The Other Side of Everest: Climbing the North Face ...
 From Amazon.com: On May 10, 1996, a paralyzing storm killed 12 climbers on Mt. Everest, disfigured many others, and put the peak back on its lofty throne. While the disaster on the South Face has received nearly all of the publicity, most notably in Jon [... more]
CDN$18.95
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All-Mountain Skier
Useful and recommended: You cannot learn skiing by reading a book. Like any other skills, good skiing requires hours and hours of training. However, it is good to read "how to" manual before going to the hills. It is also especially good to [... more]
CDN$29.95
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White Spider
I've had to wrestle it away from other readers...: even non-climbers. Once people get going on this book, they won't want to let it go. I've passed it around to friends - climbers and non-climbers alike - and always get the same reaction: riveting [... more]
CDN$23.95
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Fifty Favorite Climbs: The Ultimate North American Tick List
This Transcends the Climbing Category: 50FC is a terrific book about climbing, but it really plays to a much broader audience. Its about climbing and specific ascents, but then climbing and ascents are really about a whole lot more. The book has [... more]
CDN$36.95
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Death Zone
KILLER STORM...KILLER STORY...: This is a gripping account of the deadly storm that engulfed Mt. Everest in May 1996 and left a trail of dead bodies in its wake on the mountain. In this first person chronicle, originally released under the title " [... more]
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Starlight and Storm
From Amazon.com: From the 1920s to the 1950s, the race was on in Europe to score first ascents of the most formidable routes in the Alps and Dolomites. Buoyed by the advent of artificial climbing techniques (primarily the use of pitons), teams from [... more]
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Eric Idle's Personal Best
From Amazon.com: It's only fitting that Eric Idle, if not the funniest of the Pythons, then certainly, by his own estimation, "the third tallest," launch this new-to-DVD collection of favorite sketches as selected by each of the troupe's [... more]
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Kursk 1943
Useful (barely) only for wargaming: Healy's book is like most others in the Osprey series: it is a bland, uneven overview of the battle, and contains several important errors. Healy includes some "thumbnail sketches" of the German and Soviet [... more]
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Killing Dragons: The Conquest of the Alps
From Amazon.co.uk: There is a mathematical law which explains why you wait for ages for a bus to turn up and then two appear at the same time. This may be of small comfort to Fergus Fleming, whose Killing Dragons, a thoroughly engaging story of how the [... more]
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Detectives on Everest: The 2001 Mallory & Irvine ...
Marking Time While Finding History: This is a most significant book which fills in much of the detail about the early British expeditions to the North Face of Mount Everest. Yes, the 2001 climb failed to locate Irving's body and with it the missing [... more]
CDN$30.05
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The Wildest Dream: The Biography of George Mallory
From Amazon.com: In 1924, a 37-year-old English schoolmaster and war veteran named George Mallory bid farewell to his beloved wife and children and went off to Tibet, where he intended to climb the north face of Mount Everest, a feat that had never been [... more]
CDN$28.04
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The North Face of God: Hope For The Times When God Is Silent
Author: Ken Gire Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 248.86 EAN: 9780842371032 ISBN: 0842371036 Number Of Pages: 224 Publication Date: 2005-07-15 [... more]
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