first ascents of peaks all over the world, to handily scaling a climbing wall at eighty-eight. Here at last is the thrilling memoir of the legendary mountaineer Bradford Washburn, one of the last explorers and adventurers of the twentieth ce... |
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87,11 zł |
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Beyond the Vertical
ISBN: 9780762781393 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. All rock climbing enthusiasts will want to get their hands on the 2013 edition of Layton Kor's Beyond the Vertical. Now considered a collectors item among rock climbers, it is a chronicle of one of the most famous rock climbers in the world. Breathtaking
All rock climbing enthusiasts will want to get their hands on the 2013 edition of Layton Kor's Beyond the Vertical. Now considered a collectors item a...
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136,76 zł |
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Szklane góry
ISBN: 9788371360763 / Polski / Miękka / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Autobiografia najsłynniejszego miejskiego wspinacza, zdobywcy najwyższych wieżowców świata i ponad 100 innych budowli. Opowieść o niezwykłej pasji, niewiarygodnych zdolnościach i wytrwałości. Ekstremalne wspinaczki bez żadnych zabezpieczeń, pościgi, aresztowania i procesy. Namiętność, ryzyko, strach i zwycięstwa. Przesycona emocjami, humorem, bardzo szczera – fascynująca historia prawdziwego "człowieka - pająka".
Autobiografia najsłynniejszego miejskiego wspinacza, zdobywcy najwyższych wieżowców świata i ponad 100 innych budowli. Opowieść o niezwykłej p...
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17,86 zł |
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Andy
ISBN: 9788371360718 / Polski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Pierwszy taki przewodnik w języku polskim. Obejmuje swoim zasięgiem całe Andy, od łatwo dostępnych gór Sierra Nevada na północy kontynentu, przez słynną ekwadorską Aleję Wulkanów, wyniosłe szczyty w Cordillera Occidental i Andy Wysokie, po strzeliste iglice skalne i lądolody Patagonii.
Powstał z myślą o wspinaczach, którzy chcą zdobywać andyjskie szczyty możliwie najbardziej interesującymi drogami. Zarówno te całkiem łatwe, jak i ekstremalnie trudne. Dodatkowo zawiera wiele przydatnych informacji ogólnych dla podróżujących po Ameryce Południowej. Dokąd i... Pierwszy taki przewodnik w języku polskim. Obejmuje swoim zasięgiem całe Andy, od łatwo dostępnych gór Sierra Nevada na północy kontynentu, pr...
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64,86 zł |
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Na bezdrożach tatrzańskich TW
ISBN: 9788375652680 / Polski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Wydana po raz pierwszy w 1923 r. książka jest świadectwem pionierskich lat polskiego narciarstwa i zimowego taternictwa. Obecna edycja zawiera także rozdziały poświęcone powstaniu i działalności Tatrzańskiego Ochotniczego Pogotowia Ratunkowego. Autor opisuje swoje liczne wyprawy w Tatry, pierwsze akcje ratownicze TOPR-u, wejścia do nieznanych grot i na niezdobyte dotąd szczyty. Przedstawia swoje poglądy na temat gór i taternictwa, zastanawia się również nad nazewnictwem tatrzańskim, któremu poświęca osobny szkic. Przybliża sylwetki osób niezwykle zasłużonych dla...
Wydana po raz pierwszy w 1923 r. książka jest Å›wiadectwem pionierskich lat polskiego narciarstwa i zimowego taternictwa. Obecna edycja zawiera takÅ...
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38,95 zł |
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Navigation in the Mountains: The Definitive Guide for Hill Walkers, Mountaineers & Leaders - the Official Navigation Book for All Mountain Leader Training Schemes
ISBN: 9780954151157 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Written by one of the best known navigation instructors in the UK, this is a comprehensive 'hot to navigate' textbook. It covers every aspect of mountain navigation using traditional map and compass as well as devices such as GPS and digital software applications.
Written by one of the best known navigation instructors in the UK, this is a comprehensive 'hot to navigate' textbook. It covers every aspect of mount...
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82,36 zł |
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Space Below My Feet
ISBN: 9781780226323 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1945, when Gwen Moffat was in her twenties, she deserted her post as a driver and dispatch rider in the Army and went to live rough in Wales and Cornwall, climbing and living on practically nothing. She hitchhiked her way around, travelling from Skye to Chamonix and many places in between, with all her possessions on her back, although these amounted to little more than a rope and a sleeping bag.When the money ran out, she worked as a forester, went winkle-picking on the Isle of Skye, acted as the helmsman of a schooner, and did a stint as an artist's model. And always there were the...
In 1945, when Gwen Moffat was in her twenties, she deserted her post as a driver and dispatch rider in the Army and went to live rough in Wales and Co...
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66,92 zł |
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Chamonix Mountain Adventures: Summer routes for a multi-activity holiday in the shadow of Mont Blanc
ISBN: 9781852846633 / Angielski / Miękka / 281 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This guidebook shows the vast range of activities available in the mountains surrounding Chamonix. With routes for several different pursuits including walking, hiking, trail running, mountain biking, road cycling, via ferratas, rock climbing, mountaineering and bouldering, it is a comprehensive collection of everything this popular region has to offer. All the routes and activities range in difficulty, from easy strolls for all abilities to moderate rock climbs and glacier hikes, which require either technical skills or a professional guide. Families, groups of friends and... This guidebook shows the vast range of activities available in the mountains surrounding Chamonix. With routes for several different pursuits inclu... |
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92,45 zł |
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Unjustifiable Risk?: The Story of British Climbing
ISBN: 9781852846794 / Angielski / Miękka / 388 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. To the impartial observer Britain does not appear to have any mountains. Yet the British invented the sport of mountain climbing and for two periods in history British climbers led the world in the pursuit of this beautiful and dangerous obsession. Unjustifiable Risk is the story of the social, economic and cultural conditions that gave rise to the sport, and the achievements and motives of the scientists and poets, parsons and anarchists, villains and judges, ascetics and drunks that have shaped its development over the past two hundred years. The history of climbing inevitably... To the impartial observer Britain does not appear to have any mountains. Yet the British invented the sport of mountain climbing and for two period... |
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51,46 zł |
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Washington Scrambles: Best Nontechnical Ascents
ISBN: 9781594858406 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. CLICK HERE to download a sample from Washington Scrambles Scrambles are for people who need to be on a mountain top, but don't need a rope to get there - An out-of-print guidebook completely redone and brought back by reader demand - 80 challenging, but non-technical, ascents in Washington, plus 5 traverses Alpine scrambling is a form of nontechnical mountaineering that falls somewhere between high altitude hiking and rock climbing. Ropes and other aids typically are not needed. This new, fully revised second edition features 85 routes, including 25... CLICK HERE to download a sample from Washington Scrambles Scrambles are for people who need to be on a mountain top, but do... |
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108,72 zł |
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Native American Survival Skills: How to Make Primitive Tools and Crafts from Natural Materials
ISBN: 9781629145976 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. W. Ben Hunt, whose Sioux name was Tasunka Witko, traveled throughout the Midwest, living with several Native American tribes, finally settling near the site of the last Sioux uprising. Here he provides step-by-step instructions and exact dimensions to make Sioux ghost shirts, Plains Indian shields, box traps, Iniut snowshoes, and more. From making rawhide to putting the finishing touches on a pair of moccasins, beginners and seasoned woodsmen alike will enjoy making the tools and camp equipment that were used for centuries. Native American Survival Skills is a remarkable source of...
W. Ben Hunt, whose Sioux name was Tasunka Witko, traveled throughout the Midwest, living with several Native American tribes, finally settling near th...
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73,86 zł |
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The Sunlit Summit: The Life of W. H. Murray
ISBN: 9781910124185 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. William Hutchison Murray was one of Scotland's most distinguished climbers in the years before and after the Second World War. As a prisoner of war in Italy he wrote his first classic book, 'Mountaineering in Scotland', on rough toilet paper which was confiscated and destroyed by the Gestapo. The rewritten version was published in 1947 and followed by the, now, equally famous, 'Undiscovered Scotland'. This book profiles the life of this most noteworthy individual.
William Hutchison Murray was one of Scotland's most distinguished climbers in the years before and after the Second World War. As a prisoner of war in...
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51,46 zł |
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Wilderness Navigation: Finding Your Way Using Map, Compass, Altimeter & Gps, 3rd Edition
ISBN: 9781594859458 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. CLICK HERE to download a sample - The official navigation textbook used in outdoor education courses by thousands of students - Goodreads.com readers rated the previous edition 4 out of 5 stars (and now it's even better ) - Map and compass skills remain the foundation for traveling safely in the wilderness This new third edition is a major and complete update of the popular textbook: - Improved throughout for clarity, with chapter objectives presented at the beginning of each chapter and summaries, "skills check" mini-quizzes, and practice problems... CLICK HERE to download a sample - The official navigation textbook used in outdoor education courses by thousands of students ... |
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73,86 zł |
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Above the Snow Line
ISBN: 9781507591581 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Above the Snow Line is a classic moutaineering book by Clinton Thomas Dent. THESE SKETCHES OF MOUNTAINEERING I DEDICATE TO T. I. D. IN THE HOPE THAT A BOOK WITHOUT A HEROINE MAY, AT LEAST, ACQUIRE SOME FEMININE INTEREST-Clinton Thomas Dent
Above the Snow Line is a classic moutaineering book by Clinton Thomas Dent. THESE SKETCHES OF MOUNTAINEERING I DEDICATE TO T. I. D. IN THE HOPE THAT A...
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40,04 zł |
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Apostles of the Alps: Mountaineering and Nation Building in Germany and Austria, 1860-1939
ISBN: 9781469625034 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Though the Alps may appear to be a peaceful place, the famed mountains once provided the backdrop for a political, environmental, and cultural battle as Germany and Austria struggled to modernize. Tait Keller examines the mountains' threefold role in transforming the two countries, as people sought respite in the mountains, transformed and shaped them according to their needs, and over time began to view them as national symbols and icons of individualism.
In the mid-nineteenth century, the Alps were regarded as a place of solace from industrial development and the stresses of urban... Though the Alps may appear to be a peaceful place, the famed mountains once provided the backdrop for a political, environmental, and cultural battle ...
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178,44 zł |
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