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<p>Epic is a mountaineering term that evokes a sense of treacherous disaster the climb that went wrong; fighting blinding snowstorms and horrific avalanches; days spent tentbound, running low on food, water, and oxygen; surviving broken bones and shattered spirits. Editor Clint Willis has gathered the most exciting climbing literature of the modern age into one cliff-hanging volume with 15 memorable accounts of legend-making expeditions to the world's most famous peaks, often in the world's worst possible conditions. Authors include Jon Krakauer, Greg Child, David Roberts, Alfred Lansing, and others.</p>
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Epic, Joe Simpson, Clint Willis
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- Released
- 1999
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- Title
- Epic
- Subtitle
- Stories of Survival from the World's Highest Peaks
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Joe Simpson, Clint Willis
- Publisher
- Mainstream Publishing
- Released
- 1999
- Pages
- 342
- ISBN10
- 1840182628
- ISBN13
- 9781840182620
- Series
- Categories
- Tags
- Travel, Adventure, Survival, Mountaineering
- Description
- <p>Epic is a mountaineering term that evokes a sense of treacherous disaster the climb that went wrong; fighting blinding snowstorms and horrific avalanches; days spent tentbound, running low on food, water, and oxygen; surviving broken bones and shattered spirits. Editor Clint Willis has gathered the most exciting climbing literature of the modern age into one cliff-hanging volume with 15 memorable accounts of legend-making expeditions to the world's most famous peaks, often in the world's worst possible conditions. Authors include Jon Krakauer, Greg Child, David Roberts, Alfred Lansing, and others.</p>