Three renowned climbers navigate nature's harshest elements and their own complicated inner demons to ascend Mount Meru, the most technically complicated and dangerous peak in the Himalayas.

A look at one man's journey as he faces the legendary mountain that took his father's life- a sheer rock and ice wall known as the Eiger, in Switzerland.

Describes the conditions and terrain of Mount Everest, attempts that have been made to scale this peak, and general information about the equipment and techniques of mountain climbing.

"A comprehensive guide to a wide range of mountaineering techniques arranged in a helpful A - Z format making techniques easy-to-find. Fully international enabling a broad selection of users to relate to its content. Full colour photographs show close-up detail of techniques and methods. This is an invaluable guide for both instructors and enthusiasts." -- Publisher's website.

"Describes the fight for survival while climbing some of the world's tallest mountains"--Provided by publisher.

Seventeen years after an air disaster of unprecedented scale occured near his newspaper office, reporter Kazumasa Yuuki makes good on a promise he made during that supercharged week and solves a mystery.

First published in 1993 and hailed as a classic, Yankee Rock & Ice is now reissued in a new edition with four new chapters covering the 1990s through today to bring the book up to date. This comprehensive and entertaining history of roped rock and ice climbing in the Northeast traces the growth of this popular sport in New England and New York and covers the first trailblazers of the eighteenth century through today's events and personalities. Well-known...