David (Hrsg.) Roberts

Points Unknown: The Greatest Adventure Writing of the Twentieth Century

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From Robert Falcon Scott's final journal entry to Jon Krakauer's reckless solo climb of the Devil's Thumb, David Roberts and the editors of Outside have gathered the most enduring adventure literature of the century into one heart-stopping volume. A frigid winter ascent of Mount McKinley; the vastness of Arabia's Empty Quarter; the impossibly thin air at Everest's summit; the deadly black pressure of an underwater cave; a desperate escape through a Norwegian winter-these and thirty-six other stories recount the minutes, hours, and days of lives pushed to the brink. But there is more to adventure than hair's-breadth escapes. By turns charming… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-393-32378-8
EAN: 9780393323788
Produktnummer: 8374234
Verlag: W W Norton & Co
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
Seitenangabe: 608 S.
Masse: H23.1 cm x B15.5 cm x D0.8 cm 590 g
Gewicht: 590

Über den Autor

David Roberts is the author of twenty-six books about mountaineering, adventure, exploration, and Western history and anthropology. He lives in Massachusetts.