"Reeling from the brain-altering effects of oxygen depletion, Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10, 1996. He hadn't slept in fifty-seven hours. As he turned to begin the perilous descent from 29,028 feet (roughly the cruising altitude of an Airbus jetliner), twenty other climbers were still pushing doggedly to the top, unaware that the sky had begun to roil with clouds ..." "This is the terrifying story of...

As an experienced climber (Naomi Watts) ascends Mt. Washington, she turns back before she reaches the summit as a huge blizzard approaches. But on her way down, she encounters a lone, stranded man, and takes it upon herself to get them both down the mountain before nightfall arrives and they succumb to the storm. Based on a true story.

In Continental Divide, Maurice Isserman tells the history of American mountaineering through four centuries of landmark climbs and first ascents. Mountains were originally seen as obstacles to civilization; over time they came to be viewed as places of redemption and renewal. The White Mountains stirred the transcendentalists; the Rockies and Sierras pulled explorers westward toward Manifest Destiny; Yosemite inspired the early environmental conservationists....

Here is a magnificent book to match a singularly magnificent life, the full frankly told story of one of the great adventurers of our century. It is a splendid self-portrait of a complex and uncommon man, Sir Edmund Hillary, builder of schools, bridges and hospitals high in the Himalayas for the Sherpas of Nepal. An engrossing account of a life lived at the farthest reaches of danger and adventure, it is the story of a man made uneasy by the compromises...

"A dramatic account of the worst disaster in the history of mountain climbing on K2, the world's second highest peak"--

Describes the realities and risks of attempting to climb Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain, from the perspective of a member of a team of British mountaineers in 1952.

A family starts out on a one-day mountain climbing excursion that becomes very exciting. In fact, it becomes an adventure for the former "boxcar" family. They unearth some mysteries and have a fine time in the process.