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Unsworth, Walt Hold The Heights: The Foundations of Mountaineering 1994 Mountaineers Seattle 1st, 8vo, pp.432, 69 bw photos, 22 maps/charts, blue cloth; dj unclipped, fine, cloth w/ slight page yellowing, tight, fine #10209 $25.00 $20.00
A comprehensive history of world mountaineering from the first recorded ascent to 1953, ranging the globe. Includes extensive notes and a regional bibliography.
This book is from the Phil Hanson Collection. Phil's love of rock and ice climbing transcends to his collection of treasured books. H[read more]
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Unsworth, Walt Hold The Heights: The Foundations of Mountaineering 1993 Hodder & Stoughton London 1st, 8vo, pp.432, 69 bw photos, 22 maps/charts, blue cloth; dj & cloth new #10919 $39.00
A comprehensive history of world mountaineering from the first recorded ascent to 1953, ranging the globe. Includes extensive notes and a regional bibliography.[read more]
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Unsworth, Walt North Face: The Second Conquest of the Alps 1969 Hutchinson London 1st, 8vo, pp.160, 12 bw photos, map eps, blue cloth; signed Chris Bonington, xlib, dj w/ sticker bottom spine, some edge wear, vg, cloth w/ browing from tape to eps (but no tape), stamp on half-title, vg+. #24294 $65.00
Alpine triumphs, and tragedies, from Mummery in 1892 to Harlin in 1966. Neate U24.[read more]
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Unsworth, Walt Peaks, Passes and Glaciers: Selections from the Alpine Journal 1981 Mountaineers Seattle 1st, 8vo, pp.284, 18 bw photos, illus eps, blue cloth; dj unclipped, fine, cloth w/ blindstamp, tight, fine #11719 $9.00 $7.65
A selection of some of the best articles and most exciting stories from the Alpine Journal. Divided into three parts - Early Days, Middle Years, Maturity.
Neate A37.
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Vajpai, Arjun w/ Anu Kumar On Top of the World: My Everest Adventure 2010 India 1st, 8vo, pp.112, 16 color photos, 2 sketches, wraps; new #25871 $17.95
Two months after he had set out, sixteen-year-old Vajpai stood on top of the world, having conquered Mount Everest. At that time, he held the record for being the youngest non-Sherpa person in the world to do so. He is still the youngest Indian to climb the peak. It had indeed been a long journey[read more]
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Vallance, Mark Wild Country: The Man who made Friends 2016 UK 1st, 8vo, pp.xi, 227, 57 color & 24 bw photos, 4 sketches, wraps w/ French flaps; new #27105 $29.95
In early 1978, an extraordinary new invention for rock climbers was featured on the BBC television science show Tomorrow’s World. It was called the ‘Friend’, and it not only made the sport safer, it helped push the limits of the possible. The company that made them was called Wild Country, the brain[read more]
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Van der Sleen, Dr. W. G. N. Vier Maanden Kampeeren in den Himalaja [Four Months’ Camping in the Himalayas] 1927 Nijgh & van Ditmar Rotterdam 1st, 8vo, pp.178, photo frontis, 55 bw photos, illus, 3 maps, gold lettered blue cloth; dj rubbed, vg+, cloth w/ inscription, fine. #21345 $75.00
The original Dutch edition of the classic ‘Four Months’ Camping in the Himalaya’. This copy includes the scarce dust jacket.[read more]
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Van Rooijen, Wilco Naar Nieuwe Hoogte: Beklimming van de Mount Everest Zonder Zuurstof [To New Heights: Climbing Mount Everest Without Oxygen] 2005 Netherlands 1st, 8vo, pp.144, photos frontis, 199 color photos, 5 maps, wraps; signed, new + DVD #25486 $59.00
Van Rooijen is one of Holland’s top mountaineers. He became the first Dutch person to reach the North Pole (1997), the South Pole (2000), and the summit of Everest (2002 and 2004, both without supplemental oxygen). This covers these four expeditions as well as to Mount Kenya (1996) and K2 (where h[read more]
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Van Rooijen, Wilco Surviving K2 2010 Netherlands 1st, 8vo, pp.165, 85 color & 1 bw photos, wraps; signed, slight corner bump from shipping, else new #25487 $45.00
The 2008 climbing season on K2 ended up being even more tragic than that of 1996. In the end, 11 climbers lost their lives, eight of whom had reached the summit. Van Rooijen, veteran of two prior K2 expeditions, was the leader of the Dutch Norit K2 team. A series of events delayed reaching the su[read more]
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Van Tilburg, Christopher Mountain Rescue Doctor: Wilderness Medicine in the Extremes of Nature 2007 US 1st, 8vo, pp.x, 293, 15 color photos, red cloth; edge mark, else dj & cloth new #26147 $24.95
Tilburg is an emergency room physician, ski patrol doctor, emergency wilderness physician, and member of the Hood River Crag Rats, the oldest mountain rescue team in the country. When his beeper goes off, the call may take him racing up a mountain peak to rescue an injured hiker, into a blizzard to [read more]
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Vardy, Nigel Once Bitten 2008 UK 1st, 8vo, pp.167, 18 bw photos, map, wraps; new #25022 $14.95
In 1999, Vardy and two fellow Brits attempted McKinley’s West Rib route. A severe storm trapped them close to the summit in temperatures of -60C. Extensive National Park Service resources were utilized to safely rescue the team. Vardy lost all his toes, fingertips, and nose to frostbite. Followi[read more]
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Vasquez-Lavado, Silvia In the Shadow of the Mountain: A Memoir of Courage 2022 US 1st, 8vo, pp.310, blue cloth; dj & cloth new #27785 $27.95
When Silvia’s mother called her home to Peru, she knew something had to finally give. A Latina hero in the elite, macho tech world of Silicon Valley, she was privately hanging by a thread. She was deep in the throes of alcoholism, hiding her sexuality from her family, and repressing the abuse she’d [read more]
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Venables, Stephen A Slender Thread: Escaping Disaster in the Himalaya 2001 UK 1st, 8vo, pp.xiv, 208, 48 color & 13 bw photos, 2 maps, appendices, wraps; new #18859 $16.95 $13.55
The 1992 Indian-British Panch Chuli Expedition made the first ascent of Panch Chuli V (21,750’), and then met with disaster upon descent in the dark. Chris Bonington saw Venables’ headlamp plunging through the darkness and coming to a stop at 19,000’. This is Stephen’s story.
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Venables, Stephen A Slender Thread: Escaping Disaster in the Himalaya 2000 UK 1st, 8vo, pp.xiv, 208, 48 color & 13 bw photos, 2 maps, appendices, wraps; signed Harish Kapadia, new. #22070 $20.00
The 1992 Indian-British Panch Chuli Expedition made the first ascent of Panch Chuli V (21,750’), and then met with disaster upon descent in the dark. Chris Bonington saw Venables’ headlamp plunging through the darkness and coming to a stop at 19,000’. This is Stephen’s story.[read more]
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Venables, Stephen A Slender Thread: Escaping Disaster in the Himalaya 2000 UK 1st, 8vo, pp.xiv, 208, 48 color & 13 bw photos, 2 maps, appendices, blue cloth; signed, dj unclipped, fine, cloth tight, fine #18858 $39.00
The 1992 Indian-British Panch Chuli Expedition made the first ascent of Panch Chuli V (21,750’), and then met with disaster upon descent in the dark. Chris Bonington saw Venables’ headlamp plunging through the darkness and coming to a stop at 19,000’. This is Stephen’s story[read more]
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Venables, Stephen Everest: Alone at the Summit 1999 Odyssey Bath 1st thus, 8vo, pp.236, 26 color & 34 bw photos, 3 maps, diagram, wraps; signed Robert Mads Anderson, Paul Teare, Ed Webster, new. #10213 $59.00
The amazing story of four climbers, with two support members, who forged a new route on Everest in 1988. This account of the second ascent of Everest’s East, or Kangshung, Face, without sherpa support or supplemental oxygen is a must read. Originally published as "Everest: Kangshung Face". SB V04[read more]
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Venables, Stephen Everest: Alone at the Summit 2000 US 1st thus, 8vo, pp.360, wraps; signed Ed Webster, new. #20792 $19.95
The amazing story of four climbers, with two support members, who forged a new route on Everest in 1988. This account of the second ascent of Everest’s East, or Kangshung, Face, without sherpa support or supplemental oxygen is a must read. Originally published as "Everest: Kangshung Face”. SB V04[read more]
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Venables, Stephen Everest: Alone at the Summit 1999 Odyssey Bath 1st thus, 8vo, pp.236, 26 color & 34 bw photos, 3 maps, diagram, wraps; vg #8809 $7.00
The amazing story of four climbers, with two support members, who forged a new route on Everest in 1988. This account of the second ascent of Everest’s East, or Kangshung, Face, without sherpa support or supplemental oxygen is a must read. Originally published as “Everest: Kangshung Face”.
SB V04[read more]
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Venables, Stephen Everest: Kangshung Face 1989 Arnold New Delhi 1st, 8vo, pp.236, 67 color & 34 bw photos, 4 maps, appendices, photo eps, blue cloth; signed, dj fine, cloth near fine #10215 $69.00
The amazing story of four climbers, with two support members, who forged a new route on Everest in 1988. This account of the second ascent of Everest’s East, or Kangshung, Face, without sherpa support or supplemental oxygen is a must read. Identical to 1st UK with the addition of the publishers impr[read more]
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Venables, Stephen Everest: Kangshung Face 1989 Hodder & Stoughton London 1st, 8vo, pp.236, 67 color & 34 bw photos, 4 maps, appendices, photo eps, blue cloth; signed, dj unclipped, fine, cloth tight, fine #23806 $75.00
The amazing story of four climbers, with two support members, who forged a new route on Everest in 1988. This account of the second ascent of Everest’s East, or Kangshung, Face, without sherpa support or supplemental oxygen is a must read.
Shortlisted for the 1997 Boardman Tasker Mountaineering L[read more]
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