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In 2006 Kit DesLauriers made history by becoming the first person to climb-and then ski-from the summit of each continent's highest mountain, the famed Seven Summits. Centered on this quest, her book Higher Love represents a hero's journey, rich with personal insights, life-threatening consequences, and a thrilling crescendo. Spanning seven continents in just two years, this deeply personal memoir recounts Kit's initially secret journey that would...
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"Her grand adventure turned into a nightmare. After skiing 200 miles along California's John Muir Trail, Jean faces death from a mountaineering accident on Mount Whitney. Broken and bleeding on the highest peak in the continental United States, she vows to realize her greatest dreams if she lives until morning. Her escape from the Sierra Nevada Mountains turns into a five-day ordeal for survival. Jean's recovery is equally daunting. Her journey spans...
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""Dragons in the Snow"explores the world of avalanches. Journalist Power sets the reader down in the midst of a February 2017 blizzard that raked the Uinta Range as nine snowboarders made their way into the backcountry for a day of intense adventure. Meanwhile, Craig Gordon, one of the lead avalanche forecasters at the Utah Avalanche Center in. Salt Lake City, was tracking the storm and its impact, and found himself posting one of the most dire avalanche...
11) Run or die
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The ultrarunner and ski mountaineer discusses his love for the mountains and for pushing himself to the absolute brink of his endurance.
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This guide to backcountry skiing and skii mountaineering routes in Rocky Mountain National Park provides information on locating routes with a narritive about the difficulty of each route including slope steepness, details of crux sections, and equipment requirements. The guide also provides general information about winter conditions in Rocky Mountain National Park.
13) A Life Ascending
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Follows acclaimed mountaineer Ruedi Beglinger, who lives with his wife and two young daughters on a remote glacier in the mountains of British Columbia. Beglinger has built a reputation as one of the top ski mountaineering guides in the world. Viewers follow his family's unique life off the grid and their journey in the years following a devastating avalanche that killed seven people.
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"Her grand adventure turned into a nightmare. After skiing 200 miles along California's John Muir Trail, Jean faces death from a mountaineering accident on Mount Whitney. Broken and bleeding on the highest peak in the continental United States, she vows to realize her greatest dreams if she lives until morning. Her escape from the Sierra Nevada Mountains turns into a five-day ordeal for survival. Jean's recovery is equally daunting. Her journey spans...